Enjoy “Southern Colonies” Jeopardy! Cobras vs. Ballers Buzzers ready (a.k.a. clap your hands) A player from Cobras chooses a category and question dollar amount first. Ms. Case reads the “answer” completely, then contestants can respond. Once students answer, we will record the contestant’s score – You gain the dollar amount if correct; lose the dollar amount if incorrect. We will continue the game until all categories are finished.
Name the Port City Colonial Industry and Facts Slavery in the Colonies Important Terms Misc. Information Game Board $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 Final Jeopardy $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 $100 $200 $300 $400 $500
This port city is located in the Southern Colony of Georgia. $100
What is Savannah? $100 To Game Board
This port city is located in the Southern Colony of South Carolina. $200
What is Charles Town? $200 To Game Board
This port city is located in the Southern Colony of Maryland. $300
What is Baltimore? $300 To Game Board
This port city is located in the Southern Colony of North Carolina. $400
What is Wilmington ? $400 To Game Board
This port city is located in the Southern Colony of Virginia. $500
What is Norfolk? $500 To Game Board
This is a plant grown for the purpose of selling or trading. $100
What is a cash crop? $100 To Game Board
This cash crop was grown primarily in the Georgia and South Carolina colonies. $200
What is indigo? $200 To Game Board
This was the main cash crop grown in the Northern areas of the Southern Colonies. $300
What is tobacco? $300 To Game Board
James Oglethorpe founded this colony. $400
What is the Georgia Colony? $400 To Game Board
Many Southern Colonists hired this person to buy and sell goods for them in England. $500
What is a broker? $500 To Game Board
Most enslaved African Americans worked on these in the Southern Colonies. $100
What are plantations? $100 To Game Board
The slaves did this by telling stories and singing songs about Africa. $200
How did the slaves preserve their culture? $200 To Game Board
Many African slaves took refuge here when they escaped from their owners. $300
Where is Spanish Florida? $300 To Game Board
The slaves did this by pretending to be sick and working slowly. $400
How did the slaves resist their owners? $400 To Game Board
These are people who watched field slaves as they worked. $500
Who are overseers? $500 To Game Board
This is the land between the Coastal Plain and the Appalachian Mountains. $100
What is the backcountry? $100 To Game Board
They are people who owe money. $200
Who are debtors? $200 To Game Board
This is a written plan of government. $300
What is a constitution? $300 To Game Board
It is called this when something is made a part of everyday life. $400
What is institutiona lized? $400 To Game Board
This is a person who is paid to buy and sell for someone else. $500
What is a broker? $500 To Game Board
The Calverts wanted to provide a refuge for this group of people. $100
Who are the Catholics? $100 To Game Board
It is a product that is used to build and repair a ship. $200
What is a naval store? $200 To Game Board
This region was known as the backcountry of the Southern Colonies. $300
What is the Piedmont? $300 To Game Board
This document allowed religious freedom to all Christians in the Maryland Colony. $400
What is the Toleration Act? $400 To Game Board
This colony’s region originally ranged from Virginia to Spanish Florida. $500
What is the Carolina Colony ? $500 To Game Board
Final Jeopardy Category: Click for “Answer”
It is the largest cash crop in the south. Click to see the correct response!
What is tobacco ? Exit Game
Thank You for Playing Acknowledgements: Graphics: Microsoft Office Clip Art and Media Jeopardy Template: B. Burkett October 2003
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