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MCAS JEOPARDY

MCAS JEOPARDY. Click PgDn to Start. F. HOME. What is one possible explanation for how Native Americans first came to America?. ANSWER.

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MCAS JEOPARDY

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  1. MCAS JEOPARDY Click PgDn to Start

  2. F HOME

  3. What is one possible explanation for how Native Americans first came to America? ANSWER

  4. Acceptable explanations:Crossed a land bridge between Asia and North America during the Ice Age.Took small boats from Europe, hugging glaciers and Arctic islands.Took small boats from South Pacific islands to South America.

  5. Name two types of evidence archaeologists use to study prehistoric Native Americans. ANSWER

  6. Acceptable explanations:Artifacts (pottery, stone tools, human and animal remains)FolkloreMedicineGeologyClimatologyEcologyLinguisticsHistorical documents

  7. What kind of home did the Native Americans living in the Eastern Woodland live? ANSWER

  8. Wigwams and/or longhouses

  9. What kind of home did the Native Americans living in the South Pacific live? ANSWER

  10. Pueblo and or cliff dwellings

  11. What kind of home did the Native Americans living in the Pacific Northwest live? ANSWER

  12. Long house constructed of log frames and covered with wooden planks

  13. Name two reasons why Columbus went on his first voyage? ANSWER

  14. To establish a western route from Europe to Asia for the purpose of tradeTo gain personal wealth and fame and to prove the world is round.

  15. Name two reasons why Europeans explored America ANSWER

  16. Searching for the Northwest Passage, looking for gold, looking for places to colonize, curiosity

  17. Name two consequences that resulted when the Spaniards met the Aztecs ANSWER

  18. Spaniards conquered Aztecs, thousands of Aztecs died of Europeans diseases, Aztecs were slaughtered or enslaved, Spaniards took land and gold.

  19. Hernan Cortes conquered which part of the Americas? ANSWER

  20. Southwest United States

  21. Hernan Cortes and Francisco Pizarro were called a. Cabildosb. Calabasitosc. Conquistadorsd. Donatorios ANSWER

  22. c. Conquistadors

  23. Identify a hardship experienced by the first settlers of Jamestown. ANSWER

  24. People were not willing to work so there was not enough food grown.

  25. How did the first settlers of Jamestown overcome their hardship? ANSWER

  26. John Smith made everyone work.

  27. DAILY DOUBLEHow much do you want to wager?click PgDn to view question What was America’s first university? (founded in 1636) ANSWER

  28. Harvard University

  29. How did the first settlers of Plymouth overcome their hardship? ANSWER

  30. Native Americans gave the Pilgrims food and showed them how to farm.

  31. Why was Jamestown a successful settlement? ANSWER

  32. Due to the leadership of John Smith, John Rolfe planted tobacco that eventually became a cash crop.

  33. Name three occupations in Colonial New England ANSWER

  34. Farming, lumbering, ship building, trading, fishing.

  35. Why were there fewer towns in the Southern Colonies than New England? ANSWER

  36. The economy of the south was mostly agricultural—mostly rural, plantations were self-sufficient so less need for towns.The economy of the north was based more on trade and industry.

  37. Identify two characteristics of a typical plantation in a Southern colony. ANSWER

  38. Main house, docks, fields, slave quarters, barns, blacksmith and other industries necessary for keeping the plantation running.

  39. By whom was New York originally settled? ANSWER

  40. The Dutch

  41. What was the original name of New York and New York City? ANSWER

  42. New York was New Netherlands, New York City was New Amsterdam.

  43. Identify two causes for the American Revolution. ANSWER

  44. No taxation without representation, King George III imposed tax laws (Stamp Act, Tea Act) that colonists did not have a say in, used to political freedoms (self-governing, democratic values), Boston Massacre.

  45. Name two people involved in the American Revolution. ANSWER

  46. Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, Paul Revere, King George III, George Washington….

  47. Describe the Boston Tea Party. ANSWER

  48. Colonists threw tea into the Boston Harbor.

  49. Describe Paul Revere’s ride. ANSWER

  50. Revere rode through Boston to warn colonist that the British were marching to Lexington to arrest Samuel Adams and to take the ammunition stored there.

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