What region (1, 2, 3, or 4) on this modern U.S. map best represents the western extent of population during the Colonial

1. What region (1, 2, 3, or 4) on this modern U.S. map best represents the western extent of population during the Colonial Period?

2. What mountain chain acted as a physical boundary to population growth during the Colonial Period? ANSWER! Region 2

3. Answer! Appalachian Mountains- it’s the region in which you live! Salem was located in the frontier during the Colonial Period.

4. What region(s) of Colonial Virginia was characterized by small subsistence farmers, hunters and traders of Scotch-Irish and English decent? Appalachian Plateau Tidewater Ridge and Valley Piedmont Blue Ridge Mts

5. ANSWER! The Mountains and Valleys (Hint: The Radford University Highlanders celebrate the region’s Scotch-Irish descent) Appalachian Plateau Ridge and Valley Blue Ridge Mts

6. What region of Colonial Virginia was dominated by large landowners? Appalachian Plateau Tidewater Ridge and Valley Piedmont Blue Ridge Mts

7. ANSWER! Tidewater Region (or the lowlands) Tidewater

8. What “cash crop” did large plantation owners grow in the Tidewater Region of Virginia? Tidewater

9. ANSWER! Tobacco The hot and humid summers in the Chesapeake made it ideal for growing tobacco Tidewater

10. What was the difference between subsistence agriculture in the mountains and “cash crops” in the tidewater? Appalachian Plateau Tidewater Ridge and Valley Piedmont Blue Ridge Mts

11. What was the difference between subsistence agriculture in the mountains and “cash crops” in the tidewater? ANSWER! Subsistence- growing food to eat, a few acres of land required “Cash Crops”- growing crops to sell (tobacco, indigo), hundreds of acres required on plantation Tidewater Appalachian Plateau Piedmont Ridge and Valley Blue Ridge Mts