Welcome to Mrs. Ferguson

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Welcome to Mrs. Fergusons Class . . .
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Jeopardy
Oakland Elementary Edition
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Geography
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Economics
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Miscellaneous
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Native Americans
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Government
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Who am I?
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Jeopardy
Geography
Economics
Miscellaneous
Native Americans
Government
Who am I?
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Final Jeopardy
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100 Question Geography

• Not all states have the same natural resources or
  grow the same products. Which resource or product
  would be found in Georgia, but not in
  Massachusetts?
• fish
• lumber
• vegetables
• cotton

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100 Answer Geography

• D. Cotton

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200 Question Geography

• The Rocky Mountains are a physical feature
  located primarily in the
• Northeast
• West
• Midwest
• Southeast

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200 Answer Geography

• B. West

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300 Question Geography

• In the late 1700s and early 1800s, Southern
  plantation owners felt they needed many more
  slaves. One of the MAIN reasons was the invention
  of the?
• telegraph
• cotton gin
• Steamboat
• McCormick Reaper

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300 Answer Geography

• B. cotton gin

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400 Question Geography

• During the Renaissance, Europeans learned about a
  navigation tool called an astrolabe from North
  Africans. Which best describes the effect of the
  astrolabe?
• It allowed ideas to spread across Europe.
• Shipbuilders could build much bigger ships.
• It enabled explorers to travel farther than ever
  before.
• It provided sailors a way to defend their ships
  from cannon fire.

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400 Answer Geography

• C. It enabled explorers to travel farther than
  ever before.

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500 Question Geography

• Farming was difficult in New England. Most
  farmers could only grow just enough crops to feed
  their families. Because farming was so difficult,
  some colonists looked for other ways to earn a
  living. Which of the following became a major
  industry for New Englanders?
• sugar
• spices
• cotton
• shipbuilding

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500 Answer Geography

• D. shipbuilding

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100 Question Economics

• Gold was discovered in California in 1849. What
  did this discovery cause?
• The southern states to leave the Union.
• The British to raise taxes.
• Native Americans to move off reservations.
• Many people to move to the West.

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100 Answer Economics

• D. Many people to move to the West.

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Daily Double
Daily Double
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Daily Double Question

• Americans Indians taught European settlers how to
  grow
• rice.
• sugar.
• tea.
• corn.

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Daily Double Answer

• D. corn.

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300 Question Economics

• In the late 1400s and 1500s, the primary
  motivation for the European voyages of
  exploration was
• An attempt to improve the navigation skills of
  Portuguese sailors.
• The need to find new sources of tine and wool.
• The desire to establish foreign colonies to
  relieve overpopulation.
• The desire to find new trade routes to China and
  the East Indies.

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300 Answer Economics

• D. The desire to find new trade routes to China
  and the East Indies.

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400 Question Economics

• The women who arrived in the English colonies in
  the 1700s were important even though they could
  NOT?
• Raise the children.
• Work in the fields.
• Learn to read.
• Vote in elections.

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400 Answer Economics

• D. Vote in elections.

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500 Question Economics

• Toys usually cost more before the holidays
  because
• More people want them.
• Fewer people want them.
• They cost more to make in the winter.
• Store owners only have sales during the summer.

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500 Answer Economics

• A. More people want them.

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100 Question Miscellaneous

• During the 1860s a telegraph cable was laid
  across the Atlantic Ocean. What happened as a
  result?
• Ships stopped carrying mail between the two
  continents.
• People on the two continents could now
  communicate in two days.
• People on the two continents could now
  communicate almost instantly.
• Plans were made to lay a telegraph cable across
  the Pacific Ocean.

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100 Answer Miscellaneous

• C. People on the two continents could now
  communicate almost instantly.

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200 Question Miscellaneous

• The Oregon Trail was a
• Path taken by American Indians forced west in
  1800s.
• Route on the Underground Railroad for escaped
  slaves.
• Route taken be many settlers who traveled
  Northwest in the 1840s.
• Border between territory help by Great Britain
  and the United States.

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200 Answer Miscellaneous

• C. Route taken be many settlers who traveled
  Northwest in the 1840s.

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300 Question Miscellaneous

• The Constitution of the United States divides the
  powers of government among three branches. It
  also provided a way for each branch to check
  (control) and balance the other branches. Which
  of the following is an example of checks and
  balances?
• The President vetoes a bill Congress overrides
  the veto.
• The national government gives money to the states
  for school lunches.
• The president signs a treaty limiting nuclear
  weapons.
• The national government works with state
  governments to build roads.

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300 Answer Miscellaneous

• a. The President vetoes a bill Congress
  overrides the veto.

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400 Question Miscellaneous

• Patrick Henry was a famous American Colonist who
  said, Give me liberty or give me death. Which
  group would have supported Patrick Henry?
• Loyalist
• Patriots
• Tories
• Nationals

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400 Answer Miscellaneous

• B. Patriots

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500 Question Miscellaneous

• In colonial times, workers were needed in the
  American colonies. In England, there were also
  people who wanted to come to the New World, but
  they could not pay for the trip. The following is
  an example of what might have happened.
• In 1741, Mr. Thompson paid for Sals trip across
  the Atlantic. In return, Sal agreed to work for
  him for seven years.
• Sal would then be
• a farmer.
• an artisan.
• a landowner.
• an indentured servant.

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500 Answer Miscellaneous

• D. an indentured servant.

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100 Question Native Americans

• How did the American Indians help the Pilgrims
  when they first arrived?
• They helped the Pilgrims grow food.
• They built houses for the Pilgrims.
• They taught the Pilgrims their religion.
• They helped the Pilgrims explore the Pacific
  coast.

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100 Answer Native Americans

• A. They helped the Pilgrims grow food.

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200 Question Native Americans

• In 1621, the Pilgrims learned how to plant corn
  and where to fish and hunt. They were taught by a
  Native American named Squanto, from the Wampanoag
  tribe. What was the effect of the Pilgrims
  learning from Squanto?
• They started wearing Native American clothes.
• They begun to change their religion.
• Life became more difficult for the Pilgrims.
• The Pilgrims had a good harvest and celebrated
  the first Thanksgiving.

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200 Answer Native Americans

• D. The Pilgrims had a good harvest and celebrated
  the first Thanksgiving.

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300 Question Native Americans

• Most people in the Southern colonies made their
  living by?
• Iron mining
• fishing
• farming
• shipbuilding

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300 Answer Native Americans

• C. farming

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400 Question Native Americans

• Many Native American tribes on the Great Plains
  were nomadic (moving from place to place). Many
  moved because they
• found new areas with gold and silver.
• followed and hunted the buffalo herds.
• needed new lands for farming.
• were looking for better trade routes

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400 Answer Native Americans

• B. followed and hunted the buffalo herds.

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500 Question Native Americans

• In the 1500s and 1600s European stated
  settlements in the New World. The settlers met
  Native Americans. What happened to the number of
  Native Americans as a result?
• Many Native Americans died because of sickness
  brought by the Europeans.
• The number of Native Americans grew due to better
  medical care.
• Many Native Americans dies because of natural
  disasters such as floods and storms.
• The number of Native Americans grew due to better
  supply of food.

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500 Answer Native Americans

• A. Many Native Americans died because of sickness
  brought by the Europeans.

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100 Question Government

• Which right is listed in the Bill of Rights?
• The right to work.
• The right to a house.
• The right to worship.
• The right to free health care.

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100 Answer Government

• C. The right to worship.

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200 Question Government

• How might a bill that passes the Congress be
  defeated?
• The Senate vetoes it.
• The president vetoes it.
• The public vetoes it.
• The states veto it.

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200 Answer Government

• B. The President vetoes it.

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300 Question Government

• The document that contains the basic rules used
  to run the Untied States government is
• The Declaration of Independence
• The Magna Carta
• The Mayflower Compact
• The Constitution

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300 Answer Government

• D. The Constitution

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400 Question Government

• What is the purpose of the Bill of Rights?
• To say how much Americans should pay in taxes.
• To protect freedoms like freedom of speech.
• To describe the jobs of the President and
  Congress.
• To make Washington D. C., the capital of the
  United States.

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400 Answer Government

• B. To protect freedoms like freedom of speech.

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500 Question Government

• Why is it important for citizens of the United
  States to vote for a President?
• To make sure that everyone gets a job.
• To make sure they are counted in the census.
• To help elect the person most people want.
• To show that people are obeying the law.

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500 Answer Government

• C. To help elect the person most people want.

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100 Question Who am I?

• The following statements describe a famous
  American colonist and patriot.
• He was the principal author of the Declaration of
  Independence.
• He was a delegate from Virginia in the Second
  Continental Congress.
• He was the third president of the United States.
• He doubled the size of the United States by the
  Louisiana Purchase.
• He sent Lewis and Clarke on the Corps of
  Discovery Expedition to map out the lands west of
  the Mississippi River.
• a. Benjamin Franklin
• b. Thomas Paine
• c. Thomas Jefferson
• d. John Adams

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100 Answer Who am I?

• C. Thomas Jefferson

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200 Question Who am I?

• The following statements describe a famous
  American colonist and patriot.
• He was a general during the American
  Revolutionary War.
• He first fought for the Continental Army but
  defected to the British Army.
• He was charged with treason against the American
  government.
• a. Benedict Arnold
• b. Thomas Paine
• c. Thomas Jefferson
• d. John Adams

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200 Answer Who am I?

• A. Benedict Arnold

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300 Question Who am I?

• The following statements describe a famous
  American colonist and patriot.
• He was a delegate for Massachusetts in the First
  Continental Congress.
• He assisted in the drafting of the Declaration of
  Independence.
• He defended the British soldiers in the Boston
  Massacre because he believed the colonies could
  hold a fair trial.
• a. Benjamin Franklin
• b. Thomas Paine
• c. Thomas Jefferson
• d. John Adams

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300 Answer Who am I?

• D. John Adams

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400 Question Who am I?

• The following statements describe a famous
  American colonist and patriot.
• He was an English American author, pamphleteer,
  radical, inventor, and revolutionary.
• He wrote a pamphlet that made sense to the common
  person.
• His pamphlet sold over 500,00 copies in British
  colonial America.
• a. Benjamin Franklin
• b. Thomas Paine
• c. Thomas Jefferson
• d. John Adams

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400 Answer Who am I?

• B. Thomas Paine

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500 Question Who am I?

• The following statements describe a famous
  American colonist and patriot.
• He first became known as a printer in
  Philadelphia.
• He invented many things like a better stove and
  eyeglasses.
• He did experiments with the electricity in
  lightning.
• He helped write the treaty that ended the
  Revolutionary War.
• a. Benjamin Franklin
• b. Thomas Paine
• c. Thomas Jefferson
• d. John Adams

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500 Answer Who am I?

• A. Benjamin Franklin

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Final Jeopardy Topic

• Government

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Final Jeopardy Question

• An Important feature of democracy in the United
  States is that citizens have many rights. What is
  one right that U.S. citizens can exercise only if
  they are at least 18 years old?

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Final Jeopardy Answer

• Voting in local, state, and national elections.

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• Keep studying to get ready for the CRCT! You can
  do anything you set out to do!

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