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Jeopardy: US History and Geography Quiz

Test your knowledge of early North American culture, exploration, and revolution in this interactive Jeopardy-style game. Answer questions correctly to earn points!

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Jeopardy: US History and Geography Quiz

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  1. Jeopardy Choose a category. You will be given the answer. You must give the correct question. Click to begin.

  2. Choose a point value. Choose a point value. Click here for Final Jeopardy

  3. USI.2 Geography USI.3 Early N.Amer. Culture USI.4 N.Amer. Exploration USI.5 Shaping America USI.6 Revolution 10 Point 10 Point 10 Point 10 Point 10 Point 20 Points 20 Points 20 Points 20 Points 20 Points 30 Points 30 Points 30 Points 30 Points 30 Points 40 Points 40 Points 40 Points 40 Points 40 Points 50 Points 50 Points 50 Points 50 Points 50 Points

  4. If a ship off the west coast of Africa followed the equator West, it would touch land in --

  5. South America

  6. The imaginary lines that are drawn in an east-west direction on this map are called --

  7. Latitude Lines

  8. This region of the United States has the greatest amount of grasslands --

  9. 4

  10. 3 5 1 2 4 This river was considered the gateway to the West in the early 1800’s --

  11. 3 5 1 2 4 5 – Ohio River

  12. One of the reasons the Erie Canal was important was because --

  13. It provided a faster route westward.

  14. This is a characteristic of the region inhabited by the Pueblo Indians --

  15. Desert

  16. Most American Indians (First Americans) met their basic food needs by --

  17. using resources in the environment

  18. American Indians (First Americans) most likely gave English settlers new --

  19. crops to grow

  20. Name three things that affected how the First Americans found food, clothing and shelter --

  21. Geography • Climate • Environment

  22. Eurasia is the combination of what two continents --

  23. Europe & Asia

  24. For what reason did the Virginia Company of London build the settlement at Jamestown --

  25. economic

  26. This picture shows that one of the reasons the Spanish explored North America was to promote --

  27. religion

  28. This was a Spanish Explorer of North America

  29. Francisco Coronado

  30. This European country became a major trading partner with West African empires in the late 1400’s --

  31. Portugal

  32. This nation conquered and enslaved First Americans  --

  33. Spain

  34. England passed the Stamp Act in the colonies in 1765 to --

  35. raise money to pay for the French & Indian War

  36. These people worked as craftsmen in towns and on plantations --

  37. artisans

  38. By the mid 1700’s, American colonists were unhappy with England rule because --

  39. They had no representation in the Parliament “Taxation without Representation”

  40. 1 2 3 4 This numbered area had large plantations --

  41. 1 2 3 4 4 - South

  42. ? Tobacco Which products best replace the question mark?

  43. ? Tobacco Tea and machinery

  44. This took place before the event shown in this picture --

  45. The Stamp Act

  46. This was the most important result of the 1783 Treaty of Paris

  47. Britain recognized American Independence

  48. What contribution did Phillis Wheatley make to the American Revolution?

  49. She wrote poems that supported independence.

  50. These political ideas of John Locke influenced American Independence --

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