Running head: SCAVENGER HUNT

Scavenger Hunt
Carol McKenna
Molloy College

Name __________________________________
The Thirteen Colonies Scavenger Hunt Grade 7
After completing this scavenger hunt you should be more familiar with the Thirteen Colonies.

Step 1: Go to http://mrnussbaum.com/13colonies/13int/
Click on the colony of Virginia.
1. What was grown as Virginias cash crop? _______________
Step 2: Click on the city of Boston.
2. Which two events occurred in the city of Boston leading to revolution?
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Step 3: Click on the colony of New York
3. Which group of people settled in New York in 1613? _______________

Step 4: Go to a new website:

http://www.ducksters.com/history/colonial_america/thirteen_colonies.php
4. List the New England Colonies
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5. List the Middle Colonies
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6. List the Southern Colonies
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Step 5: Go to a new website:
http://13colonies.mrdonn.org/
Click on Colonial Government & Founding Fathers
7. What is a charter?
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8. What was the first legislature formed in the colonies?
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Step 6: Go to a new website:

http://kathydoty.com/colonies/13coloniesinformation.htm
9. What was the major industry of Georgia?
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10. What year was Pennsylvania founded?
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11. Who founded Virginia?
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Name __________________________________
The Great Depression Scavenger Hunt Grade 11
After completing this scavenger hunt you should be more familiar with the Great Depression

Step 1: Go to http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/wwii/jb_wwii_subj.html
1. What happened on October 29, 1929?
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2. Who were the presidents of the United States during the Great Depression?
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Step 2: Go to a new website:

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/newyork//laic/episode6/topic1/e6_t1_s3-hv.html
3. Why were Americans angry with President Hoover?
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4. What was a Hooverville?
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Step 3: Go to a new website:

http://history1900s.about.com/od/1930s/p/greatdepression.htm
5. What was the Dust Bowl?
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6. Who was most affected by the Dust Bowl?
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Step 4: Go to a new website:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/timeline/rails-timeline/
7. What happened to the bonus Army in July 1932?
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ANSWER KEY:
The Thirteen Colonies Scavenger Hunt Grade 7
Step 1: Go to http://mrnussbaum.com/13colonies/13int/
Click on the colony of Virginia.
1. What was grown as Virginias cash crop? Tobacco
Step 2: Click on the city of Boston.
2. Which two events occurred in the city of Boston leading to revolution?
The Boston Massacre and The Boston Tea Party
Step 3: Click on the colony of New York
3. Which group of people settled in New York in 1613? The Dutch

Step 4: Go to a new website:

http://www.ducksters.com/history/colonial_america/thirteen_colonies.php
4. List the New England Colonies
CT, MA, NH, RI
5. List the Middle Colonies
DE, NJ, NY, PA
6. List the Southern Colonies
GA, MD, NC, SC, VA
Step 5: Go to a new website:
http://13colonies.mrdonn.org/
Click on Colonial Government & Founding Fathers
7. What is a charter?
A written agreement between the colony and the kind of England or Parliament
8. What was the first legislature formed in the colonies?
Virginia House of Burgesses
Step 6: Go to a new website:
http://kathydoty.com/colonies/13coloniesinformation.htm

9. What was the major industry of Georgia?

Indigo, Rice, Sugar
10. What year was Pennsylvania founded?
1682
11. Who founded Virginia?
John Smith and others

ANSWER KEY:
The Great Depression Scavenger Hunt Grade 11
Step 1: Go to http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/wwii/jb_wwii_subj.html
1. What happened on October 29, 1929?
Black Tuesday- the day that the stock market crashed
2. Who were the presidents of the United States during the Great Depression?
Herbert Hoover & Franklin Roosevelt

Step 2: Go to a new website:

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/newyork//laic/episode6/topic1/e6_t1_s3-hv.html

3. Why were Americans angry with President Hoover?

They blamed him for the collapse of the economy and the lack of relief
4. What was a Hooverville?
Shantytowns

Step 3: Go to a new website:

http://history1900s.about.com/od/1930s/p/greatdepression.htm
5. What was the Dust Bowl?
The Great Plains were hit hard with a drought and horrendous dust storms
6. Who was most affected by the Dust Bowl?
Farmers

Step 4: Go to a new website:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/timeline/rails-timeline/
7. What happened to the bonus Army in July 1932?
The Bonus Army members resisted being moved from their camps and violence erupted
leading to the death of two veterans. Hoover ordered Federal troops to clear the veterans.