Mega Jeopardy

Cumulative Social Studies Review

Early People & Explorers

Colonies Government

Revolution &

Moving West

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200 200 200 200 200

300 300 300 300 300

400 400 400 400 400

500 500 500 500 500

Early People & Explorers for 100

The _________ land bridge theory states

that a bridge of land formed between Asia

and North America called ____________.

Bering

Beringia

Early People & Explorers for 200

The ________________ (means re-birth) was a new time of learning, science, and art that began in Italy, and then spread across Europe.

Renaissance

Early People & Explorers for 300

The name for the route that could be taken from Europe to Asia that passed through or went around North America is…

The Northwest Passage

Early People & Explorers for 400

America was named after its founder from Italy named…

Amerigo Vespucci

Early People & Explorers for 500

_____________ is the term used to describe groups that travel and move often. The most common form of housing for these tribes that move is a _______________.

Nomadic

Tepee

Colonies for 100

The Lost Colony, or __________ was set up by Sir ___________________.

Roanoke

Walter Raleigh

Colonies for 200

A __________ colony is owned by the crown, (or King) and a _______________

colony is owned by one person.

Royal Proprietary

Colonies for 300

John Winthrop led the ____________ to Massachusetts Bay where they founded a colony from which ___________ and ______________ were eventually expelled for their beliefs.

Puritans Anne Hutchinson Roger Williams

Colonies for 400

__________________ was the proprietor of the colony he called Pennsylvania or ‘Penn’s Woods’. He was a ___________ and wanted to create a colony that lived peacefully and treated others equally.

William Penn Quaker

Colonies for 500

The colony of Georgia was originally created for __________ by James _____________. Georgia also made ____________ illegal.

Debtors

Ogelthorpe

Slavery

Government for 100

In Congress, the _________________ is based on population, whereas the _____________________ has equal representation.

House of RepresentativesSenate

Government for 200

People began to question whether the government could protect them during ____________________ when a group of angry farmers tried to take over an arsenal in the state of______________ .

Shays Rebellion Massachusetts

Government for 300

People that supported ratification of the Constitution are called ____________ and those who opposed are called ________________________.

Federalists Anti-Federalists

Government for 400

In order to get approval from the ____________ the founders promised a _____________________ to protect the people.

States

Bill of Rights

Government for 500

The _________ Plan called for 2 houses, where representation was based on population. The __________ Plan called for 1 house where representation was equal. The solution is known as the ______ __________ or the___________ ____________

Virginia New Jersey Great Compromise Connecticut Compromise

Moving West for 100

_____________ purchased land from the country of _____________ for

$15,000,000 that is known as the ________________ purchase.

Thomas JeffersonFrance

Louisiana

Moving West for 200_____________ and ______________ were

part of the Corps of Discovery that explored the new land gained by the United States. They enlisted the help of _____________ along their way and went as far west as the ___________

Ocean.LewisClarkSacagaweaPacific

Moving West for 300

The French and Indian War was against the ___________ and the ____________ where the Indians fought with the _______________ over dual land claims in the __________ River __________

FrenchBritish

French Ohio Valley

Moving West for 400

The battle of ____________ was considered the turning point of the American Revolution because now the Americans were defeating the _____________.

Saratoga British

Moving West for 500

The last major battle of the war before the Treaty of ___________ was signed was the Battle at _____________ where General ____________ was surrounded and he surrendered.

Paris Yorktown Cornwallis

A+ for 100

How many senators are sent from each state to serve in the senate?

2

A+ for 200

King George III said that all lands _______ of the Appalachian Mountains are for Native Americans. This was an invisible boundary or line known as the _____________ of 1763.

West

Proclamation

A+ for 300

The First Continental Congress was to….

And the Second Continental Congress was to….

Write a petition stating American rights, and to get themselves armed and form a militia.

Prepare for War!

A+ for 400

The Gold Rush occurred in _______ and immediately boosted the population of _________________. Most of these people were called the _____________.

1849 California Forty Niners

A+ for 500

_____________________ were set up to spread information more quickly during the Revolution. _____________ organized the first meeting in Boston.

Committees of Correspondence

Sam Adams

Final Jeopardy

The Father of the Constitution is ________________ but the writer of the Declaration of Independence is

__________________

James Madison

Thomas Jefferson