Native Americans
Vocabulary
Colonies
Important People
Geography
100

What was the primary economic activity of most Native American tribes in the Great Plains?

What is Hunting Bison

100

Define "Columbian Exchange."

Answer: What is the transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the Old and New Worlds?

100

Which colony was founded as a safe haven for Quakers?

Answer: What is Pennsylvania?

100
Spanish priest at California Missions that tried to help native americans

Who is Barthamuel De La Casa

100

What were the area divisions of the colonies and what were they known for

N.E, Middle and Southern

200

Name one major civilization in pre-Columbian America that developed advanced agricultural techniques.

Answer: What is the Inca, Maya, or Aztec civilization?

200

What does "mercantilism" refer to in colonial America?

Answer: What is the economic theory that emphasizes the role of the state in managing trade to increase wealth?

200

What was the primary cash crop of the Southern colonies?

Answer: What is tobacco?

200

Which Puritan leader delivered the sermon "A Model of Christian Charity"?

Answer: Who is John Winthrop?

200

Which ocean borders the eastern coast of the thirteen colonies?

Answer: What is the Atlantic Ocean?

300

Describe the impact of European contact on Native American populations.

What is the introduction of diseases, leading to significant population decline?

300

Explain the term "indentured servant."

Answer: What is a person who worked for a specified number of years in exchange for passage to America?

300

Identify the first successful English colony in America.

Answer: What is Jamestown?

300
  • dentify the influential leader of the Virginia colony who famously said, "Give me liberty, or give me death!"

Answer: Who is Patrick Henry?

300
  • Locate the region known for its mountainous terrain and harsh winters in the colonial era.


Answer: What is New England?

400

Which Native American tribe was known for their mound-building culture?

Who are the hopewell

400

What is the significance of "the Middle Passage"?

Answer: What is the route taken by slave ships from West Africa to the Americas?

400

What was the purpose of the Mayflower Compact?

Answer: What is to establish a self-governed society based on majority rule?

400

Who was the first governor of the Plymouth Colony?

Answer: Who is William Bradford?

400

Which two colonies were primarily established for religious freedom?

Answer: What are Maryland and Pennsylvania?

500

Explain the significance of the Iroquois Confederacy in the context of colonial America.

  • What is the establishment of a political and military alliance that influenced European colonists?

500
  • Define "encomienda" and its role in Spanish colonization.

Answer: What is a system where Spanish settlers were granted land and the labor of Native Americans?

500

Describe the significance of the Salem Witch Trials in colonial America.

Answer: What is a reflection of the social tensions and religious fervor of the time?

500

Name the Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztec Empire.

Answer: Who is Hernán Cortés?

500

 Identify the geographic feature that marked the western boundary of the original thirteen colonies.

Answer: What is the Appalachian Mountains?

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