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Soc. Studies
unit 1
Question | Answer |
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migrate | move from one place to another |
environment | all of the physical surroundings |
natural resources | useful materials found in nature |
culture | peoples way of life |
cultural region | area in which a group of people sharing a similar culture settle |
northwest coast | thick forests,narrow beaches and bays, abundant seafood, and plentiful game |
California | coastal foothills, hot dry summers, valleys, deserts,coastal mountains |
great basin | deserts, little rain and food, small animals, freezing winters, hot summers |
plateau | mountains, dense forests, long cold winters, gentle summers |
southwest | canyons, mountains, deserts, mesas, hot, little water |
great plains | valleys, mountains, dense grasses, water and softer soil in eastern |
eastern woodlands | winter snow,summers rain, forests, lakes, and streams |
southeast | coastal plains, valleys, mountains,swamps, long warm humid summers, mild winters |
The Columbian Exchange | brought crops and other valuable things between Europe and America |
slavery | treatment of people as property |
conquistadors | spanish soldier-explorers |
2 reasons why the spanish came to America | the fountain of youth, gold |
the first english colony | Jamestown |
John Smith | married Pocahontas and went back to England which made the colonies fall apart |
John Rolfe | improved the conditions |
challenges of Jamestown | swamps, disease carrying mosquitoes |
outcomes of the Spanish Empire | diseases that killed the native americans, slaves |
thing that failed to bring settlers to New France | harsh climate, difficult land |
New Netherlabd |