Early Americans
Exploration
Expansion
Government
Rights and Responsibilities
100
The land bridge that the early settlers may have walked across.
What is the Bering Strait
100
1492
What year did Columbus sail to America?
100
A person who come to live in a new land.
What is an immigrant
100
Executive, Legislative, Judicial
What are the three branches of government?
100
Citizens elect government leaders.
What is the responsibility to vote
200
Columbus called them Indians
Who are the Native Americans
200
The explorer who discovered the West Indies.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
200
Riches, gold, land, and Christianity.
Why did people come to America?
200
local, state, national
What are the three level of government?
200
A panel of ordinary citizens who make decisions in a court of law
What is a jury
300
Asia, South Pacific, or Australia
Where did the early settlers come from?
300
The great age of exploration
What is the effect of Columbus's voyage?
300
The French sold land to United states that included much of the land west of the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains.
What is the Louisiana Territory
300
The written plan for our government.
What is the Constitution?
300
Money the government collects to pay for its services
What are taxes
400
They walked across a land bridge or sailed here.
How did early Americans arrive in America?
400
To find a shorter route to Asia.
Why did Columbus begin his exploration?
400
The food, clothing, music, are, religion, holidays, customs, stories, language, and games of a group.
What is culture
400
The first 10 amendments.
What is the Bill of Rights
400
Respect the Bill of Rights, obey the laws, pay taxes, serve on a jury, make the community a good place to live, vote, and become educated
What are the responsibilities of United States Citizens
500
11,000 years ago.
When did the first North Americans get here?
500
Spain, England, and France
Where did the explorers come from?
500
The motto of the United States
What is E pluribus Unum?
500
The leader of the executive branch of government.
Who is the president?
500
constructing and maintaining roads, parks, and schools, fire and police protection, maintenance of the local park
What do taxes pay for?