Geography
Economies
Native Americans
Colonial Life
Mystery...?
200
What is the difference between a topographical and political map?
Topographical shows elevation differences and political maps show borders, cities, and states.
200
True or False: All colonial economies were the same.
False: Colonial regions had vastly different economies based on a variety of factors.
200
Who began the process of converting Native Americans into slaves beginning with his arrival in 1492?
Christopher Columbus!
200
What Ocean played a significant role in resources for the 13 colonies?
The Atlantic Ocean!
200
What room number are we in?
233!
400
What are the three colonial regions of British North America?
New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies.
400
How did the South make a majority of its money and HOW did they conserve money on those products?
Through agriculture and the use of slaves.
400
Where did American Indians have issues with British settlers primarily?
Western sides of the colonies!
400
How did New England Town Meetings and the Virginia House of Burgesses influence modern day American government? (What are key parts of how they operate?)
They used democracy (voice of the people) and representative governments (vote for people who reflect your ideas)!
400
Who is the Mad Hatter?
A guy with TERRIBLE credibility on Youtube who created a conspiracy video on Hurricane Katrina.
600
Name a colony in each region of British North America.
New England: Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Connecticut
Middle Colonies: Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Delaware
Southern Colonies: Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
600
What item did the colonists trade with the French that included a process called trapping?
Furs (Fur trapping)
600
What was the term for removing the hair/top of the head of a person practiced originally by Native Americans?
Scalping
600
This individual led an uprising against the Jamestown government to show anger in how the government dealt with Native Americans.
Nathaniel Bacon! (Bacon's Rebellion)
600
Who's face is on the $100 bill?
Benjamin Franklin!
800
What served as a major barrier to westward movement for British colonists?
The Appalachian Mountains.
800
In the Middle Colonies, what was a large portion of the economy centered around and what products would be made from it?
Grain exports (Breadbasket of America)
Products like Wheat and Bread
800
Native Leaders often argued about poor treatment by Europeans: What were some of the claims they made against Europeans?
- Their land was stolen
- Their resources were taken away or their ability to use them was taken away
- They took away their way of life and converted them to English law and society
- Forced them to move to different places/lands
800
Explain a basic difference between the New England and Southern colonies.
New England: Northern climate, cold winters and mild summers, economy based on fishing/whaling
Southern Colonies: Southern climate, hot and humid with mild winters and economy based on agriculture/farming.
800
What was the first failed colony by the British in North America that hurt the chances of permanent settlement in the United States?
Roanoke, VA!
1000
At the end of the Mississippi River comes this geographic feature characterized by lowlands and marshy areas.
The Mississippi River Delta!
1000
What made colonies have different economies BESIDES their locations (climate)?
Resources available to them such as whale oil in NE, Iron deposits in the Middle colonies, and Abundance of Rural farmland in the Southern colonies.
1000
These six tribes make up the Iroquois Confederacy.
Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Mohawk, and Tuscarora! (SCOOMT)
1000
How did Benjamin Franklin advocate for colonists and show them they should begin to unite together?
Through his Join or Die article that explained that colonists needed to band together to protect their possessions against French colonists
1000
What process led to African-Americans moving out of the American South and into parts of the Northern United States for better economic opportunities?
The Great Migration!
