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SS Chapter 1
Question | Answer |
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Poor people that farmed and worked on a plantation. They were FREE. | Tenant farmers |
A Native American group that lived in MD | Algonquins |
The first colony settled by Lord Baltimore 1 | Avalon |
Home of Algonquins | Wigwams |
The process of drying tobacco | Curing |
Large barrels for holding tobacco | Hogsheads |
A island in the West Indies | Barbados |
A body of water that divides Maryland | Chesapeake Bay |
A large farm | Plantation |
Europeans who worked for a mastering exchange for a boat fare to America | Indentured servants |
What is the first step in tobacco farming? | Tiny tobacco seeds are planted in small beds in these SPRING. |
What is the second step in tobacco farming? | Young plants are set out in fields and watched for tobacco worms that must be removed. |
What is the third step in tobacco farming? | In AUGUST, this tobacco is plucked and dried, known as CURING. |
What is the fourth step in tobacco farming? | The NEXT SPRING, leaves are separated and packed in large barrels called HOGS-HEADS. |
What is the fifth step in tobacco farming? | The HOGS-HEADS (barrels of tobacco) are loaded onto small boats called LIGHTERS and taken downstream to the NOTTINGHAM. |
What is the sixth (last) step in tobacco farming? | Farmers need to replace nutrients in the spoil by planting hay or wheat. |
What are the two large families of the Algonquin tribe that lived in Maryland? | Piscataways and Nanticoke |
How did Native Americans fish? | Dug for clams Speared fish Used nets and traps Fishing lines with bone hooks |
What crops did Maryland Native Americans grow? | Tobacco Corn Beans Squash Peas |
How did Native Americans use CORN? | Made cornmeal Made hominy Made succotash Made bread |
What animals and birds did MD Native Americans hunt? | SMALL - turkeys, raccoons, beavers, squirrels, pigeons LARGE - deer and bears |
How did Native Americans use deer and their skin? | Clothes Food Wigwams Moccasins |
What materials did Native Americans use to make wigwams? | Two rows of young trees Animal skins Pieces of reed Grass mats |
Plantation owners had what three kids of helpers? | Slaves Tenant farmers Indentured servants |
What was the family name of all of The Lord Baltimores? | Calvert |
What was the FIRST Lord Baltimore's name? | George Calvert |
What colony did George Calvert first make so that people could have freedom to worship? | Avalon |
Where was Avalon? | Newfoundland |
Why was George Calvert's Avalon colony not a success? | Poor soil and climate |
Who gave George Calvert land in America and what was it called? | King Charles of England It was called Maryland |
Who was the SECOND Lord Baltimore? | Cecil Calvert, the oldest son of George Calvert. |
Who was the first Governor or Maryland? | Leonard Calvert |
Who were Leonard and George Calvert? | Cecil's younger brothers that led 300 people on boats to the new Maryland colony. |
Who was the third Lord Baltimore? | Charles Calvert, the son of Cecil |
Who was the first Lord. Baltimore to actually go to Maryland? | Charles, the THIRD Lord Baltimore. |
Who made Charles lose control of the Maryland Colony? | King William and Queen Mary of England |
Who was the FOURTH Lord Baltimore? | Benedict Leonard Calvert, son of Charles. |
Why did King William and Queen Mary give Maryland back to Benedict Leonard Calvert? | Because he was not Catholic. |
How long did Benedict Leonard Calvert live after his fathers death | 6 weeks |
Who was the 5th lord Baltimore's name | Charles |
Who was Charles father | Benedict |
Who was the 6th Lord Baltimore | Fredrick Calvert |
Who was Fredrick's dad | Charles |
What are the 2 sides of the Great Seal Of Maryland | Obverse and Reverse |
What are the 2 families the MD flag represents | Calvert's and Cross-lands |
What is the Maryland state flower | Black-eyed Susan |
Why did they pick the Black-eyed Susan | It was MD colors, it usually has 13 petals just like the 13 colonies,and it blooms on Flag day and reaches its full bloom on Independence day |
What is the MD state bird | Oriole |
Why was it picked as the state bird??? | It is the same colors as MD |
What are the 2 regions in the Atlantic Coastal Plain??? | Southern MD and the Eastern Shore |
Who sells crops in the Atlantic Coastal Plain?? | Truck Farmers |
Where do truck farmers take their crops | Canneries |
What is the richest farming area (it is an upland) | Piedmont Plateau |
Maryland has mountains called The ------------------------------ | Blue Ridge Mountains |
What is the mining region in MD( it is the most western region ) | Appalachian Plateau |
Why is the Eastern shore a peninsula | It has water on both sides ( Atlantic Ocean and Chesapeake bay ) |