Colonies
Mesoamerica/Natives
Geography
Terms/Definitions
Random
100

3 G's

Gold

God

Glory

100

What is the cause of most Native American deaths?

Disease

100

What is absolute location

Exact coordinates or address of a site on Earth

100

A settlement in a new area

Colony

100

This region is nicknamed The Bread Basket

Middle Colonies

200

Name each region of the 13 colonies

New England Colonies

Middle Colonies

Southern Colonies

200

Giving animals human characteristics is called

Personification

200

The study of earth's physical and cultural characteristics

Geography

200

How you view a person, place, or event in history

Perspective

200

What crop helped save Jamestown

Tobacco

300

First successful English colony

Jamestown

300

Who conquered the Aztecs and who conquered the Incas 

(must name both for full points)

Hernan Cortes (Aztecs)

Francisco Pizarro (Incas)

300

Give an example of human-environment interaction

Skiing, construction, air pollution from an industrial plant, hurricanes, banana farm environment scientists collecting data

300

In order for the colonists to move onto a piece of land and create a colony they need this

Charter

300

What do all Native American tribes have in common?

Story Telling

400

What happened to the Roanoke colony? 

John White left for 3 years and when he returned there was nobody left. 

Some theories include starvation, split up and left, moved to Croatan Island, died to disease, attacked by Natives/Spanish

400

Define a natural barrier and give an example of why they're important

Physical features in the environment that restrict movement and give protection

400

Give an example of relative location

Definition: where a site can be found in relation to another site

400

Define cash crop and give an example

Crops sold for profit. Includes tobacco, rice, indigo, cotton, and sugar

400

Give an example of an item from the Columbian Exchange and its impact

Horses, Cows, Diseases, Pigs, etc
500

What were the 2 main reasons people made the journey to America

Religious Freedom

Economic Wealth

500

What is the controversy around Christopher Columbus? 

(Give a pro and a con)

Pros- 

Discovered new lands, Allowed for new goods to be traded, Made three trips which were very hard, Inspired other explorers

Cons- 

Brought diseases that killed natives, Enslaved natives, treated the natives horribly 

500

Name all 13 colonies

Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia

500

Define mercantilism

An economic policy where countries try to make money by creating colonies

500

Give a similarity of Puritans and Quakers and give a difference for each

Puritans

- Strict, no women leadership positions, John Winthrop, Massachusetts 

Quakers

- Equality, Anti-violence, William Penn, Pennsylvania

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