Who wants to be a Student Millionaire?

1. Who wants to be a Student Millionaire? Hosted by Mr. Hammond

2. Confident?

3. The Prizes • 8 - $16,000 • 9 - $32,000 • 10 - $64,000 • 11 - $125,000 • 12 - $250,000 • 13 - $500,000 • 14 - $1,000,000 1 - $100 2 - $200 3 - $500 4 - $1,000 5 - $2,000 6 - $4,000 7 - $8,000

4. Lifelines • “Phone a friend” • Ask the audience • 50/50

5. $100 What was the name for the journey of slaves from Africa to America? • A – 127 Yard Sale B – Trail of Tears • C The Middle Passage • C - The Middle Passage • D – National Lampoons Vacation

6. $200 The Southern coast of West Africa became known as ? • A - Alabama B – Silver Coast • C – Barbary Coast • D - Gold Coast • D – Gold Coast

7. $500 According to mercantilists, the prosperity of a nation depended on ? • A – The People B - A large supply of Gold • B – A large supply of Gold • C – The Military • D – Cheap Labor/Slaves

8. $1,000 Vasco de Gama’s discovery of a route to India by sea proved to be? • A - Very Profitable • A – Very Profitable B – Very Expensive • C - The edge of the World • D – Highly Dangerous

9. $2,000 Died believing he had found a westward route to Asia, in fact he had discovered America. • A – Vasco Da Gama B – John Cabot • C – Christopher Crinkle • D – Christopher Columbus • D - Christopher Columbus

10. $4,000 A set of principles that dominated economic thought in the 17th century. • A - mercantilism • A - mercantilism B - speculation • C - consumerism • D – Mr. Lee, Mr. Blevins

11. $8,000 Originally, African slaves were brought to the Americas to supply labor for who? • A – tobacco fields B - sugarcane plantations • B – sugarcane plantations • C – cotton plantations • D – Christopher Columbus

12. Who will win? $16,000 What was an established line of demarcation between Spain and Portugal in the new world? • A – Mason/Dixon Line B – Treaty of Versailles • C – Treaty of Padequa • D - Treaty of Tordesillas • D – Treaty of Tordesillas

13. $32,000 Who explored the New England coastline of the Americas for England? • A – Christopher Columbus B – Vasco d’ Aquillera • C – John Cabot • C – John Cabot • D – John Travolta

14. $64,000 Why was Southeast Asia so important to rulers and merchants? • A – Military Bases B – Spice Trade = Get Rich • B – Spice Trade = Get Rich • C – Climate = Good Bathing • D – Wealth = Power

15. $125,000 What is the difference in value between what a nation imports and what it exports over time? • A – Balance of Trade • A – Balance of Trade B – Gross National Product • C – Triangular Trade • D - Mercantilism

16. $250,000 Where did the English establish a permanent settlement in America in 1600s? • A – New Amsterdam B - Plymouth • C – Jamestown • C - Jamestown • D – Russell Springs

17. $500,000 Which Native American peoples occupied the largest area of land? • A - Southwest B – Great Plains • C - Incas • D - Subarctic • D - Subarctic

18. $1,000,000 When did the first African slaves make their journey to the Americas? • A - 1508 • B - 1518 B - 1518 • C - 1522 • D - 1534

19. Winner! Winner! Winner! Winner! Winner! Winner! Winner! Winner! Winner!