Social Studies STAAR

This person actually sailed to America before Columbus according to artifacts found.

• King Ferdinand

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Leif Erikson

• Ferdinand Magellan

What were the natives of the new land called?

• Indians

• Americans

• Cherokee

• Natives

Why did the Spanish come to the New World?

• Spices

• silk

• gold

• slaves

Name 2 other countries that colonized the New Land other than Spain.

• Germany and Ireland

• England and Poland

• France and Mexico

• France and England

The 13 colonies declared their independence from who?

• France

• Great Britain

• Spain

• Africa

How many colonies where there in the 1700's ?

• 12

• 14

• 50

• 13

What was a Plantation?

• a field where people worked

• homes where people lived

• land and property owned by white people that owned slaves

• slaves

Who was the first President of the United States?

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• Abraham Lincoln

• John Adams

What document announced the American colonies' independence from Britain?

• The Constitution

• The Bill of Rights

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Articles of Confederation

Which war was fought between the North and South regions in the United States?

• World War I

• The Civil War

• The Revolutionary War

• The War of 1812