Age of Exploration
Plymouth Rock was formed by this group of religious escapees from Great Britain.
What are Pilgrims?
The states Pennsylvania and New York are included in this region.
What are the Middle Colonies?
Slaves were often kidnapped from this region of the world.
What is West Africa?
This term is used to describe changing ways of life by using the resources of the environment.
What is adaptation?
This European country controlled America as a colonial region.
What is Great Britain/England?
Christopher Columbus was trying to find another route to this country.
What is India?
This region is known for rocky soil and cold winters, with shipping and whaling two of its biggest industries.
What is New England?
The name for the route from West Africa to America, where slaves would be transported.
What is the Middle Passage?
This type of housing is made of animal hide held up by sticks.
This military general fought in the Revolutionary War, later serving as America's first president.
Who is George Washington?
Jamestown was known for growing this cash crop.
What is tobacco?
This region featured hot summers and fertile soil, including places like Virginia, Georgia, and South Carolina.
What are the Southern Colonies?
This type of religious song was one slaves would often sing during work, keeping them hopeful during their hardships.
What is a spiritual?
In the northernmost parts of North America, American Indians would use this common animal to build houses, create clothing, and use its bones for weapons.
What is a seal?
This popular drink was taxed heavily during this time, leading to rebels dumping large amounts of it into the Boston harbor.
What is tea?
The European explorers were wanting to find this rare, shiny metal in the new world.
What is gold?
This type of large farm was popular in the Southern Colonies, often worked on by slaves.
What is a plantation?
This way of resisting involves slaves burning down the crops and homes of their owners' plantations.
What is arson?
American Indians used this to cross from Russia to Alaska around 10,000 years ago.
What is a land bridge?
This document declared the United States a separate country; we celebrate it's signing on July 4th every year.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
These were introduced unintentionally by the explorers, leading to the deaths of 90% of the American Indian population.
What is disease?
This term refers to the study of Earth's physical features and how humans interact with them.
What is geography?
Prior to slavery, these people would work on farms for a finite amount of time, in exchange for travel to the United States or as punishment for a crime.
What is indentured servitude?
By combining mud with water and heating it up, American Indians in the Southwest were able to use this hard material to craft houses and pottery.
What is clay?
This award-winning musical describes the founding of America, with music by Lin-Manuel Miranda.
What is Hamilton?