| Questions |
Answers |
| 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 |
