IH Unit 1 Jeopardy

Cluster 1

100

In this region indigenous people lived in dry lands and build towns and made pottery from rich clay and materials.

Southwest

200

means people who lived there first, who originally lived in a particular place.

Indigenous

300

What is an object that is made or changed by a person, especially one that is of historical interest?

Artifact

400

What word do we use to describe things that vary or are different? We would say that the indigenous societies were very _______ because they lived in different lands and climates. 

Diverse

500

Name 2 ways the land and climate mattered to indigenous societies.

Answers may vary:

Animals provided food, clothing

Built homes based on their land and climate

Near water - provided food, resources, ability to travel and trade

Cluster 2: European Nations and Their "New World"

100

This empire wanted to spread their religion of Catholicism to the native people of the Americas. 

France

200

What was Nelson's motive for knocking over the chair?

To get the goldfish

300

Name one thing that changed when Europeans came to the Americas.

Answers may vary

- Used many of the resources there (animals)

- Introduced new cultures, new languages, new religions,

400

What was a motive that all empires had in common when settling on land in the Americas?

To gain wealth and resources

500

Describe what a motive is in your own words.

A reason for doing something

Cluster 3: Britain's North American Colonies Before 1750

100

A person who is required to work without pay for someone else for a specified length of time, often in exchange for the cost of travel, food, and lodging

Indentured Servant

200

True or false: Indigenous groups lived in all of the colonies. 

True - and they were there first!

300

True or False: The southern colonies were the only colonies that enslaved Africans. 

False

400

Describe how farming was different in the New England colonies vs. the southern colonies.

Small farms were common in the New England colonies, but the Southern colonies had large plantations

500

Describe how religion was different in the New England vs. Middle Colonies.

Colonies such as Massachusetts were more strict with their religion, and the Middle colonies were more tolerant of different religious ideas. 

Cluster 4: Conflict and Cooperation in the British Colonies

100

A strong disagreement between people, groups, etc., that results in often angry argument or action.

A struggle for power, land, etc.

Conflict

200

Two students work together on a math problem, going over the work, and comparing answers. One notices they forgot to add a number and then they correct the mistake together.

This is an example of...

Cooperation

300

What does the name Pocahontas mean?

Playful

400

Give one example of how indigenous people and colonists conflicted. 

Attacked ships, fought over resources and land, burning their equipment, declare war, etc

500

Give one example of how indigenous people and colonists cooperated.

They signed treaties, worked together to grow food, sent food to eachother

Cluster 5:Slavery and the struggle for Freedom

100

To refuse to accept something or to stop it by action

Resist

200

The part of the trading system where African people were forced onto ships and brought to the Americas to be enslaved

Middle Passage

300

Name one specific part of their culture that Africans brought over to the Americas and sustained. 

Language - gullah

Food - okra, collard greens, etc.

Music and Dance - banjos and drums

Art and Poetry - baskets and poeams

400

Name one reason slavery developed in the European colonies.

Racist beliefs and the need for cheap labor

500

Name one way enslaved people resisted their enslavement or showed resilience.

Sustained their culture, Stono uprising, tried to escape, learned to read or write, etc.