Canada
The Canadian flag shows....
In 1492, Columbus claimed the land he found for the king and queen of what country?
Spain
How was Pompeii destroyed?
Volcanic Eruption
The Nile River is located on which continent?
Africa
What is New Amsterdam called today?
New York
Canada is divided into.....
Territories and Provinces
What were the religious settlements that the Spaniards built in the Southwest called?
Missions
What did Romans watch at the Circus Maximus?
Chariot Races
What were the letters of the Viking alphabet called?
Runes
What were colonial South Carolina’s biggest cash crops?
Rice and Indigo
Canadian money is counted in.....
Dollar and Cents
Daily Double!
What were most early European explorers in the Americas looking for?
Riches or a passage to Asia
The land bridge that connected Asia and North America is called...
Beringia
Another name for the Vikings is...
The Norse
The Middle Colonies were nicknamed the....
Breadbasket Colonies
Many people in the Atlantic Provinces make their living by....
Fishing
What place was Ponce de León searching for?
The Fountain of Youth
The population of Native Americans decreased rapidly because Europeans brought...
Germs and Disease
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When a dam is built, which of the following things results?
A Reservoir
What was the name of the contract written by the Pilgrims?
The Mayflower Compact
Why did the Tories, or Loyalists, move to Canada?
They wanted to live under English rule in Canada.
Where is the river named for Henry Hudson located?
The Hudson River in New York
The three sisters were...
a) Native American princesses
b) Pueblo nations
c) Haudenosaunee crops
d) Great Lakes.
C. Haudenosaunee crops
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, or Mark Twain, wrote about which people?
River pilots along the Mississippi River
Roger Williams believed that religion should be...
Separated from Government