Unit 1: Age of Exploration
These are two of the major civilizations living the Americas before Columbus.
Who are the Aztecs, Inca, Maya, Olmec, Taino, or the Native Americans in the north?
Identify the colony of New York on the map.
What is the one with the weird thing jutting out?
This was the first battle of the Revolutionary War.
What is Lexington and Concord?
This is the Bill of Rights.
The first ten amendments to the Constitution that guarantees certain rights and freedoms to the people.
This was Washington's Secretary of State.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This is considered the most likely way ancient people first came to the Americas.
What is the Beringia Land Bridge?
This was the first successful English colony in North America.
What is Jamestown?
This was the last battle of the Revolutionary War.
What is Yorktown?
These are the five rights granted by the First Amendment.
What is (1) Freedom of Speech, (2) Freedom of Religion, (3) Freedom of the Press, (4) Freedom of Assembly, and (5) Freedom to Petition?
What is (1) commerce and business vs. farming, (2) loose vs. strict interpretation of the Constitution, (3) strong central government vs. strong state governments, (4) support Britain vs. support France, (5) North vs. South and West, or (6) Hamilton vs. Jefferson?
This is a conquistador.
What is a Spanish soldier who explored the New World and conquered and claimed land for Spain?
This is the ship the Pilgrims used to get to North America and this is where they landed.
What is the Mayflower and where is Plymouth Rock?
This saying became a rallying cry for the colonists during the Revolution.
What is "No taxation without representation!"?
He is considered the "Father of the Constitution."
Who is James Madison?
This was the difference between Shays' Rebellion and the Whiskey Rebellion.
What is Shays' Rebellion showed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation, while the Whiskey Rebellion showed the strength of the Constitution.
These are four things that were traded during the Columbian Exchange.
What is potatoes, tomatoes, smallpox, influenza, grapes, tobacco, horses, cattle, pigs, corn, coffee, chocolate, or wheat (among other things).
What is rocky and cold in the New England/Northern colonies, richer soil with easy access to trade ports in the Middle colonies, and really rich soil and very humid in the Southern colonies?
This is the Boston Massacre and this is propaganda.
What is the an event in which British soldiers shot and killed 5 American colonists during a fight/riot/scuffle in Boston. What is information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view?
These were two weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation and this was its cause of death.
What is it (1) couldn't tax, (2) couldn't control trade, (3) Couldn't enforce laws (no courts or executive), (4) Each state only had one vote, or (5) weak army? What is Shays' Rebellion?
These were the four precedents that Washington set during his presidency.
What is (1) Being called Mr. President, (2) Establishing a cabinet, (3) Serving only two terms, and (4) giving a State of the Union address every year.
These are the four main reasons Europeans explored.
What is (1) gold, (2) God, (3) Glory, (4) Goods (in no particular order)?
Identify the colony of Delaware on the map.
This is how the French and Indian War led to the Revolutionary War.
What is the British spent a lot of money to win the French and Indian War causing them to go into debt and forcing them to tax the colonists without representation causing them to rebel.
Name the seven (7) principles of government.
What is (1) Republicanism, (2) Limited Government, (3) Separation of Powers, (4) Checks and Balances, (5) Popular Sovereignty, (6) Federalism, and (7) Individual rights?
These are the three parts of Hamilton's economic plan.
What is (1) assume state debts, (2) create a national bank, and (3) raise taxes and tariffs.