End of the Year Jeopardy Questions Used for Sol Review with Buzzers

End of the Year Jeopardy Questions used for Sol review with buzzers.

Who was the famous African American colonial female poet who wrote during the Revolutionary period? Phyllis Wheatley
Who issued the Emancipation Proclamation? Abraham Lincoln
As Lincoln is to the Union, ______is to the Confederacy? Jefferson Davis
As George Washington is to Lord Cornwallis, ______is to Robert E. Lee? Ulysses S. Grant
As John Cabot is to the east coast and eastern Canada ______is to the southwest and Arizona and New Mexico? Francisco Coronado
What nation made voyages along West Africa to trade? Portugal
What did the First Americans make from plants and animal skins? Clothes
What battle did the Union have to win to control the Mississippi River? Vicksburg
What was the name of the canal that connected the Northeast to the Great Lakes and the Northwest Territory? Erie Canal
What two famous Virginians influenced James Madison and the Bill of Rights? George Mason and Thomas Jefferson
What document was written by George Mason? VA Declaration of Rights
What Civil War general was offered the Union command, but would not fight against his home state? Robert E. Lee
What famous act was imposed on the colonies to help pay for the French and Indian War? Stamp Act
Who started the American Red Cross? Clara Barton
Saratoga is to the American Revolution as ______is to the Civil War. Gettysburg
What was the “Lost Colony”? Roanoke
What French explorer explored the Mississippi River? Robert LaSalle
Who was the male African American abolitionist that escaped from slavery and spoke out against it? Frederick Douglass
What principle part of democracy shares/divides powers between the states and the central governments? Federalism
What section was against tariffs before the Civil War began? South
What section depended more on manufacturing and industry in its economy? North
What was the name of the government that did not provide for an executive branch or a judicial branch and was considered a weak government? Articles
What was the network that smuggled slaves northward called? Underground Railroad
What southern state was an independent republic before it entered the United States? Texas
What famous national governmental document was written during the Revolutionary War? Articles of Confederation
What land expansion did Lewis and Clark explore? Louisiana Purchase
What settlement was started by debtors searching for economic freedom in the New World? Georgia
What explorer traveled down the St. Lawrence River and founded Quebec? Samuel de Champlain
What two famous Patriots led the Boston Tea Party? Paul Revere and Sam Adams
What land expansion stretched from the Mississippi River to the Oregon Country? Louisiana Purchase
What section was known to have agriculture as its primary source of economic gain? South
What document hampered the westward movement over the Appalachian Mountains by the colonists? Proclamation Act of 1763
What nation gave the U.S. Florida by treaty? Spain
Cheaper, faster transportation helped people to get to the gold fields in what state? California
What was the term called that referred to the expansion west for the good of the county? Manifest Destiny
What ocean is known as the highway that brought explorers and settlers to NA?
What two rivers did Lewis and Clark travel on? Columbia and Missouri Rivers
What geographic region may be described as “rugged mountains along the Pacific Coast that contains fertile valleys”? Coastal Range
What geographic region is located along the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico? Coastal Plain
What geographic region is located west of the Rocky Mountains and east of the Sierra Nevada’s and has Death Valley? Basin and Range
What was the term used for men and women who agreed to work without pay for passage to the New World? Indentured Servant
Which American Indians depended on the buffalo to survive? Sioux
The continental divided and the mountains with the highest elevation are located in which region of the United States? Rocky Mountains
Which region has mountains and Death Valley? Basin and Range
Which nation depended on fishing and trapping as a primary source of economic gain in N.A.? France What Indians helped them? Iroquois
What were people in the colonies called that were treated as property and had no rights? Slaves
What explorer started Quebec in Canada? Champlain For what nation? France
The Great Lakes form a boundary between the U.S. and what nation? Canada
PA, Plymouth, Jamestown, Ma Bay- Which settlement was not created for religious freedom? Jamestown
Which Native Americans inhabited Alaska and northern Canada where temperature is freezing most of the year? Inuit
(Point to map of the world), Which continent is "this" closest to the South Pole? Antarctica
Which Native Americans used whale, seal, and bear to survive? Inuit
Which colonial section featured large plantations and slaves? Southern
Which section featured a jagged coastline? New England
What do the Mississippi River and the Rio Grande River flow into? Gulf of Mexico
Which two US rivers are major links to other parts of the world acting a trans-portation arteries to move farm and industrial products? Mississippi and Missouri Rivers
What action did England do to the colonist after the French and Indian War that made the colonist angry? Taxed the colonists-Stamp Act (or would not allow them to cross the Appalachian Mts.)
What is the name of the landmass connecting two continents as one? Eurasia
What job would most colonial women have? House keeper/wife/Caretaker
The trading of European farm tools and weapons for beaver pelts and food is and example of what between the Native Americans and the Europeans? Cooperation
What region has the oldest Mountains in NA? Appalachian Mountains
Which region has the tallest Mountains in NA? Rocky Mountains
Which First Americans were associated with New Mexico and Arizona? Pueblo
How did the governor of an English colony become governor? They were appointed by the king or by the propitiator
Who controlled the trade between the American colonies and other countries? Parliament
Which region stretches from eastern Canada to Alabama? Appalachian Mountains
Which First Americans used the teepee to live in? Sioux
What is the oldest, most famous archeological dig sight in VA? Cactus Hill
Which European nation explored the eastern part of what is now Canada and the Great Lakes? France
Which First Americans were located in the Pacific Northwest? Kwakiutl
What nation’s economic gain came from trapping and fishing? France
North Africa, East Africa, South Africa, West Africa- to what part of Africa did the powerful trading kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, And Songhai belong? West Africa
What continent was Portugal the first to trade with? Africa
LaSalle and Champlain are to France as ______is to Spain? Coronado
(Point to the world map with laser) Which continent did the explorers Cabot, LaSalle, and Coronado come from? Europe
Which colonial section was most known for its diversity? Mid-Atlantic (middle)
Which colony was settled by people searching for economic freedom and relief from debt? Georgia
Name the 3 powerful West African trading societies. Ghana, Mali, Songhai
Carpenters, blacksmiths, and silversmiths are all examples of people known as ______? Artisans
“I would rather die a thousand deaths than face General Grant on this day.” Who said this and where was he going to meet General Grant? Robert E. Lee/Appomattox court House, Virginia
Christianity, diseases, new technology, gold-- which of these was not brought by the Europeans to the First Americans? Gold
Fishing, shipbuilding, skilled craftsmen, and shopkeepers made up a large part of which section? New England
Which section had hot, humid weather? Southern
Which section had moderate summers and harsh winters? New England
Which section was most known for having slaves? Southern
Which Native Americans lived in the Northeast woodland areas? Iroquois
Which sections was religiously and culturally more diverse? Mid-Atlantic (middle)
Which European nation was the first to start trading metals, cloth, and other goods to the empires of West Africa? Portugal
What is the name of the trade between the colonies, England and Africa called? Triangular trade
Who won the French and Indian War? England
Gold was traded by what three famous African Trade Kingdoms? Mali, Ghana and Songhai
Which region is further east, the Coastal Range or Coastal Plain? Coastal Plain
What was the name of the Spanish explorer whose expedition founded the Grand Canyon and the Colorado River? Coronado
Jamestown is located in which section? Southern
Plymouth is located in which section? New England
Philadelphia is located in which section? Middle
Massachusetts Bay is located in which section? New England
Roanoke is located in which section? Southern
Which Native American used the Longhouse and the Wigwam? Iroquois
Which Native Americans lived along the Coastal Range? Kwakiutl
Which Native Americans lived in the Canadian Shield region? Inuit
Which Native Americans had brick adobe homes? Pueblo
Which body of water served as a highway for explorers, early settlers, and later immigrants to come to America, Atlantic, Pacific, or Mississippi R? Atlantic
What river that empties into the Pacific Ocean, was explored by Lewis and Clark? Columbia River
What river forms the natural border with Mexico? Rio Grande River
What river is known as the “gateway to the west"? Ohio River
What nation did John Cabot sail for? England
Who claimed the Mississippi River Valley for France? Robert LaSalle
The Appalachians or Rockies, which mountains did Lewis and Clark travel over? Rockies
Why did England tax the colonies? Pay for the French and Indian War
What colony was the debtor colony? Georgia
Colonists who work for passage to the New World were called? Indentured Servants
What document stopped the colonization of the western hemisphere by Europe? Monroe Doctrine
The U.S gained the respect from Europe after which war? War of 1812
What president purchased the Louisiana Purchase? Thomas Jefferson
What came first, the Boston Massacre or the Boston Tea Party? 1770/1773
Who turn down the command of the Union army to stay with his home state of Virginia? Robert E. Lee
Who wrote the words “Life liberty and the pursuit of Happiness? Thomas Jefferson What document were those words in? Declaration of Independence
Cyrus McCormick and Jo Anderson are to the reaper as ______is to the Cotton Gin? Eli Whitney
Eli Whitney is to the Cotton Gin as ______is to the Steamboat? Robert Fulton
Which is further west, the Great Plains or the Appalachian Mountains? Great Plains
What European nation was the first to trade with West Africa? Portugal
What is the term for the states and national government sharing/dividing powers? Federalism
Besides the issue of slavery, what was the other #1 issue that divided the North and the South and led to Civil War? States Rights
What do the following clues relate to, George Washington, Yorktown, Bunker Hill, Continental Army? Revolutionary War
What state came in as a free(slave)state during the Missouri Compromise? ME (MO)
“Westward expansion is good for the country”, was known as ______? Manifest Destiny.
Separatists are to MA as ______are to PA? Quakers
What state came in as a free state from the Compromise of 1850? CA
Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton both were leaders in this movement? Women’s Suffrage
Who helped Thomas Jefferson to frame the Declaration of Independence? Ben Franklin
What specific document would you find “freedom of speech”? Bill of Rights
What document guaranteed individual rights? Bill of Rights
Who gave the great Emancipation speech? Abe Lincoln What did it do? Freed the slaves in the rebel states (not the 4 boarder states)
Who gave the Gettysburg Address? Abe Lincoln
What period of time goes with the following description; Settlement of Jamestown, Landing of the Pilgrims, Conflict with the Natives? Colonial Period
What part of a southern state did not succeed from the Union and later joined the Union as a separate state? West Virginia (1863-during the war)
Using to direction of West to East, name the four boarder states that did not leave the Union. MO, KY, MD, DE
Frederick Douglass, Abe Lincoln, Jeff Davis, Which person would have been in favor of slavery? Jeff Davis
What water way provided a series of inland ports for the U.S.? Great Lakes
What two men created the reaper? Cyrus McCormick and Joe Anderson
What came first, Founding of Jamestown, The Revolutionary War, The War of 1812, the Civil War? Founding of Jamestown
What was the capitol of the Confederacy (in VA-attacked several times-bombed-and burned)? Richmond
What was the #1 conflict of dispute between the First Americans and the Europeans? Land - Others? trade
What two nations helped the U.S. during the Revolutionary War? France and Spain
Who said these famous words,” a government of the people, by the people, and for the people…”? Abe Lincoln-Gettysburg Address
Which colonial section depended on grains (Bread Basket) in their economy? Mid-Atlantic
What were the four slave states that stayed in the Union? MO,KY,MD,DE
What period of time goes with the following description: Growing Eastern population(Cities); faster cheaper transportation (trains); cheap, fertile land (Oregon)? Westward expansion
Coastal Plain, Costal Range, Rocky Mts., Great Plains; Which one of the regions is the farthest east? Coastal Plain
What body of water borders The Americas, Europe and Africa and is known as the super highway to the New World (RT 7)? Atlantic
Plantation owners, Northern factory workers, Abolitionists; what group in society may not have been prejudice against the African in the 1850’s? Abolitionists
Phyllis Wheatley, Robert Smalls, Frederick Douglass, Jo Anderson; what do all four of these people have in common? African Americans who have affected U.S. history.
Death Valley is located in which region? Basin and Range
Which region are AZ and NM located in? Basin and Range
Which region is CA primarily located in? Costal Range
The ice bridge land strip that connected the continents of Asia and North America thousands of years ago is called ______. Beringia

157. Washington D.C is to the Union as _____ is to the Confederacy. Richmond

158. African American dock worker killed at the Boston Massacre. Crispus Attucks

159. Bull Run; Election of Lincoln; Gettysburg; Vicksburg; which came first?

Election of Lincoln

160. Civil War; Revolutionary War; French and Indian War; War of 1812;-Which

came first? French and Indian War.

161. Who received his nickname at Bull Run? Stonewall Jackson

162. What is another name for Bull Run? Manassas

163. The Separatists (Pilgrims), Quakers, Debtors, Puritans; which group settled in Georgia? Debtors

164. What mountains are to the west of the Coastal Plains? Appalachians

165. What mountains are to the west of the Great Plains? Rocky Mountains

166. What region is west of the Basin and Range? Coastal Range

167. What are the first 10 amendments to the Constitution called? Bill of Rights

168. What do the following clues refer to, Great Compromise, James Madison, Bill of

Rights, large and small states? Constitution

169. The signing of which document freed most slaves and gave new focus to the war?

The Emancipation Proclamation; The Gettysburg Address; Declaration of

Independence; The Bill of Rights? The Emancipation Proclamation.

170. MA Bay Colony, Jamestown, Georgia, or Philadelphia, which was colonized by the Puritans? MA Bay Colony

171. Which natives most likely used ice to build shelters? Inuit

172. Which natives most likely used buffalo hide for shelters? Sioux

173. Sioux; Inuit; Pueblo; Iroquois: Which natives most likely used wood for

shelters? Iroquois

174. Sioux; Inuit; Pueblo; Iroquois: Which natives most like use dry mud and straw for

shelters? Pueblo

174. Sioux; Inuit; Pueblo; Iroquois: Which natives probably helped the English learn