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100

The distance or height above sea level.

Elevation 

100

People who buy goods and services.

Consumers

100

Means to travel

Migrate

100

What were English colonists' motivations for colonization? Name 3. 

1. Religious Freedom

2. Land Ownership

3. Wealth

4. Trade Routes

100

What county do you live in?

Elk County

200

An area that shares physical or human characteristics.

Region

200

Means consumers' desire to buy a particular thing or service.

Demand

200

How scientists believed people first came to North and South America.

The Bering Strait

200

What challenges did English colonists face? Name 2.

1. Dangerous and Unknown Territory

2. Fighting with Other Groups

3. Distance from Home Country

200

What is the smallest country?

Vatican City

300

Is a simple map usually set in the corner of a larger one. 

Locator Map

300

Means that there is a limit to what we can have.

Scarcity

300

Is a set of beliefs and way of life that is special to a certain group.

Culture

300

What does the word Indigenous mean?

People native to the land or someone who was there first. 

300

What is PA's state bird?

Ruffed Grouse

400

Looks a bit like an arrow and shows the directions: north, south, east, west

Compass Rose

400

It is the thing you have to give up to get the thing you want.

Opportunity Cost

400
They don't like to be referred to as "Eskimos." What is this group?

Inuits

400

How did colonization of the Americas affect the indigenous groups?

1. Devastating loss of life

2. Disruption of tradition

3. Enormous loss of lands

400

What is PA's state drink & cookie?

Milk/Chocolate Chip Cookie

500

A map that shows information such as location of state or national borders or the location of capitals and other cities. 

Political Map

500

In this economic system, not the government, own the factories, businesses, and store that make, sell, and distribute goods or services. 

Free Market Economy

500

The Aztecs were skilled farmers. They built systems for bringing water to dry fields. 

Irrigation

500

What is the Roanoke Colony remembered as? Hint: We don't know what happened!!

It was called "The Lost Colony"

500

What nickname does the state of PA have?

The Keystone State, The Steel State, The Coal State