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Chapter 4 Social Studies Jeopardy

Lydia Villanueva

Created on April 23, 2026

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CLASSROOM EDITION

DIRECTIONS

  • The class will be divided into four teams.
  • One player from each team will come to the front of the room and grab a white board
  • Each team will also have a whiteboard at their group
  • Once a question is chosen, each player writes down their answer on their board. This is different from the TV as it is NOT a speed game of who can answer first
  • While they are writing, each team will quietly discuss and write their on their own whiteboard
  • Players then show their boards and points are awarded
  • If the player was correct, their teams gets the points
  • If they are incorrect, the team shows their answer. If this is correct they get HALF the amount
  • There are TWO Daily Doubles on the Board

Slavery in the Colonies

Cooperation & Conflict

Daily Life in the Colonies

The French and Indian War

New England, Middle, & Southern Colonies

Compare and contrast slavery in the Northern Colonies versus the Southern Colonies.

In the North, some worked in shops, helped artisans, inns, homes of wealthy residents. In the South, they worked on the plantations (large farms) with the crops. They outnumbered colonists.

ANSWER

Describe the role of American Indians in the French and Indian War.

ANSWER

Answer may vary

Who were the three main groups of people that traded through the Triangular Trade Routes?

ANSWER

English colonists, England, and Africa

Describe the idea of Mercantilism.

A system that believed a country should export more goods than it imports. It was practiced by England when trading with the colonies.

ANSWER

What is the difference between a proprietary colony and a royal colony?

Proprietary=land owned by an individual/person. Royal=Owned by a king/queen

ANSWER

Which goods were sent from England to the English colonies?

Tools, tea, clothing, and other manufactured goods

ANSWER

Why did European countries build forts in North America?

ANSWER

To protect their claim on the land

Where did American Indian groups live in relation to the colonies?

ANSWER

Throughout the same general regions

What can you conclude about religion in the colonies?

Some groups were more accepting than others.

ANSWER

REVEAL

What was the Great Awakening and how did it affect colonists’ views on religion?

An era that spread religious feelings in the 1730s through preachers; people began questioning church authority; people were encouraged to develop their own connection to God

ANSWER

What was daily life like in the colonies? What did a typical day look like for women and children?

ANSWER

Answers may vary.

The Proclaimation of 1763 was an effect to what?

The end of the French and Indian War; King George III wanted to avoid another war because war was very expensive.

ANSWER

What were the three regions of the 13 colonies?

New England, Middle (mid-Atlantic), and Southern Colonies

ANSWER

Europeans had better __________, which helped them win conflicts.

ANSWER

Weapons

REVEAL

Describe King Philip's War.

ANSWER

Answers may vary

What was the House of Burgesses and how was it an example of self-government and democratic ideas in the colonies.

ANSWER

The House of Burgesses was the first elected representative government assembly in British colonial America, established in Virginia in 1619.

After the French and Indian War, which country won and controlled most of the land in North America?

ANSWER

Britain

Where did Enslaved Africans live, the Southern colonies?

They lived in slave quarters, or shacks, that were very small.

ANSWER

What is one example of how enslaved people resisted slavery?

Ex: Using songs to communicate secretly, Worked slowly, read and write, stole food, uprisings/rebellions, tried to run away.a

ANSWER

What were the 3 Powhatan Wars and why/how were they started?

3 Wars between the colonist and the Tsenacommacah people. Colonists like John Smith assumed Native Americans would become Christians and citizens of England and accept colonists settling into their lands.

ANSWER

Number these events from earliest to latest, then concisely define them in 1-2 sentences. - French and Indian War First Powhatan War - King Philip's War - Pequot War

First Powhatan War, Pequot War, King Philip's War, and then the French and Indian War

ANSWER

Which crops were important in the Southern Colonies and increased the demand for enslaved labor?

ANSWER

Rice and tobacco

What was the Middle Passage?

A long and horrible trip on a ship that took weeks. It transported enslaved Africans. Conditions were so horrible that many did not survive the passage.

ANSWER

What was the initial relationships between the colonists and Native Americans like? Why did they change?

Helpful but conflicting views on land boundaries and ownership created tension and eventually led to war.

ANSWER

How did geography influence the economies of the New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies?

Ex: Geography influenced the economies of the colonial regions by affecting what people could produce. In the Southern Colonies, fertile soil and long growing seasons allowed people to grow cash crops like tobacco and rice. In New England, rocky soil and cold weather led people to focus on fishing, shipbuilding, and trade, while the Middle Colonies did a mix of both.

ANSWER