Native American Culture Regions
1st Encounters
Colonial Regions
British Colonies
Mystery
100
What culture region mainly relied on Bison for all aspects of their life?
The Great Plains
100
Where was Columbus originally trying to go when he landed in the Americas?
The Indies
Western India and China
100
What are the 3 colonial regions?
New England, Middle, and Southern
100
What was the motive for settling Jamestown?
Gold
100
What year did slavery begin in the Americas?
1619
200
What crops are known as the "3 sisters" to the Iroquois?
Beans, Corn, Squash
200
Which of the 1st settlements were known to have Catholic missions?
A) New Netherlands
B) Spanish Borderlands
C) Jamestown
D) New France
B) Spanish Borderlands
200
Which of the colonial regions was Jamestown located in?
The Southern Colonies
200
What was the motive for settling Plymouth?
Religious freedom
200
What is the name of the tribe that first interacted with Columbus?
the Taino tribe
300
What is a characteristic common to many Native American religions?
Connection/Spirituality to the Environment.
300
What were the names of the conquerors who conquered the Aztec and the Inca?
Cortes and Pizzaro
300
Which colonial region had county seats?
The Southern Colonies
300
What British colony had a cash crop of Tobacco?
Virginia
300
How many years ago did the first humans live in Africa?
200,000 years ago
400
Which Native American culture region is characterized by grasslands and included most of the states of North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, and Colorado?
Great Plains
400
What was the Columbian Exchange?
The exchange of crops, disease, and materials between two continents that had never had contact before this.
400
Which colonial region first began requiring public education for their children? Why?
New England colonies because they thought kids should be able to read so they could read the Bible
400
What settlement was the British colony of New York before the British conquered?
New Netherlands
400
What was the Neolithic Revolution?
Transition of cultures from hunting and gathering to farming and domesticating animals.
500
Which Native American culture region is labeled "A" on the map below?
Plateau
500
What reason contributed to the largest decline in Native American population?
Disease
500
Which colonial region's climate and geography could be best compared to Indiana?
The Middle Colonies
500
Identify three differences between Jamestown and Plymouth.
Motive: Gold vs. Religion
People: Men vs. Families
Location: Cash crop vs. hard to farm
500
Explain how the Pilgrims and Wampanoag moved from contact to cooperation to conflict.
Early contact was peaceful and they traded good. They cooperated through sharing crops and hunting together (1st Thanksgiving), then conflict came when a Native American was killed and King Phillip was framed. A grievance was that the Pilgrims let their cattle destroy Native American crop.