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Colonies & Carolina: Unit 1 Review

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This board helps players review Thirteen Colonies through a Jeopardy-style game format on Kleveroo. It includes categories such as Colonial Geography & Economy, Motives & Migration, Mercantilism & Trade, South Carolina Native Peoples, Colonial Exports Spotlight. It is useful for classroom review, team trivia, family game night, test prep, and group play.

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  • Colonial Geography & Economy

    This is where colonial population was highest in 1775, according to the map.

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    Along the coast

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  • Motives & Migration

    Fleeing persecution and seeking a moral example, John would most likely settle here.

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    New England colonies

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  • Mercantilism & Trade

    The cartoon of the “Mother Country” at table illustrates this economic policy.

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    Mercantilism

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  • South Carolina Native Peoples

    This tribe was known for its pottery skills.

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    Catawba

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  • Colonial Exports Spotlight

    This sea product was a key New England export.

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    Fish

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Colonial Geography & Economy

$100 — This is where colonial population was highest in 1775, according to the map.
Along the coast
$200 — This soil condition kept northern colonies from growing cash crops like tobacco.
Rocky, poor soil
$300 — This best describes the climate of the Southern Colonies.
Hot summers, mild winters, rich soil
$400 — Based on the exports chart, this factor made Southern agriculture profitable.
Fertile soil and long growing season
$500 — This explains how geography shaped the three colonial regions.
Climate and soil shaped economies

Motives & Migration

$100 — Fleeing persecution and seeking a moral example, John would most likely settle here.
New England colonies
$200 — Hoping to profit from tobacco, Roger would settle in this colonial area.
Southern colonies
$300 — French, Spanish, and English explorers shared this goal in South Carolina.
Gain wealth and resources
$400 — Compared with the Headright System, the Bubonic Plague functioned as this migration force.
Plague push; Headright pull
$500 — Winthrop’s sermon and the Virginia Company ad reveal this North–South contrast.
North moral mission; South profit

Mercantilism & Trade

$100 — The cartoon of the “Mother Country” at table illustrates this economic policy.
Mercantilism
$200 — Under mercantilism, this party benefits most from having colonies.
The mother country
$300 — Britain’s colonies supported mercantilism by doing this.
Provided raw materials and markets
$400 — In the chart, sugar and cotton as raw materials are marked with this letter.
A
$500 — In the chart, enslaved people are represented by this letter.
B

South Carolina Native Peoples

$100 — This tribe was known for its pottery skills.
Catawba
$200 — This is how the Catawba protected their villages, per the drawing.
Built barriers
$300 — Based on location, this activity made the Yemassee unique.
Seafood fishing
$400 — The Cherokee adapted to seasons with these different dwellings.
Winter thick-walled, summer open-air
$500 — European demand for this item changed Native hunting practices.
Deer skins

Colonial Exports Spotlight

$100 — This sea product was a key New England export.
Fish
$200 — This staple crop was exported by the Middle Colonies.
Grain
$300 — These large sea mammals featured among New England exports.
Whales
$400 — This leafy cash crop was a Southern export.
Tobacco
$500 — This blue dye plant was a major Southern export.
Indigo

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