Native Americans
Explorers
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
100
This tribe lived in the far north and traveled in dog sleds.
Who are the Inuit Tribe
100
This person traveled the Silk Road and brought back spices and silk.
Who is Marco Polo
100
These people were landed on Plymouth Rock.
Who are the Pilgrims
100
The rulers in this colony charged people rent for using the land. (Hint: The Giants and the Jets stadium is in this state.)
What is New Jersey
100
The first settlement in the New World was here.
What is Jamestown, Virginia
200
This tribe's name means pierced nose.
Who are the Nez Perce
200
True or False: Christopher Columbus never realized he did not make it to China.
What is True
200
These settlers were not flexible in their religious beliefs and banished anyone who did not follow their beliefs.
Who are the Puritans
200
The Dutch purchased the island of Manhattan using knives, beads, and cloth. The cost today would have been equal to...
What is $24
200
This land was separated into two colonies because so many people wanted to live there.
What is Carolina (North and South Carolina)
300
People in this tribe cut their hair by burning it. They lived in California.
Who are the Maidu
300
This person was left in a small boat in Northern Canada because he lied to his crew.
Who is Henry Hudson
300
This person settled Connecticut. (Hint: It rhymes with "cooker")
Who is Thomas Hooker
300
William Penn took this group of people to settle Pennsylvania.
Who are the Quakers
300
This was very important to the economy in the south.
What is farming
400
The Native American tribes on the Great Plains lived in this type of house.
What is a tipi
400
These people were actually the first explorers to discover a new continent.
Who are the Vikings
400
This person was the only settler in New England to pay the Native Americans for their land. (Hint: There is a famous college named after him.)
Who is Roger Williams
400
The Dutch and Swedish fought over this colony for over ten years. (Hint: It was named after Lord de la Warr.)
What is Delaware
400
This was the first cash crop in the colonies.
What is tobacco
500
The Native Americans in the Northeast planted these types of crops.
What are the "three sisters"
500
America was named after this famous explorer.
Who is Amerigo Vespucci
500
People moved out of Massachusetts for this reason.
What is religious freedom
500
New Amsterdam was the first colony to have these modern day services.
What are garbage collection, a post office, a fire department, and a hospital
500
Lord Baltimore settled this colony for Catholics because they were punished for their religious beliefs in England.
What is Maryland
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