Question | Answer |
a spirit; a doll that represents a spirit | what is a kachina |
ceremony to display and give away wealth | what is a potlatch |
an item that honors one's ancestors | what is a totem pole |
a food grown by many Native Americans | what is maize |
an act of bravery among Plains braves | what is a counting coup |
The ancestors of today's Native Americans probably came from | what is East Asia |
a land bridge connected Asia and North America until about | what is 8000 BC |
one of the most important crops native to the Western Hemisphere was | what is corn |
The "apartment house" dwellings of the ancient Southwest were built by | what were the ancestors of the Pueblos |
Native American groups in the Southeast | built large ceremonial mounds |
The cultural area that contributed such Native-American words as chipmunk, hickory, moose, and raccoon to the English language was the | what were the Eastern Woodlands |
The buffalo was a mainstay of the Native Americans of the | What were the Plains |
California Native Americans were known best for making especially fine | what were baskets |
Northwest Coast peoples made | what were totem poles |
Native Americans of the Northwest Coast | competed by giving away property |
where was Powhatan from | What is Jamestown |
Where was Anne Hutchinson from | Where is Rhode Island |
Where was William Penn from | What is Pennsylvania |
Where was James Oglethorpe from? | What is Georgia |
Where was Thomas Hooker from | What is Connecticut |
About how many years before Columbus's voyage did the Vikings explore a part of North America? | what is 500 years |
The first Portuguese explorer to sail around Africa to India | who was Vasco da Gama |
In 1492, Columbus wanted to | reach Asia by sailing East |
The main reason that the Dutch settled in North America was to gain | what is trade |
The first man to explore North America for the English was | who was John Cabot |
Plymouth Colony was organized by | Who were the Separatists? |
The first American colony to guarantee all its people religious freedom was | What is Rhode Island |
The first European settlers in the Middle Colonies were the | who were the Dutch |
The English colony settled at first mainly by debtors was | what is Georgia |
North Carolina and South Carolina | were founded as one colony |
allowing all citizens the right to vote on all matters before a local council | what is directory democracy |
a crop used for making linen | what is flax |
a revolt by western Virginians | What was Bacon's Rebelion |
a revolt by a New York militia against a colonial authority | what was Leisler's Rebellion |
a group of armed citizens who come together during emergencies | what is a militia |
By 1750, the percentage of African Americans in the British colonies was about | what is 20 percent |
what was not an important colonial economic activity | what was coal mining |
what were important colonial economic activities | what were fishing, shipbuilding, and lumbering |
Puritans were the forerunners of todays | what are Congregationalists |
During the colonial period, representative assemblies exercised control over their governors by | what is power of the purse |
The region noted for town meetings was | what is New England |
Bacon's Rebellion was an armed uprising against the royal governor of | what is virgina |
The first public schools in the colonies were organized in | what is Massachusetts |
The first college founded in the 13 original colonies was | what is Harvard |
The Zenger trial was important because it | strengthened colonial freedom of the press |
the first lending library in the colonies was founded by | who was Ben Franklin |
confined colonial imports to British ships | what were the Navigation Acts |
lowered tax on molasses | what was the Sugar Act |
taxed printed matter and legal documents | what was the Stamp Act |
stated Parliament's authority over colonies | what was the Declaratory Act |
restated right to use writs of assistance | what was the Townshend Acts |
What were the causes of the French and Indian War | 1. conflicting territorial claims by England and France 2. competition over fur trade 3. movement of Americans into the Ohio Valley |
The Albany Plan of the Union was proposed by | Who was Ben Franklin |
The decisive event of the French and Indian War was | what was the capture of Quebec |
As a result of the French and Indian War, the western boundary of British territory in North America was fixed at | what is the Mississippi River |
after the French and Indian War, Britain | decided to enforce its trade laws more strictly |
The Stamp Act aroused heated opposition because it | taxed articles that most colonists used |
The British responded to the Stamp Act crisis by | repealing the law |
the colonists forced the British to repeal most of the Townshend taxes by | what is boycotting English goods |
colonists objected to the Tea Act of 1773 because it | what is threatening to put colonial tea merchants our to business |
the main reason for the First Continental Congres was to | what is protection of colonial liberties |
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