Geography
Name the 7 continents
North America
South America
Europe
Africa
Asia
Australia
Antartica
How did the puritains settlers arrive in Plymouth
The Mayflower
What is a Canal?
A man-made water way for ships to complete travel and trade.
What ocean borders the Southwest
Pacific Ocean
finish this phrase: "No taxation ______ _________"
without representation
Name the 4 cardinal directions
North, South, East, West
How many colonies were there originally?
13
Where did the Gold Ruch occur?
California
What was the result of the Mexican-American War?
Parts of Arizona and New Mexico became part of the US and Texas declared independence from Mexico.
Who is the best teacher?
What is the capital of Rhode Island
Providence
What colony famously disappeared and no one knows why!?
Roanoke
Describe the Louisiana purchase.
The Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from the French First Republic in 1803.
What happened during the trail of tears?
Congress passed the Indian Removal Act, which forcibly removed thousands of American Indians from their homelands in the southeastern United States. They were relocated to an area of land then known as Indian Territory, now the state of Oklahoma.
Describe the Quartering Act
The law forced colonial authorities to provide food, drink, shelter, fuel, and transportation to British forces stationed in their towns or villages.
What state is the Hudson Bay in?
New York
Why were Native American's called Indians?
Columbus thought he was in the West Indies
Describe Manifest Destiny
The idea that the United States is destined—by God, its advocates believed—to expand its dominion and spread their beliefs across the entire North American continent.
What are two major natural disasters that happen in the Southwest?
droughts
forest fires
What was the conflict of the Civil War?
The right for the States to make their own laws.... slavery was one of the main issues.
What Ocean borders Massachusetts
the Atlantic Ocean
What explorer is said to have discovered America?
Christopher Columbus
What disease killed many people on the Oregon trail?
Cholera
Name a Native group present in the Southwest
Apache
Navajo
Cherokee
Pueblo
Comanche
What is the most sold book ever?
The bible