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Colonial America Vocabulary Quiz & Colonies Research

Friday, August 26, 2022
8:30 AM 3:10 PM

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First Period: 8:30am to 9:21am

Third Period: 10:27am to 11:17am

Sixth Period: 1:42pm to 2:32pm

Colonial America Vocabulary Quiz

Each unit will have one or two vocabulary quizzes that test how well you have learned key vocabulary words and concepts. Vocabulary quizzes are worth 25 points and the following is the breakdown:

15 vocabulary matching questions (0.5 points each)
3 academic vocabulary sentences (1 point each)
4 multiple choice questions (0.5 points each)
12.5 points are automatically given

ACADEMIC VOCABULARY WORDS

Relatively
Fringe
Invest
Guideline
Sect
Deprive
Approach
Zeal

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The New World Colonies Research

You are going to choose one of the various colonies (or colony groupings) established by Britain, France, Spain, or Russia in the Americas and learning more about it.

You are going to be adding a slide to the attached document, please create your slide on your own document and then copy-and-paste it over into the class document. On your slide, you are going to need the following:

What country founded the colony.
When the colony was founded.
Why the colony was founded.
What the colony produced for the mother country.
Why people moved (or were forcibly relocated) to the colony.
How the colony became independent of their mother country (optional).

Your slide should also have a title with the colony's name as well as an image of the colony (map, painting). Once you are done with your slide, you will copy-and-paste it into the class document. Once everyone is done, we will have brief presentations (no more than 30-60 seconds each) about the colonies.

You may choose from the following "New World" colonies: