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Unit 1
Geography, Colonies, French and Indian War
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The Ohio River Valley is located near these bodies of water: | Great Lakes |
| Is Cuba east or west of Mexico? | East |
| The Atlantic Ocean is on this coast of the U.S.: | east coast of the United States |
| How many British colonies were there? | 13 |
| Who owned the American colonies? | Britain |
| New Jersey, Delaware and New York are located in the: | middle colonies |
| The Gulf of Mexico is located between: | Florida and Mexico |
| In 1750 which two countries owned most of North America? | France and Spain |
| Was Florida an original British colony? | No |
| Were Pennsylvania and Virginia original British colonies? | yes |
| Was Ohio an original British colony? | no |
| How did the French make their living in North America? | By hunting |
| Who were friends with the French in North America? | Indians |
| Is Delaware south of New Hampshire? | yes |
| What is the most important river in the United States? | Mississippi |
| What is the nickname of the Mississippi River? | Old Man River |
| What crop did the Colonists farm in 1750? | tobacco |
| Rivers were important to the French so that they could hunt: | Beaver |
| The river that divides the United States is the | Mississippi |
| Examples of southern colonies are: | Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina |
| Cuba has this type of government: | Communism |
| The names of the Great Lakes are: | Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior (HOMES) |
| Who owned Florida in 1750? | Spain |
| Who owned Texas and California in 1750? | Spain |
| The 13 colonies are located : | on the east coast of America |
| Robert Frost was an American | Poet |
| Frenchmen in Canada mostly made their living as | hunters |
| Good fences make: | Good neighbors |
| The king of England after the French and Indian War was | King George III |
| Who won the French and Indian War | The British |
| Americans in the colonies mostly made their living as | farmers |
| Another word for colony is: | state |
| The American colonist began to move west to | grow tobacco |
| Lumber, ship building and fishing happened in this area of the colonies | New England |
| Tobacco, rice and indigo were grown in this area of the colonies | the South |
| Minerals, such as iron, can be found in this area of the colonies | the Middle |
| After the French and Indian War, the western boundary of the United States was | The Mississippi River |
| The area around the Great Lakes is called | Ohio River Valley |
| Armies live on their | stomachs |
| King George taxed the colonists because he could not | afford to fight anymore wars |
| The Proclamation of 1763 did this: | stopped English settlers from going past the Appalachian Mountains |
| The message of the first political cartoon was | union and unity |
| The animal drawn in the first political cartoon was a | snake |
| What treaty ended the French and Indian War | Treaty of Paris |
| The animal hunted by the French and Indians was the | beaver |
| What did the French and Indians make out of beaver? | hats |
| Who created the first political cartoon in America? | Ben Franklin |
| The snake in the first political cartoon represents | the colonies |
| The "M" in the cartoon stands for | Maryland |
| The best two words to explain "JOIN OR DIE" are | Come together |
| Another name for the French and Indian War is the | 7 years War |
| After the French and Indian War what happened to the French? | left North America |
| The way King George wanted to pay for the war was through | taxes |
| The Stamp Act did this: | Taxed newspapers, wills, documents |
| Another name for a writ of assistance | is a warrant |
| Another word for an act | law |
| The Sugar Act taxed | coffee, wine, molasses |
| The colonists reaction to the kings taxes was | anger |
| the act the made colonists give up their homes to soldiers was the | Quartering Act |
| Who started the French and Indian War? | George Washington |
| Why did Americans move west? | to grow tobacco |
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