1. Social Studies Proficiency 1 Review
(up through the American Revolution)
Created by Educational Technology Network

2. POWERPOINT JEOPARDY
Great Convergence
Anti-Britain
The Colonies
Pre-Revolution
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3. The Great Convergence– 10 Points
What is this called
on this graphic?
The Great Convergence– 10 Points

4. Identify 2 items that travelled from the New World to Europe
The Great Convergence– 20 Points

5. The Great Convergence– 30 Points
Describe The
Columbian Exchange
The Great Convergence– 30 Points

6. Explain 1 negative effect of The Columbian Exchange
The Great Convergence– 40 Points

7. Explain 1 positive effect of The Columbian Exchange
The Great Convergence– 50 Points

8. How was the picture below an example of Propaganda?
Anti-Britain – 10 Points

9. What was the name of the Act that allowed British soldiers to move into the colonists homes?
Anti-Britain – 20 Points

10. The Tea Act lowered the price of tea
The Tea Act lowered the price of tea. Why did the colonists rebel by dumping the tea into the harbor?
Anti-Britain – 30 Points

11. What event started the Boston Massacre AND what happened that actually started the shooting?
Anti-Britain – 40 Points

12. Why outcome did the Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts) have in the colonies?
Anti-Britain – 50 Points

13. Southern Plantation owners fixed the problem of a labor shortage in the Southern Colonies by ____________.
The Colonies – 10 Points

14. Why was shipbuilding important in the New England Colonies?
The Colonies – 20 Points

15. The first permanent settlement in the new world was where and what set of colonies was that city/state?
The Colonies – 30 Points

16. Why did the colonists oppose the taxes and acts passed by Parliament?
The Colonies – 40 Points

17. A large number of blacks were enslaved in the colonies
A large number of blacks were enslaved in the colonies. Looking at the graph, what can you guess about the use of human resources?
The Colonies – 50 Points

18. Pre-Revolution – 10 Points
Based on this graph, What was the effect of the Spanish conquest of Mexico on the Native American population?
Pre-Revolution – 10 Points

19. Pre-Revolution – 20 Points
The Virginia House of Burgesses was important because it was the first colonial government
to ___________.
Pre-Revolution – 20 Points

20. What actually led to the French-Indian War?
Pre-Revolution – 30 Points

21. How did the Colonists convince Parliament to repeal the Stamp Act?
Pre-Revolution – 40 Points

22. Name the event that happened BEFORE the picture below:
Signing the Declaration of Independence
The meeting of the First Continental Congress
The Stamp Act
The Battle of Saratoga
Pre-Revolution – 50 Points

23. American Revolution – 10 Points
During the War, the most common way American women helped the Patriot cause was__________.
American Revolution – 10 Points

24. American Revolution – 20 Points
Why were the British so sure they could easily defeat the colonists in battle?
American Revolution – 20 Points

25. American Revolution – 30 Points
Even though Crispus Attucks is seen as the first person to die in the Revolution, where did the first battles happen and why?
American Revolution – 30 Points

26. American Revolution – 40 Points
The founders of the Declaration of Independence argued the fundamental purpose of government is _________.
American Revolution – 40 Points

27. American Revolution – 50 Points
Why would the British have a strategy to divide the colonies according to this map?
American Revolution – 50 Points