Pre-Columbian Societies
The exposed land bridge that connected Asia and America at the end of the last ice age
What is Beringia?
Who is Christopher Columbus?
The first successful English colony in the Americas
What is Jamestown?
A mass shooting from British Soldiers in which 5 protestors were killed
What is the Boston Massacre?
Mr. Cacnio's Rm #
What is Rm. 303?
The largest medieval kingdom in West Africa
What is Songhai/Mali?
An agreement in which Spain and Portugal would divide the Americas for colonization
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?
Colonies like Virginia were successful after cultivating this cash crop
What is a Tobacco?
A Black sailor who was killed in the Boston Massacre, considered to be the first man to die for this country
Who is Cripus Attucks?
This MLB team won their first World Series last week
Who are the Texas Rangers?
A series of military campaigns in which Christian knights attempted to reclaim the holy land
What are the Crusades?
Despite losing their North American claims, France still held this colony in the Caribbean?
What is Haiti/St. Domingue?
The pacifist religious group that founded the Colony of Pennsylvania
What are Quakers?
A secret resistance group founded in Boston who opposed British tax laws
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
Isis Gaston is an American rapper born and raised in the Bronx in New York City and goes by this stage name
Who is Ice Spice?
Desert-dwelling native American tribes that settled in the American Southwest
Who are The Pueblo Indians?
The original inhabitants on the island of Hispaniola whom Columbus believed will become great servants
Who are the Taino and the Arawak?
A religious movement in colonial America that caused people to leave their puritan congregations
A nickname for British soldiers/regulars during the American Revolution
A militant group that holds political power in the region known as Gaza
What is Hamas?
The Kashya-Pomo and other tribes of the Pacific Northwest are known for creating these tall log standing monuments meant to honor their ancestors or tell a story
What are Totem Poles?
Dutch explorer who attempted to search for the Northwest passage to Asia
Who is Henry Hudson?
Gen. William Pitt is considered to have conducted biological warfare for intentionally spreading this disease to hostile native groups.
What is Smallpox?
The two resistance leaders that had warrants for their arrest and were hiding in Lexington, MA
Who is John Hancock and Samuel Adams?
The newly elected speaker of the House of Representatives
Who is Mike Johnson?