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People, places and events of the American Revolution!
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Spanish governor of Louisiana who helped fight the British...
Thaddeus Kosciosko
Casimir Pulaski
Marquis de Lafayette
Bernardo de Galvez
2
War between Britain and France for control of the Ohio Valley and Canada...
War between the States
American Revolution
French and Indian War
War of the Roses
3
The earliest civilization in the Americas that we know of was the...
Aztec
Olmec
Maya
Inca
4
During the middle ages, west African kingdoms grew wealthy trading....
salt and gold
fish and figs
corn and wheat
sand and oil
5
Ferdinand Magellan's crew were the irst Eruopeans to do this...
Cross the North Pole
Circumnavigate the globe
Cross the Sahara
Sail to China
6
The Anasazi people of the south west used underground ceremonial chambers called....
Kivas
Smoke houses
wigwams
Mounds
7
The exchange of plants, animals, diseases and people between the Americas, Europe and Africa...
Columbian Cartel
Columbian Coffee
Columbian Exchange
District of Columbia
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The British killed more Americans in these than they did in battle...
Fishing boats
Prison ships
Warships
Privateers
9
The Native Americans whom the English settlers encountered in Virgina....
Iroquois
Huron
Powhatan
Apache
10
Sailed the African coast all the way to the southern tip and called it "Cape of Good Hope"...
Leif Erikson
Cristobal Colon
Vasco Da Gama
Bartolomeu Dias
11
A Spanish conqueror in the Americas was called a...
Pueblo
Conquistador
Encomienda
Mestizo
12
Slaves were brought from Africa because...
Africans had resistance to diseases
All of the above
Africans were selling Africans
Africans had no guns
13
Crossed the Atlantic in October, 1492, landed in what he thought was India...
Cristobal Colon
Fransisco Pizarro
Cabesa de Vaca
Leif Erikson
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Three West African kingdoms near the Niger River....
Malta, Cyprus, Crete
Egypt, Morrocco, Libya
Ghana, Mali, Songhai
Zimbabwe, Chad, Numidia
15
1676 rebellion against Governor of VA. for not letting colonists steal indian lands...
Whiskey Rebellion
Indian Rebellion
Bacon's Rebellion
Shay's Rebellion
16
American Victory that won the revolution...
Bunker Hill
Trenton and Princeton
Saratoga
Yorktown
17
The Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga and Seneca tribes all belonged to the...
Council of Friendly Indians
Iroquois League
Justice League
Plains tribes
18
In 1681, William Penn recieved a charter to start the colony of Pennsylvania for...
Quakers
Mormons
Catholics
Baptists
19
1621 legal contract in which the Pilgrims agreed to have fair laws to protect the general good
English Bill of Rights
Mayflower Compact
Declaration of Independence
Magna Carta
20
The first successful English colony in North America was...
New York
Roanoke
Jamestown
Plymouth
21
He finally sailed all the way to Calicut in India from Portugal...
Vasco da Gama
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Cristobal Colon
Bartolemeu Dias
22
American officer who changed side during the war...
Johnny Tremain
Thomas Paine
Henry Knox
Benedict Arnold
23
The first humans to enter North America problably crossed the....
Atlas Mountains
Bering Land Bridge
Strait of Magellen
Suez Canal
24
The first European nations to sail and explore the Atlantic Ocean in the 1400s C.E. were....
Holland and Netherlands
Italy and Greece
Spain and Portugal
England and France
25
Native Americans believed in...
The Great Spirit's exploiting of the land
The teachings of Buddha
Private ownership of the land and resources
Shared ownership of the land and it's resources
26
The 13 English colonies were divided into three regions:
Southern, Eastern, Western
North, South, Central
New England, New France, New Spain
Southern, middle, New England
27
The commander of the Continental Army was...
George Washington
Henry Knox
Benedict Arnold
Samuel Adams
28
British soldiers shoot colonists who are throwing ice balls and rocks at them...
Boston baked beans
Boston Tea Party
Boston Massacre
Boston cream pie
29
The most technologically advanced ship of the 1400s was the...
Hide covered boats
Galleon
Caravel
Longship
30
Mansa Musa was the best known ruler of....
Songhai
Mali
Ghana
Egypt
31
An English colony controlled by the King is known as a...
Royal Colony
Joint-Stock Company
Independent colony
Proprietary colony
32
This Pennsylvania city is where the Continental Congress met....
Charleston
New York City
Philadelphia
Boston
33
The Jamestown colony was established in this year....
1492 C.E.
1607 A.D.
1172 A.D.
1621 B.C.E.
34
The Mayans were accomplished...
Musicians, sailors, metal workers
Actors, comedians, chefs
Warriors, Christians, Muslims
Astronomers, mathematicians, architects
35
Citizen-Soldiers...
Redcoats
militia
Hessians
Continentals
36
Dutch settlers from________________, known as the Netherlands, founded the city of New York.
Holland
France
Belgium
England
37
Spain wanted to convert the Native Americans to....
The Great Spirit
The Church of England
The Baptist Church
The Catholic Church
38
New Spain was in...
Central America and India
Central and South America
Brazil
Canada
39
The Aztecs were fierce warriors who lived in what is today...
Mexico
South America
Peru
Florida
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The deadly voyage across the Atlantic taken by slave ships....
Middle Passage
Miserable Parting
Northwest Passage
Middle America
41
The New U.S.A. extended west to this large river....
Ohio
Missouri
St. Lawrence
Mississippi
42
By 1765, colonists were angry at the British King because...
He lost the French and Indian war
He was raising their taxes to pay for the war with France
He gave too much land to France
He was always on the side of the Indians
43
European explorers in the 1400s wanted to find a....
Mountain pass to China
Golden Calf and Fountain of Youth
way across the North Pole
Sea route to China and India
44
A Pautuxet Indian who spoke English and taught the Pilgrims how to plant corn...
Powhatan
Massasoit
Squanto
Samoset
45
Germans in the service of the English King...
Continentals
Loyalists
Lobsterbacks
Hessians
46
By the 1400s C.E., the most practiced religion in West Africa was....
Voodoo
Islam
Judaism
Christianity
47
The "Pilgirms" were a religious group from England also known as the....
Mormons
Seperatists
Quakers
Puritans
48
Convinced France to help the Americans against the British....
John Adams
Ben Franklin
Sam Adams
George Washington
49
The major food crop in all of the English colonies was...
Hemp
Corn
wheat
Tobacco
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Document signed in 1776 that said America and Britian were seperate nations...
Magna Carta
U.S. Constitution
Declaration of Independence
Articles of Confederation
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Americans who wanted the colonies to remain under British rule...
Neutralists
Anarchists
Loyalists
Patriots
52
The crop that allowed the Jamestown colony to survive and prosper was...
Wheat
Tobacco
Corn
Hemp
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These people signed an agreement to work for 7 years in exchange for passage to America..
African Slaves
Hessian Mercenaries
immigrants
Indentured servants
