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| Define "Climate" |
The average weather in an area. |
| What is the greatest influence on climate? |
Geography (Mountains, Oceans, etc.) |
| What year did Columbus sail the Ocean Blue? |
1492 |
| Identify the five European nation that began the Age of Exploration? |
Portugal Spain France England Dutch |
| How did Portugal make its fortune? |
Spice Trade |
| How did Spain make its fortune? |
Aztec Gold |
| How did France make its fortune? |
Fur trade and fishing |
| How did England make its fortune? |
Stealing gold from Spain |
| What is the group that stole gold from Spain and gave it to England? |
Buccaneers |
| How did the Dutch make its fortune? |
Farming |
| What happened to the Dutch city of New Amsterdam? |
It became New York City |
| Who captured New Amsterdam? |
The English |
| Where did the Maya live? |
The Yucatan Peninsula |
| Where did the Inca live? |
The Andes Mountains |
| Where did the Aztec live? |
Mexico |
| What type of farming did the Inca use? |
Step Farming |
| What type of farming did the Aztec use? |
Floating gardens |
| Which civilization had a capital that floated on a lake? |
Aztec |
| What is the transfer of culture between Europe and the Americas |
Columbian Exchange |
| Define "culture" |
The way of life of a group of people |
| Give some examples of culture? |
Music, customs, traditions, stories |
| Which group benefitted from the Columbian Exchange? |
Europeans |
| Identify the positive effects of the Columbian Exchange? |
Europeans get gold, food, medicine |
| Identify the negative effects of the Columbian Exchange? |
Natives get disease, slavery and death |
| Why did Native Americans have such diversity between tribes? |
Culture is based on geography |
| Term used to describe when a nation treats colonies as children/servants/slaves to be used and abused for the benefit of the parent nation. |
Colonization |
| What was the Mayflower Compact? |
The first democratic government created by Europeans in the Americas |
| Why is the New England tradition of Town Meetings important? |
Town Meeting allow people to voice their opinions = democracy |
| Identify the three groupings of the 13 colonies. |
New England, Middle, Southern |
| These colonies had mountains, rocky soil that was bad for farming, and cold weather. |
New England colonies |
| These colonies had average climate, good soil for farming wheat, and natural harbors. |
Middle Colonies |
| These colonies had great soil to grow tobacco and cotton and long growing seasons. |
Southern Colonies |
| These colonies have the nickname, "Breadbasket Colonies" |
Middle Colonies |
| Identify the Cause of the French and Indian War? |
The colonies did not listen to England and went into the Ohio River Valley |
| This French controlled area was the land being fought over in the French and Indian War? |
Ohio River Valley |
| Define a "Boycott." |
To not buy an item to economically hurt another group |
| This term deals with all things related to money. |
Economic |
| This term deals with all things related to government and law. |
Political |
| This term deals with all things related to people and society. |
Social |
| What was the purpose of the First Continental Congress? |
To figure out how the colonies would react to unpopular English laws. |
| Identify and effect of the French and Indian War? |
Colonies are punished for breaking English laws and starting the war |
| Define "republic." |
An elite group of people who run a nation |
| This group supported a strong national government. |
Federalists |
| This group opposed a strong national government and wanted strong state governments. |
Anti-federalists |
| What compromise was reached that determined representation in Congress? |
The Great Compromise |
| This part of the Legislative branch is based on population? |
House of Representatives |
| This part of the Legislative branch is based on equality? |
Senate |
| How many votes does each state get in the Senate? |
Two |
| Why was it difficult for the colonies to agree at the Constitutional Convention? |
Each colony wanted what was best for themselves. They were not united. |
| This term describes the division of power between the states and the federal government. |
Federalism |
| This power allows the legislative branch to stretch its power to benefit the people of the USA (necessary and proper) |
Elastic Clause |
| This was developed to make sure no one branch started to abuse the American people |
Checks and Balances |
| What is a check the President has on Congress? |
Veto |
| What is a check the Congress has on the President? |
Impeachment |
| What power does the Supreme Court have over the President and Congress? |
Judicial Review |
| What is the power of the Supreme Court to declare a law unconstitutional? |
Judicial Review |
| Who directly elects the President of the United States? |
Electoral College |
| Supreme Court case that gave the Supreme Court the power of Judicial Review |
Marbury v Madison |
| No representation in Parliament, high taxes and "abuse" by England are all causes of this war. |
American Revolution |
| What did Alexander Hamilton hope to gain by paying off the National debt? |
Respect |
| This statement said the USA would protect Latin American by stopping European colonization in Latin America. |
Monroe Doctrine |
| This invention allowed slavery to become profitable and lead to an increase in slavery. |
Cotton Gin |
| Quicker and cheaper goods, abuse of women and children, and manditory public education |
Results of the Industrial Revolution |
| When the President gives you a job because he is friends with you. |
Spoils System |
| Belief that the USA stretches from the Atglantic to the Pacific |
Manifest Destiny |
| President during the "Indian Removal Act" |
Andrew Jackson |
| Jackson's forced removal of the Cherokee Indians |
Trail of Tears |
| Another name for "Popular Sovereignty" |
Voting |
| This law forced northerners to capture and return runaway slaves or be put in jail. |
Fugitive Slave Act |
| This President was elected in 1860 |
Abraham Lincoln |
| Define "Secede" |
Leave |
| This document gave the South the "right" to leave the USA. |
Declaration of Independence |
| The first goal of Lincoln at the start of the Civil War |
Keep the USA together |
| The goal of Lincoln at the end of the Civil War after the Emancipation Proclamation. |
Ending Slavery |
| When warships stop goods from going to the enemy. |
Blockade |
| This was invented during "Sherman's March to the Sea." |
Total War |
| Greatest advantage the North had over the South in the Civil War after population. |
Industry |
| This group of people wanted to punish the South at the end of the Civil War. |
Radical Republicans |
| This plan removed all Southern governments and replaced them with the Union army to force change in the South. |
Reconstruction Act |
| Group of ex-confederate soldiers who tried to keep African Americans from using their rights. |
Ku Klux Klan |
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