SS11-USH

Question 1

The eskimo people are also called

Answer 1

Inuits

Question 2

The Inuit (eskimo) people originate from

Answer 2

Asia

Question 3

The Anasazi indians lived in what part of the U.S.?

Answer 3

The Southwestern

Question 4

Anasazi indians are also known as:

Answer 4

cliff dwellers

Question 5

The Kwakiutl people are known to be:

Answer 5

fishermen

Question 6

The Kwakiutl people are described with the name:

Answer 6

Northwest Indians

Question 7

The indians who roamed the central plains of North America are known as the

Answer 7

Plains Indians

Question 8

The Plains Indians are known to be _____, roaming the plains with their horses

Answer 8

Nomadic

Question 9

Who were the first indians in North America?

Answer 9

The Mound Builders

Question 10

When did the Mound Builders disappear from North America?

Answer 10

around 1600

Question 11

Why did the Mound Builders disappear from North America?

Answer 11

War between the European explorers, and disease

Question 12

The ______ are a group of several tribes who lived in the Northeastern U.S.

Answer 12

Iroquois

Question 13

How many Iroquois live today?

Answer 13

Around 100,000

Question 14

The Norse explorer ____ _____ arrived in the Americas 500 years before Columbus

Answer 14

Leif Ericson

Question 15

Why was Leif Ericson’s voyage not as important as Columbus’?

Answer 15

Leif Ericson did not establish a colony

Question 16

Why did Columbus set out to sea in 1492?

Answer 16

To find the most efficient trade route to India

Question 17

When Columbus landed in the Bahamas, he thought he had found the:

Answer 17

East Indies (which is why he named the people there “indios”, or “indians”

Question 18

When was the first permanent settlement established in North America?

Answer 18

1607

Question 19

Where was the first settlement in North America?

Answer 19

Jamestown Virginia

Question 20

Where was the second colony?

Answer 20

Plymouth

Question 21

When were the first slaves shipped to Virginia?

Answer 21

1619, shipped by the Dutch

Question 22

Rhode Island was originally established to be a safe place for:

Answer 22

People who believed in radical religions

Question 23

Pennsylvania and Delaware were home to which religious people:

Answer 23

Quakers

Question 24

In South Carolina, there were more _____ than ____ ____

Answer 24

There were more SLAVES than FREE MEN

Question 25

Which Indian tribes were civilized (had advanced farming and lived in settled communities)?

Answer 25

Choctaw, Creek, Chickasaw, Cherokee, Seminole

Question 26

What group of people funded the colony of Plymouth?

Answer 26

Massachusetts Bay Company

Question 27

The _____ _____ was signed in 1620, and was an agreement between the colonists of Plymouth on what the rules of the colony would be.

Answer 27

Mayflower Compact

Question 28

How many people were executed in 1692 on charges of witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts?

Answer 28

19

Question 29

When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?

Answer 29

July 4, 1776

Question 30

The document that set up the initial base for interstate government between the free colonies was called what?

Answer 30

the Articles of Confederation

Question 31

When was the American Revolutionary War?

Answer 31

1776-1783

Question 32

What treaty was signed that officially ended the Revolutionary War?

Answer 32

the Treaty of Paris

Question 33

After delegates from all states met to write up the Constitution, what 3 compromises came out so that everyone agreed on it?

Answer 33

The Connecticut compromise, the Three-Fifths compromise, and the Bill of Rights

Question 34

What said that every state would get two Senators regardless of the size of the state, and House of Representative reps proportionate to the size of the state?

Answer 34

The Connecticut compromise

Question 35

What said that slaves should count as three-fifths of a citizen for purposes of determining how many House of Representatives reps each state would have?

Answer 35

the Three-Fifths compromise

Question 36

What gave rights to each individual citizen as part of the Constitution?

Answer 36

the Bill of Rights (first 10 amendments to the Constitution)

Question 37

When was the Constitution ratified?

Answer 37

1788

Question 38

What did the Constitution replace?

Answer 38

the Articles of Confederacy