Who left to said in three small boats; The Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria?
Christopher Columbus.
100
How many colonies were built in America?
13
100
What is the definition of a slave?
A person owned by another person.
100
Why did the Asians come to California?
Gold.
200
The land bridge created was between what two continents?
Asia and North America.
200
What is a colony? Where did many Spanish/Latino settle?
**Must answer both for 200 points!
It is a settlement that is ruled by another country. In Mexico.
200
What attracted settlers from Europe?
1.Most were ____ people.
2.Came to find ______ and ______.
3. Freedom to follow their _________.
4.Escape ______.
1. Most were POOR people.
2. Came to find LAND and WORK.
3. Freedom to follow their RELIGION.
4. Escape JAIL.
200
What did they trade the slaves for? What did the slaves do? (Hint: They worked on _____ and tended the _______.)
The traded the slaves for food. Slaves then worked on farms raising tobacco, rice, and cotton.
200
What did the Americans admire about the Asian people?
How hard they worked.
300
When did the Native Americans first arrive?
The answer is unknown.
300
What were Spanish/Latino people skilled at?
Skilled at mining. Taught people in the West how to mine gold, silver, and copper.
300
What year did the American colonies break away from England and became the United States of America?
1776- Declaration of Independence
300
The war that ended slavery was called what?
The Civil War.
300
Many Asians helped build our ______ system.
Railroad.
400
Native Americans are known for their respect for _______.
Nature.
400
Latinos showed/taught Americans to desert farm. What were the 3 crops?
The crops were oranges, grapes, and olives.
400
An ________ is a person who comes to live in a country from another place.
Immigrant
400
What types of music did African Americans bring here?
*Hint: There are 4.
1. Gospel
2. Jazz
3. Rock and Roll
4. Blues
400
One way Asians have many a contribution to American life is the way they that prepare ________.
Food.
500
Native Americans named many ______, ______, and _____.
Rivers, mountains, and states.
500
Please identify the following terms in English:
Vaquero-
Sombrero-
Botas-
La Riata-
Vaquero- cowboy
Sombrero- hat
Botas- boots
La Riata- Lariat/Rope that circles to catch an animal.
500
Important ways Europeans shaped American life.
1. The _______ language.
2. New machines: (There are 3!)
3. The democracy we have is a type of _______________.
1. The ENGLISH language.
2. New Machines: telephone, radio, electric lights.
3.The democracy we have is a type of GOVERNMENT.
500
What does prejudice mean? What important figure helped lead the Civil Rights Movement?
*MUST get both right to get the full 500.
1. Prejudice is an unfair opinion about people based on their skin color, background, and religion.
2. Martin Luther King Jr.
500
Asians have the highest respect for what in their culture?