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US History Unit 1

Authored by Scott Latchem

History

8th Grade

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US History Unit 1
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1.

MATCH QUESTION

30 sec • 8 pts

Match the following terms with best definition

Native American group in the Southwest

Aztecs

Native Americans of the Southwest, about AD 100 to 1300

Anasazi

People who built an empire in Mexico, beginning in the 1200s

Pueblo

Native American group in Eastern North America

Iroquois

2.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

1 min • 2 pts

The first humans to come to the Americas from Asia were __ people, moving from place to place

3.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

1 min • 2 pts

Around 800 BC, people living in __ began to farm. As farming spread, people could stay in one place.

4.

DROPDOWN QUESTION

30 sec • 6 pts

Answer with the best description

1) ​ (a)   : African kingdom around the Niger River known for metal working

2) ​ (b)   : Small kingdoms on the lower Congo River united under one ruler

3) ​ ​ (c)   : religion founded by Muhammad in the 600s; many West African leaders converted to it

Benin
Kongo
Islam

5.

DROPDOWN QUESTION

1 min • 10 pts

​ (a)   : Spanish system of using Native Americans for labor

​ (b)   : Spanish explorer

​ (c)   : Person of mixed Spanish and Native American blood

​ (d)   : Trade across the Atlantic Ocean

encomienda
conquistador
mestizo
Columbian Exchange

6.

DRAG AND DROP QUESTION

1 min • 10 pts

​ (a)   : leader of Jamestown

​ (b)   : member of a religious group known for its strict beliefs

​ (c)   : Leader of the first settlers at Massachusetts Bay Colony

​ (d)   : Founder of the colony of Pennsylvania

​ (e)   : Member of a religious group known for tolerance

John Smith
Puritan
John Winthrop
William Penn
Quaker

7.

DROPDOWN QUESTION

1 min • 6 pts

In Jamestown, the colonists discovered they could sell ​ (a)   in Europe for a big profit. To work on the plantations, they hired ​ (b)   . As the colony grew, the English settlers took ​ (c)   land.

tobacco
indentured servants
Powhatan
whiskey
Pueblo

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