Questions of the Day
1) Who was responsible for the construction of the Great Wall of China?
2) What was the Silk Road? Pages: 114-117
3) What three cities made up the kingdom of Songhai?
4) Who was the king of Songhai? Pages: 120-123
5) Who found a water route from Europe to India?
6) What countries were searching for a direct sea route to China? Pages: 124-127
7) Who funded Christopher Columbus' expedition?
8) What was the Columbian Exchange? Pages: 138-145
9) How did the Spanish defeat the Aztec?
10) Who was Dona Marina and how did she help Cortes? Pages: 148-153
11) How did Spain begin settling and controlling their new region in Mexico?
12) Why did the population of Native Americans drop to less than 3 million by Pages: 156-161
1568?
13) Why did the first settlement at Roanoke fail?
14) Why was Roanoke known as the lost colony? Pages: 168-171
15) What group hired Henry Hudson to look for a Northwest Passage?
16) What two groups of Native Americans did Henry Hudson meet? Pages: 174-177
17) What was one disadvantage of the location of Jamestown?
18) What was the "Peace of Pocahontas"? Pages: 178-185
19) What Native American groups lived in the New England area?
20) How did Squanto help the Pilgrims? Pages: 186-191
21) How did the geography of New England make farming difficult?
22) How did the Puritans view education? Pages: 204-209
23) What nickname was given to the Middle Colonies?
24) What did Penn do that was different from other Europeans that helped Pages: 210-213
relations with the Native Americans?
25) James Oglethorpe started a colony for what type of people?
26) What four items were grown in the southern colonies? Pages: 216-219
27) What did the colonies offer Europeans who chose to make the voyage?
28) What was the difference between indentured servants and slaves? Pages: 224-227
29) What is free enterprise?
30) How did the triangular trade work? Pages: 228-233
31) How was slavery in the north different from slavery in the south?
32) What was life like for a slave on a plantation? Pages: 236-241
2) What was the Silk Road? Pages: 114-117
3) What three cities made up the kingdom of Songhai?
4) Who was the king of Songhai? Pages: 120-123
5) Who found a water route from Europe to India?
6) What countries were searching for a direct sea route to China? Pages: 124-127
7) Who funded Christopher Columbus' expedition?
8) What was the Columbian Exchange? Pages: 138-145
9) How did the Spanish defeat the Aztec?
10) Who was Dona Marina and how did she help Cortes? Pages: 148-153
11) How did Spain begin settling and controlling their new region in Mexico?
12) Why did the population of Native Americans drop to less than 3 million by Pages: 156-161
1568?
13) Why did the first settlement at Roanoke fail?
14) Why was Roanoke known as the lost colony? Pages: 168-171
15) What group hired Henry Hudson to look for a Northwest Passage?
16) What two groups of Native Americans did Henry Hudson meet? Pages: 174-177
17) What was one disadvantage of the location of Jamestown?
18) What was the "Peace of Pocahontas"? Pages: 178-185
19) What Native American groups lived in the New England area?
20) How did Squanto help the Pilgrims? Pages: 186-191
21) How did the geography of New England make farming difficult?
22) How did the Puritans view education? Pages: 204-209
23) What nickname was given to the Middle Colonies?
24) What did Penn do that was different from other Europeans that helped Pages: 210-213
relations with the Native Americans?
25) James Oglethorpe started a colony for what type of people?
26) What four items were grown in the southern colonies? Pages: 216-219
27) What did the colonies offer Europeans who chose to make the voyage?
28) What was the difference between indentured servants and slaves? Pages: 224-227
29) What is free enterprise?
30) How did the triangular trade work? Pages: 228-233
31) How was slavery in the north different from slavery in the south?
32) What was life like for a slave on a plantation? Pages: 236-241