Geography
Which geographic feature most commonly determines the location of civilizations?
What is water. (1 Throw)
What year did Pilgrims established a settlement in Plymouth?
What is 1620 (1 Throw)
Why are the Battles of Lexington and Concord important?
What is they were the first battles of the American Revolution. (1 Throw)
The attack on Fort Sumter marked the beginning of which war?
What is the Civil War (1 Throw)
What is the main purpose of this government?
What is to organize and regulate society. (1 Throw)
Mountains, plateaus, plains, and rivers are example of what?
What are geographic features. (1 Throw)
How did the Mayflower Compact contribute to self-government?
What is created an agreement (Social Contract) for governing the Plymouth settlement. (1 Throw)
Britain wanted the colonies to help pay the cost of this conflict ______. What conflict had Britain recently fought in?
What is French and Indian War (1 Throw)
What important event happened at Appomattox Court House in 1865?
What is General Lee (South) surrendered to General Grant (North). (1 Throw)
What is an example of representative democracy?
What is citizens choose leaders to represent them in government. (1 Throw)
What would a geographer most likely study?
What is he study of the earth, its people, and the landscapes they create. (1 Throw)
Why is 1607 an important year in U.S. history?
What is the 1st sucessful colony of Jamestown was established. (1 Throw)
How did Britain respond to the Boston Tea Party?
What is the Intolerable Acts. (1 Throw)
Which group was primarily affected by the Emancipation Proclamation?
What is enslaved people in areas controlled by the Confederacy (South) (1 Throw)
When was the process for changing the U.S. Constitution established?
What is after the Constitution was created (ratified). (1 Throw)
This geographic factor has the greatest influence on where people choose to live.
What is the availability of water. (1 Throw)
What is the belief that the United States was meant to expand across the North American continent?
What is Manifest Destiny (1 Throw)
What problem did the Great Compromise solve during the Constitutional Convention?
What is how states would be represented in Congress (Combining Virgina & New Jersey Plan) (1 Throw)
This 1863 proclamation declared enslaved people in Confederate-controlled areas to be free.
What is Emancipation Proclamation (1 Throw)
The United States and Canada allow citizens to elect people to represent them in government. This is an example of —
What is ruled by many. (1 Throw)
These natural landforms and bodies of water are shown on a physical map.
What are mountains, plateaus, plains, and rivers (1 Throw)
What was one major result of the French and Indian War?
What is Britain gained more control over the colonies and later began taxing them. (1 Throw)
Why did many American colonists become angry with Great Britain before the American Revolution?
What is Britain taxed the colonists without giving them representation in Parliament. (1 Throw)
This event marked the beginning of the Civil War in 1861.
What is the attack on Fort Sumter (1 Throw)
Which constitutional amendment protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures?
What is the Fourth Amendment. (1 Throw)
This type of scientist studies where humans, animals, and plants live and how they relate to one another.
What is a geographer? (1 Throw)
This series of laws passed by Britain increased tensions between Britain and the American colonies and helped lead to the American Revolution.
What is the Intolerable Acts (1 Throw)
Colonists believed they should have a voice in the government that taxed them. What was their statement?
What is “No taxation without representation”. (1 Throw)
These battles marked the beginning of the American Revolution.
What is the Battles of Lexington and Concord? (1 Throw)
This created a two-house Congress with representation based on different methods.
What is the Great Compromise (1Throw)
This 1763 proclamation restricted American colonists from settling west of the ___________________, affecting where people could move and settle.
What is Appalachian Mountains. (1 Throw)
This agreement established a plan for governing the Plymouth settlement.
What is the Mayflower Compact (1 Throw)
Which event was a major cause of increased tension between Britain and the American colonies?
What is the Stamp Act (1 Throw)
These rights include freedom of religion and the right to a speedy jury trial.
What are protected individual rights? (1 Throw)
This idea that citizens elect people to make decisions for the government.
What is a representative democracy (1 Throw)