MCAS JEOPARDY

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MCAS JEOPARDY
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What is one possible explanation for how Native
Americans first came to America?
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Acceptable explanationsCrossed 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.
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Name two types of evidence archaeologists use to
study prehistoric Native Americans.
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Acceptable explanationsArtifacts (pottery,
stone tools, human and animal remains)FolkloreMe
dicineGeologyClimatologyEcologyLinguisticsHis
torical documents
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What kind of home did the Native Americans living
in the Eastern Woodland live?
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Wigwams and/or longhouses
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What kind of home did the Native Americans living
in the South Pacific live?
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Pueblo and or cliff dwellings
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What kind of home did the Native Americans living
in the Pacific Northwest live?
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Long house constructed of log frames and covered
with wooden planks
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Name two reasons why Columbus went on his first
voyage?
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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.
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Name two reasons why Europeans explored America
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Searching for the Northwest Passage, looking for
gold, looking for places to colonize, curiosity
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Name two consequences that resulted when the
Spaniards met the Aztecs
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Spaniards conquered Aztecs, thousands of Aztecs
died of Europeans diseases, Aztecs were
slaughtered or enslaved, Spaniards took land and
gold.
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Hernan Cortes conquered which part of the
Americas?
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Southwest United States
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Hernan Cortes and Francisco Pizarro were called
a. Cabildosb. Calabasitosc. Conquistadorsd.
Donatorios
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c. Conquistadors
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Identify a hardship experienced by the first
settlers of Jamestown.
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People were not willing to work so there was not
enough food grown.
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How did the first settlers of Jamestown overcome
their hardship?
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John Smith made everyone work.
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What was Americas first university? (founded in
1636)
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Harvard University
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How did the first settlers of Plymouth overcome
their hardship?
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Native Americans gave the Pilgrims food and
showed them how to farm.
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Why was Jamestown a successful settlement?
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Due to the leadership of John Smith, John Rolfe
planted tobacco that eventually became a cash
crop.
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Name three occupations in Colonial New England
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Farming, lumbering, ship building, trading,
fishing.
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Why were there fewer towns in the Southern
Colonies than New England?
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The economy of the south was mostly
agriculturalmostly rural, plantations were
self-sufficient so less need for towns.The
economy of the north was based more on trade and
industry.
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Identify two characteristics of a typical
plantation in a Southern colony.
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Main house, docks, fields, slave quarters, barns,
blacksmith and other industries necessary for
keeping the plantation running.
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By whom was New York originally settled?
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The Dutch
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What was the original name of New York and New
York City?
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New York was New Netherlands, New York City was
New Amsterdam.
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Identify two causes for the American Revolution.
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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.
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Name two people involved in the American
Revolution.
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Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, Paul Revere, King
George III, George Washington.
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Describe the Boston Tea Party.
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Colonists threw tea into the Boston Harbor.
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Describe Paul Reveres ride.
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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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Provide a reason why Paul Reveres ride was an
important part of the American Revolution.
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Revere warned the Minutemen to fight in the
Battle of Lexington and Concord, first battle of
the American Revolution.
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Which of the following would have been taxed
under the Stamp Act?a. Land, homes, horsesb.
Newspapers, papers, documentsc. Tea, sugar,
flourd. Furniture, clothing, paper
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b. Newspapers, papers, documents
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No taxation without representation was a
complaint of which of the following groups?a.
English colonistsb. English soldiersc. Native
Americansd. English government
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a. English colonists
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The Boston Tea Party was organized by a. Paul
Revereb. George Washingtonc. Samuel Adamsd.
Benjamin Franklin
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c. Samuel Adams
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The first shots fired in the Revolutionary War
were at the a. Battle of Lexington and
Concordb. Battle of Bunker Hillc. Battle of
Saratogad. Battle of Yorktown 
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a. Battle of Lexington and Concord
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Who betrayed the Americans at West Point, New
York?a. Benedict Arnoldb. Thomas Jeffersonc.
George Washingtond. Nathaniel Hale
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a. Benedict Arnold
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QUESTION
Why was Pennsylvania founded?
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Religious freedom, Penn wanted a place for
Quakers and others to worship freely.
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