Native Americans
Colonial America
Potpourii
100

What Native American Tribe is still present in Milwaukee and their names translates to "The Fire keepers"?

The Potowatomi

100

What is the name of the first SUCCESFUL English colony of the Americas?

Jamestown

100

What is the defintion of a push factor?

A stress that pushes a person away from a place 

200

What Native American Tribe made Igloos to stay warm?

The Inuit

200

Why is the colony of Roanoke consider a mystery?

All of the colonists disappeared

200

What colonial region contains New Hampshire and Massachusetts?

The New England Colonies

300

What Native American region had tribes that heavily relied on the buffalo (or Bison) for their food, shelter and really everything?

The great plains

300

What colonial region contained the following colonies: Virginia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Maryland and Georgia?

The Southern colonies

300

What Native Tribe inhabited the area around Jamestown?

The Powhatan tribe

400

What did ancient humans have to cross in order to get to the Americas during the Ice Age?

The Bering strait or the Bering Strait Land Bridge

400

Why did the colony of Jamestown have sharp population declines? (There are 2 answers, I need both for it to be correct)

Starvation and disease

400

What is colonialism?

Answers may vary (Teacher may use their discretion)

Official Definition: The practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically.

500

According to your native american regions map, what region was Wisconsin a part of?

The Eastern Woodlands or Woodlands

500

What colonial region had rich farmland and moderate climate, which they used produce a lot of grain?

The middle colonies

500

In the Disney movie pocahontas get together with John Smith, but in class we learn that is not correct. What was the name of the English Colonist that Pocahontas did end up marrying?

John Rolfe