Duplicate of 5th Grade Social Studies Quiz Bowl & LEAP

Question 1

Which was the British colony created by the Pilgrims?

Accepted Answer

Plymouth Colony

Question 2

Which was the first successful attempt at a British colony in the New World?

Accepted Answer

Jamestown Colony

Question 3

Which religious group(s) want religious freedom, start New England Colonies, & had democracies?

Accepted Answer

Puritans, Pilgrims

Question 4

Which explorer was known for claiming the area around Montreal, Canada for France?

Accepted Answer

Jacques Cartier

Question 5

Which colonial group was known for its cold winters, rocky soil, and Puritans & Pilgrims?

Accepted Answer

New England Colonies

Question 6

Which of these was not a country that sent explorers to the Americas?

Accepted Answer

China

Question 7

What is an example of European diseases that killed the Natives?

Accepted Answer

Smallpox

Question 8

Why did Europeans decide to make colonies in the New World?

Accepted Answer

Europeans want to make money from new business opportunities, People wanting religious freedom, Europe had a scarcity of farmland and raw materials

Question 9

Why were the French so friendly with Natives?

Accepted Answer

The Natives were essential for the fur trade

Question 10

Which explorer was known for conquering and enslaving the Aztecs?

Accepted Answer

Hernan Cortes

Question 11

True or False. The Separatists wanted to remain a part of the Church of England.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 12

What did the conquistadors do?

Accepted Answer

They conquered and destroyed the Aztec and Inca empires.

Question 13

Why did Native Americans die to European diseases?

Accepted Answer

Native Americans didnt have immunities to Old World diseases

Question 14

Which religious group(s) believed in religious tolerance and colonized the middle colonies?

Accepted Answer

Quakers

Question 15

True or False. Africans on slave ships lived in Amazing conditions

Accepted Answer

False

Question 16

Name of the earliest native groups in North America

Accepted Answer

Mound Builders

Question 17

Which colonial group is known for warm winter, fertile soil, cash crops, Protestants, & slaves?

Accepted Answer

Southern Colonies

Question 18

What religion were Europeans attempting to spread?

Accepted Answer

Christianity

Question 19

Which of these is an example of democracy in the early colonies?

Accepted Answer

English Bill of Rights, Mayflower Compact

Question 20

Which of these is NOT one of the three Gs?

Accepted Answer

Guts

Question 21

Which of these continents is in the Old World?

Accepted Answer

Europe, Asia

Question 22

True or False. The fur trade was NOT good for the environment.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 23

Which of these is a positive impact of the Columbian Exchange?

Accepted Answer

Exchange of cultures (cultural diffusion)

Question 24

Which explorer was known for "discovering" America?

Accepted Answer

Christopher Columbus

Question 25

How did Africans end up being enslaved and sent to the Americas?

Accepted Answer

They were kidnapped or purchased and shipped to the Americas

Question 26

True or False? The Natives were forced to work for the Spanish under the encomienda system

Accepted Answer

True

Question 27

Which of these was known as the part of the Triangle Trade that sent Africans to the Americas

Accepted Answer

The Middle Passage

Question 28

Which of these were the Mayans known for?

Accepted Answer

Believing in many gods, Sacrificed to please their gods, Terrace Farming

Question 29

Which group of Europeans were known for being friendly with the Native Americans?

Accepted Answer

French

Question 30

Which was the FIRST attempt at a British colony in the New World?

Accepted Answer

Roanoke Colony

Question 31

Which of these were the for Inca known?

Accepted Answer

A centralized government

Question 32

True or False. Slavery and Indentured Servitude are NOT the same thing

Accepted Answer

True

Question 33

Which of these continents is in the New World?

Accepted Answer

South America, North America

Question 34

True or False? Native Americans all relied on their environment to survive.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 35

What was known as the transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the Old and New World?

Accepted Answer

Columbian Exchange

Question 36

Which of these is NOT part of the Triangle Trade?

Accepted Answer

Africa sent finished goods to Europe and the Americas

Question 37

Which colonial group is known for mild winter, fertile soil, wheat farming, and Quakers?

Accepted Answer

Middle Colonies

Question 38

True or False. The Separatists were also known as the Quakers

Accepted Answer

False

Question 39

What is a democracy?

Accepted Answer

A type of government where people vote to elect their leader

Duplicate of 5th Grade Social Studies Quiz Bowl & LEAP

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Duplicate of 5th Grade Social Studies Quiz Bowl & LEAP

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