Who wants to be a Student Millionaire?

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Who wants to be a Student Millionaire?

• Hosted by Mr. Hammond

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Confident?
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The Prizes
8 - 16,000 9 - 32,000 10 - 64,000 11 -
125,000 12 - 250,000 13 - 500,000 14 -
1,000,000

• 1 - 100
• 2 - 200
• 3 - 500
• 4 - 1,000
• 5 - 2,000
• 6 - 4,000
• 7 - 8,000

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Lifelines

• Phone a friend
• Ask the audience
• 50/50

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100
What was the name for the journey of slaves from
Africa to America?
A 127 Yard Sale
B Trail of Tears
C The Middle Passage
C - The Middle Passage
D National Lampoons Vacation
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200
The Southern coast of West Africa became known
as ?
A - Alabama
B Silver Coast
C Barbary Coast
D - Gold Coast
D Gold Coast
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500
According to mercantilists, the prosperity of a
nation depended on ?
A The People
B - A large supply of Gold
B A large supply of Gold
C The Military
D Cheap Labor/Slaves
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1,000
Vasco de Gamas discovery of a route to India by
sea proved to be?
A - Very Profitable
A Very Profitable
B Very Expensive
C - The edge of the World
D Highly Dangerous
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2,000
Died believing he had found a westward route to
Asia, in fact he had discovered America.
A Vasco Da Gama
B John Cabot
C Christopher Crinkle
D Christopher Columbus
D - Christopher Columbus
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4,000
A set of principles that dominated economic
thought in the 17th century.
A - mercantilism
A - mercantilism
B - speculation
C - consumerism
D Mr. Lee, Mr. Blevins
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8,000
Originally, African slaves were brought to the
Americas to supply labor for who?
A tobacco fields
B - sugarcane plantations
B sugarcane plantations
C cotton plantations
D Christopher Columbus
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16,000

• Who will win?

What was an established line of demarcation
between Spain and Portugal in the new world?
A Mason/Dixon Line
B Treaty of Versailles
C Treaty of Padequa
D - Treaty of Tordesillas
D Treaty of Tordesillas
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32,000
Who explored the New England coastline of the
Americas for England?
A Christopher Columbus
B Vasco d Aquillera
C John Cabot
C John Cabot
D John Travolta
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64,000
Why was Southeast Asia so important to rulers
and merchants?
A Military Bases
B Spice Trade Get Rich
B Spice Trade Get Rich
C Climate Good Bathing
D Wealth Power
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125,000
What is the difference in value between what a
nation imports and what it exports over time?
A Balance of Trade
A Balance of Trade
B Gross National Product
C Triangular Trade
D - Mercantilism
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250,000
Where did the English establish a permanent
settlement in America in 1600s?
A New Amsterdam
B - Plymouth
C Jamestown
C - Jamestown
D Russell Springs
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500,000
Which Native American peoples occupied the
largest area of land?
A - Southwest
B Great Plains
C - Incas
D - Subarctic
D - Subarctic
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1,000,000
When did the first African slaves make their
journey to the Americas?
A - 1508
B - 1518
B - 1518
C - 1522
D - 1534
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Winner!
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Winner!
Winner!
Winner!
Winner!
Winner!
Winner!
Winner!