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| 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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