Early Settlement & Colonial Life
Slavery in the Americas
British Acts & Taxes
Previous Units: Native Americans & US Geography
Wednesdays: Ethnic/Global Studies
100

The first 3 English colonies.

What is Jamestown, Plymouth, and Roanoke?

100

The country that started slavery.

What is Portugal?

100

This historical event began the road to independence for the USA.

What is the French & Indian (Native American) War?

100

According to the oldest historical record, the original and first Americans migrated from here.

What is Siberia?

100

A country in North America, not including the Caribbeans.

What is United States, Mexico, Canada, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Belize, Guatemala, Panama, or Costa Rica?

200

 New England, Middle, and Southern.

What are the colonial regions?

200

A form of martial art and social resistance that the Africans developed and practiced in Brazil.

What is capoeira?

200

This act meant that the colonist had to provide whatever the British soldiers needed/asked for.

What is the Quartering Act?

200

I'm a state located on the east coast. I'm known for being the most populous state in the US. I have a lot of iconic buildings and universities. My capital is named after an animal.

Who is New York?

200

A country in southern Europe.

What is Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece, Malta, Cyprus, Albania, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, Andorra, San Marino, Vatican City, Monaco, and parts of France, Romania, Bulgaria, or Turkey?

300

It was a central hub for sharing news and discussing politics in colonial WIlliamsburg.

What is Raleigh Tavern?

300

These 3 aspects defined West African society.

What is Religion, Customs, and Traditions?

300

The final straw to start the American Revolution. This event happened two years for the independence of the United States.

What is the Intolerable Acts?

300

I'm a state located in the north. I'm a mountain state and I have a twin but they're north of me. I have a famous landmark that has the portraits of several presidents carved in my mountain.

Who is South Dakota?

300

A country flag with a dragon on it?

What is Bhutan?

400

Located in Viriginia, the 2nd oldest college in the United States.

What is the College of Williams & Mary?

400

The name of the second part of the Triangle Trade. The part was how the Europeans shipped Africans to the Americas.

What is the Middle Passage?

400

The famous slogan that the colonists used to protest British taxes like the Stamp Act.

What is "NO Taxation Without Representation"?

400

Famous for being a tribe that is sovereign nation within the US (like a separate country within a country), however becoming the famous code talkers gave this tribe it's fame and status around the world.

What is the Navajo Nation? / What is the Navajo tribe?

400

HARD: Identify a country that begins with: Q, O, Z, Y, and V.

What are Qatar, Oman, Zimbabwe or Zambia, Yemen, and Vanuatu or Vatican City or Vietnam or Venezuela?

500

THINK ABOUT IT: What were the main reasons Europeans left and migrated to the Americas?

They wanted a better life, religious freedom, and better economic opportunities.

500

THINK ABOUT IT: Name one overt (open) or covert (secret) way that the Africans resisted and fought back against slavery?

Overt (open) Resistance:

-Sabotage, Rebellion, 

Covert (secret) Resistance:

-Keeping their real names, Underground Railroad, keeping their religions, 

500

THINK ABOUT IT: What did the phrase "No Taxation Without Representation" actually mean to the colonists? 

They believed they shouldn't be taxed if they didn't have a voice in the British government.

500

THINK ABOUT IT: What are the four regions of the United States?

a) The West, The Northeast, The South, The Midwest

b) The West, The MidNorth, The North, The South

c) The Northeast, The Southwest, The Low South, The Central

d) The South, The Central, The North, The East

A) The West, The Northeast, The South, The Midwest

500

DIFFICULT: There are 2 countries in Africa that have weapons on their flag. One is a machine gun, and the other is a machete. Name one of the countries.

What is Angola? OR What is Mozambique?