Exploration and Colonization
New England Region
Middle Region
Southern Region
Miscellaneous
100

This European country traded furs with the Native Americans

What is the French?

100

This type of soil was found in this region. 

What is rocky?

100

This man founded the colony of Pennsylvania.

Who is William Penn?

100

This colony acted as a military barrier to keep the Spanish in Florida away from the other colonies.

What is Georgia?

100

What football team won the Super Bowl this year in February? 

Who are the Los Angeles Rams?

200
The Jamestown colony was settled in this year. 

What is 1607?

200

All colonies in this region were founded for this reason. 

What is religious freedom?

200

This religious group believed in religious freedom, temperance, abolition of slavery, women's rights, and pacifism. 

Who are the Quakers?

200

This colony was founded as a place for Catholics to practice their religion.

What is Maryland?

200
This British pop star released an album this year featuring the song "As it Was"

Who is Harry Styles?

300

The Pilgrims settled here in what is today present day Massachusetts. (Hint: it starts with a P)

What is Plymouth?

300

This group was led by John Winthrop and wanted to "purify" the Church of England. They moved to Massachusetts because they were being persecuted. 

Who are the Puritans?

300

This was the nickname of the Middle Colonies.

What is the breadbasket colonies?

300

This kind of labor was heavily used in this region.

What is slave labor?
300

This rapper has a song called "I Hate YoungBoy"

Who is NBA YoungBoy?

400

These were the three European nations who claimed land in the New World. 

What is England, France, and Spain?

400

This document was the first social contract in the colonies and was written and signed in 1620. 

What is the Mayflower Compact?

400

This colony in the middle region was the largest seaport for trading. 

What is New York?

400

This was the first form of Self-Government in the colonies (hint: this is in Virginia)

What is the Virginia House of Burgesses? 

400

This actor on a popular Netflix series also has a career as a musician. 

Who is Joe Keery?

500

These were the three reasons for European Exploration.

What is Gold, God, Glory?

500

This man wrote the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, which served as the first written constitution in the colonies. 

Who is Thomas Hooker?

500

This colony had trial by jury and representative government. 

What is New Jersey?

500

These were the 4 cash crops grown in the South.

What are tobacco, indigo, rice, and cotton?

500

This super cool US History teacher is the best there ever was! (Answers may vary)

Who is Mr. Davis, Mr. Riley, or Ms. Wainscott?