ATLAS OF U.S. HISTORY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
LATEST UPDATE 2025-2026
*Era 1* CORRECT ANSWER *Three Worlds Meet*
TwoJways people cameJto the Americas CORRECT ANSWER Boats and ice route
Largest native empire in South America CORRECT ANSWER Inca
Economic activity that connected Africa to Europe CORRECT ANSWER trade
In Columbus' time, how much of theJEarth's surface was believed coveredJby water CORRECT
ANSWER 1/7 of the Earth
NameJof the land trade route between Europe andJFar East CORRECT ANSWER Silk Road
Five European groups that explored the Americas CORRECT
ANSWER Viking English
French
Dutch
Spanish
Why didJEuropeans begin using enslaved Africans - correctJanswer-EnslavedJNative Americas
*Era 2* CORRECT ANSWER *Colonization and Settlement*
NameJfor exchange of plants/animals/diseases between Europe and Americas CORRECT
ANSWER Columbian exchange
Five European nations that colonized by early 1600s CORRECT
ANSWER British French
, Spanish
MainJpurpose for foundingJof Jamestown CORRECT ANSWER
England wanted to increase wealth and powerJby expanding theirJempires
Three groups of English colonies by 1750 CORRECT ANSWER Hudson's
Bay Company English Colonies
Newfoundland
Three crops that increased the need for enslaved AfricansJ CORRECT
ANSWER cotton tobacco
sugar
*Era 3* CORRECT ANSWER *Revolution and the New Nation*
Two reasons why GB taxed theirJcolonists in the New World CORRECT
ANSWER GB neededJmoney to pay war debts and assert British control
Two reasons why the colonists rebelled against GB CORRECT ANSWER
British taxes andJrestricting British control
(ex. TeaJAct threatened colonial merchants)
First government "plan" of the U.S. CORRECT ANSWER Article of Confederation
What was theJpurpose of the MonroeJDoctrine CORRECT ANSWER
gave U.S. authority toJmediateJborder disputes in Western Hemisphere
*Era 4* CORRECT ANSWER *Expansion and Reform* J J
WhoJwasJassigned to explore the Louisiana Purchase CORRECT ANSWER Lewis and Clark
LATEST UPDATE 2025-2026
*Era 1* CORRECT ANSWER *Three Worlds Meet*
TwoJways people cameJto the Americas CORRECT ANSWER Boats and ice route
Largest native empire in South America CORRECT ANSWER Inca
Economic activity that connected Africa to Europe CORRECT ANSWER trade
In Columbus' time, how much of theJEarth's surface was believed coveredJby water CORRECT
ANSWER 1/7 of the Earth
NameJof the land trade route between Europe andJFar East CORRECT ANSWER Silk Road
Five European groups that explored the Americas CORRECT
ANSWER Viking English
French
Dutch
Spanish
Why didJEuropeans begin using enslaved Africans - correctJanswer-EnslavedJNative Americas
*Era 2* CORRECT ANSWER *Colonization and Settlement*
NameJfor exchange of plants/animals/diseases between Europe and Americas CORRECT
ANSWER Columbian exchange
Five European nations that colonized by early 1600s CORRECT
ANSWER British French
, Spanish
MainJpurpose for foundingJof Jamestown CORRECT ANSWER
England wanted to increase wealth and powerJby expanding theirJempires
Three groups of English colonies by 1750 CORRECT ANSWER Hudson's
Bay Company English Colonies
Newfoundland
Three crops that increased the need for enslaved AfricansJ CORRECT
ANSWER cotton tobacco
sugar
*Era 3* CORRECT ANSWER *Revolution and the New Nation*
Two reasons why GB taxed theirJcolonists in the New World CORRECT
ANSWER GB neededJmoney to pay war debts and assert British control
Two reasons why the colonists rebelled against GB CORRECT ANSWER
British taxes andJrestricting British control
(ex. TeaJAct threatened colonial merchants)
First government "plan" of the U.S. CORRECT ANSWER Article of Confederation
What was theJpurpose of the MonroeJDoctrine CORRECT ANSWER
gave U.S. authority toJmediateJborder disputes in Western Hemisphere
*Era 4* CORRECT ANSWER *Expansion and Reform* J J
WhoJwasJassigned to explore the Louisiana Purchase CORRECT ANSWER Lewis and Clark
