Pre-Columbian/Age of Exploration
Spanish Colonization
Others and English
French and Indian War
Escalation to Revolution
100

What river were the Moundbuilders located near to?

Mississippi

100

Which culture was conquered by Cortes?

Aztecs
100

What was the main economic focus of the French Colonization?

Beaver fur

100

Which Revolutionary figure was "responsible" for the first battle of the French and Indian War?

George Washington
100

Why were the colonists mad about the taxes after the French and Indian War?

Taxation without representation

200

What was the original theory about how people came from Asia to America?

Bering Strait Theory

200

What was the major negative, and deadly cause for death brought to the New World from the Old World?

Diseases

200

Which settlement did the Vikings make?

Vinland

200

Why did Virginia want the French to leave Fort Duquesne?

They wanted land for Tobacco

200

What was the first battle of the Revolution?

Lexington

300

Which culture discovered Zero in the Americas and was talented in astronomy?

Maya

300

What did the Spanish call their plantation system?

Encomienda

300

Which colony was the first English attempt in the New World?

Roanoke

300

What fort did George Washington Surrender to the French?

Fort Necessity

300

What is the collective name for the punitive Acts placed on the Massachusetts colony?

Coercive/Intolerable Acts

400

What pre-Columbian culture was located in the Southwest and made apartment style buildings?

Anasazi

400

How did Cortez defeat the Aztecs?

Recruiting the surrounding tribes 

400

What is Disneyfication?

Changing a narrative to be more romantic or to have a happy ending.

400

How did the British try to get their money back after the French and Indian War?

Taxes on goods like sugar and tea

400

Why did the British close the Massachusetts Government and the Boston Port?

Actions by the Sons of Liberty such as the Boston Tea Party

500

What are the four competing migration theories?

Bering Strait, Pacific Coastal, Pacific Crossing, Atlantic Crossing
500

What was the Spanish name for children born of Spanish and Native American parents?

Mestizos

500

What societal pressure caused the Salem Witch Trials?

Religious pressure for people to be "perfect?"

500

Where was the land the Spanish received from the French after the French and Indian War located?

West of the Mississippi

500

Why did Sam Adams and John Hancock Flee to Concord?

To take over an Arsenal

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