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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This is where colonial population was highest in 1775, according to the map.
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Along the coast
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Fleeing persecution and seeking a moral example, John would most likely settle here.
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New England colonies
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The cartoon of the “Mother Country” at table illustrates this economic policy.
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Mercantilism
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This tribe was known for its pottery skills.
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Catawba
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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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