Culture
Wabanaki Studies
Colonies and Revolutions
American Government
Slavery
100
True or False: You are part of only one community.
False
100
What continent did humans originally start migrating within?
Human migration started in Africa
100
The 13 colonies were broken up into 3 sections. What are the 3 sections?
Northern Colonies, Middle Colonies, Southern Colonies
100
What is the name of the document that told Britian we were going to fight back?
The Declaration of Independance
100
What is Justification?
How humans decide what is okay and not okay.
200
What are the first 10 amendments of the Constitution called?
The Bill of Rights
200
What does Wabanaki translate to?
People of the First Light
People of the Dawnland
200
What is the Olive Branch Petition about?
Telling Britian they were being jerks and what needed to change if they didn't want the Colonies to leave.
200
What was our nations first governing document and how many "pieces" were there?
The Articles of the Confederation and there were 13 articles.
200
How did people use religion to justify slavery?
They used different pieces of the Bible to explain that God was telling them to "help" anyone that was "different" than them.
300
What does the word assimilation mean?
"The Great American Melting Pot"
Coming together and adopting others' traditions and beliefs.
300
What are the 5 tribes that make up the Wabanaki Confederacy?
Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, Mi’kmaq, Maliseet, and Abenaki
300
What group drafted the Olive Branch Petition and later the Declaration of Independance?
The Continental Congress
300
The Articles of Confederation created a weak central government. Why did the founding fathers write it this way?
They were tired of Britian ruling over them and were afraid of creating another government where they would end up in the same place.
300
What is the difference between Causation and Correlation?
Correlation: The act of two things trending in the same fashion in data.
Causation: One thing directing causing the other to happen.
400
List the 10 traits of culture we focused on.
Food, clothing, language, government, religion, history, shelter, pastimes, holidays, and community.
400
What prompted the nations of the Wabanaki to unite together? AND why was it easy for them to unite?
The nations united due to the danger from the Iroquois.
It was easy for them to unite because they were already similar in many ways.
400
What is considered the first battle of the American Revolution, prompting the phrase "The shot heard round the world"?
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
400
When it was clear the Articles of Confederation were not working, the Continental Congress got back together to amend the Articles. What did they do instead?
The wrote the U.S. Constitiution
Bonus points if these are mentioned: The Bill of Rights, a strong central government, only needed 51% to pass laws.
400
Explain one of the 5 different theories we talked about that history used to justify slavery.
500
Technology is more than just phones and laptops. Pick something other than these 2 items and explain how they have changed throughout history.
**Answers accepted based on Teacher approval**
500
Describe the Wabanaki War Chief and what they did before going into battle.
He was a brave warrior who had proved himself in battle. He would stand in the center of town with a red club and ask for others to join him in battle. He would then lead 10 men to battle.
500
Why do people revolt?
A change in political (or government) power. Can be boto violent or nonviolent.
500
How many articles are there in the Constitution? What is the first paragraph of the Constitution called?
Bonus points if you can name what 2 or more articles did.
There are 7 articles and the introducation is called the Preamble.
The 7 articles did the following: created the Legislative branch, created the Judicial branch, created the Executive branch, gave the states the power to govern themselves, gave the U.S. government the overall power, and the last one is about how many states are needed to make it official.
500
How did Slavery in the United States affect the country moving forward?
It was the main cause of the American Civil War.