Geography
The Colonies
Separatists
Puritans/Pilgrims
Fun Facts
100

What are the main Prime Meridians?

Latitude and Longitude

100

The Red Coats belonged to which army?

British Army

100

Which king of England established the rule that everyone had to worship under the Catholic Church?

King Henry VIII

100

The Pilgrims were able to survived due to the help of which American Indian Tribe?

Wampanoag People

100

The Pilgrims were not the first one to arrive to  the New World, which group arrived first?

Vikings

200

North

South

East

West 

These can be found in a ROSE? What is this ROSE called?

Compass Rose

200

What was the name of the American Indian woman that saved John Smith's life?

Pocahontas

200

People that disagreed with what the King of England had established were also known as?

Separatists

200

What were the names of the Indians that spoke English and was able to introduce themselves to the Pilgrims?

Samoset and Squanto

200
How many countries were in contention to claim land in the New World?

5 different countries

300

33 degrees North latitude, 112 degrees  West Longitude

What are these called?

Coordinates

300

DOUBLE JEOPARDY:

The Mayflower Compact was less than how many words?

___________

What is a compact?_____________


less than 200 words


a compact is an agreement


300

The Separatists finally worked out an agreement with some wealthy men of London to leave England, what did they called themselves?

Merchant Adventurers

300

How did Squanto learned how to speak English?

Squanto spent time aboard English ships and even lived in England and Spain.

300

DOUBLE JEAPORDY

Which countries were in contention to claim a stake in the New World?

1. England

2. Spain

3. Holland

4. French

5. Portugal

400

The closer to the Equator, the hotter it gets, and the furthest from the Equator, the colder it gets.

Is this statement TRUE OF FALSE?

DOUBLE JEOPARDY

TRUE

DOUBLE JEOPARDY

400

The New England Colonies included which of the following territories?List the 4 colonies:

Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Connecticut.
400

Why is the Mayflower Compact such and important document in early American history?

a. Established clear ways people needed to trade

b. A great document it later became the Declaration of Independence

c. This agreement showed the idea of self-government.

c, The idea of self-government

400

The first Thanksgiving day took place when the harvest was fully collected after Squanto and Somoset  helped the Pilgrims learn to do what?


Hunt and trap animals for their survival

400

Which industry was running out in England and that was very prominent and abundant in the New World?

Lumber, timber

500
G.P.S. stands for what?

Global Positioning Systems

500

Which former minister in Salem, Massachusetts had to escape to exercises his freedom of religion and serve the way he wanted?

Roger William

500

Which prominent man wrote about the Mayflower Voyage?

William Bradford

500

As a young man in England William Bradford joined the Separatist, a religious group that wanted to separate from what?

The Church in England

500

DOUBLE JEOPARDY TO ALL THE TEAMS THAT DID NOT ANSWER THIS QUESTION!! HA! HA! HA!

What are the names of the kids retelling our USA Studies Weekly?

Jackson and Alana

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