THIS IS

With Host... Your

VocabularyGeography European Exploration 13 Colonies Crisis in the Colonies Revolutionary War 200

What is a handmade object from ancient times? A 100

An artifact A 100

Define culture. A 200

A way of life. Examples: religion, food, clothing, etc… A 200

What is a true account or eyewitness of an event in history? A 300

A primary source. A 300

What is a secondary source? A 400

A second hand account of an event. Someone who was not an eyewitness. A 400

A 500

Primary source: diary, letter, photo Secondary source: textbook, biography A 500

What is a peninsula? B 100

Land surrounded on three sides by water. B 100

B 200

A theory that the first Americans crossed a land bridge from Asia to North America by following the migrating animals. B 200

B 300

Virginia in 1607 B 300

B 400

B 500 _

Iroquois used the longhouse because they lived in the eastern woodlands in NY. B 500

What is the Northwest Passage? C 100

Searching for a direct water route through or around North America. C 100

Describe the Columbian Exchange and positive and negative results. C 200

An exchange of goods, ideas and diseases from Europe to the Americas. Positives of spreading ideas and diversity of goods. Negatives were diseases were spread. C 200

Explain how the Native Americans were affected by the Columbian Exchange. C 300

Native Americans died from the European diseases. C 300

C 400 Describe the fur trade.

French explorers trapping beaver. C 400

C 500

Jamestown. They were coming for money reasons and grew tobacco. House of Burgesses was a representative government. C 500

D 100

New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island. City on the Hill- MBC as an example for others to follow (John Winthrop) D 100

Name the 4 Middle Colonies. What was the nickname? D 200

NY, NJ, Delaware, PA Breadbasket colonies D 200

Name the 5 Southern Colonies. Why was there a middle passage? D 300

Virginia, S.C., N.C., Maryland, Georgia Slaves were needed for their economy. D 300

Describe the different aspects of life in Pennsylvania. (founder…religion…) D 400

Quakers, William Penn founded it, They were religiously tolerant. D 400

D 500

Peter Stuyvesant, Dutch Governor, gave Up New Amsterdam without a fight! D 500

During the French and Indian War what was the Albany Plan of Union? E 100

A plan made by Ben Franklin to encourage the 13 colonies to join as one government. E 100

What was the Treaty of Paris? E 200

The agreement that ended the French and Indian War and made France return the land in North America. E 200

E 300 Describe the Stamp Act.

Tax on paper goods, wedding licenses, cards, etc… E 300

E 400 What does “No taxation without representation” mean?

American colonists were outraged that they did not have a voice in England’s parliament when they were being taxed. E 400

Describe some of the protests that occurred: boycotting, tar and feathering, and the Boston Tea Party. E 500

Boycotting- refusal to buy goods Tar and feathering of tax collectors Boston Tea Party- led by Sam Adams and dumped over 300 tea boxes into Boston Harbor. This led to the Intolerable Acts. E 500

Describe a Patriot vs. a Loyalist. F 100

Patriots- fight against British rule Loyalist- wanted to be loyal to England and fought for British side. F 100

Who was Thomas Paine and what did he do? F 200

He wrote the pamphlet “Common Sense” that said the colonists should break free of England. F 200

What was the Declaration of Independence? F 300

Document written by Thomas Jefferson expressing: the wrongs of King George III, natural rights of the people, and declaring the U.S. as a free nation. F 300

Describe where the first shots of the Revolutionary War were fired. F 400

Lexington and Concord was the first shots because the British were trying to find ammunition in Concord for the war. F 400

Describe the advantages and disadvantages of the Americans vs. British. F 500

Advantages of Americans- Owned their own rifles, it was their land Disadvantages- militia (not trained) Advantages of British- well trained, had loyalists (colonists) on their side Disadvantages- redcoats, unfamiliar land F 500

Thank You for Playing Jeopardy! Game Designed By C. Harr-MAIT