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Social Studies Exam
Mid-Term Exam Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which ancient African people migrated west and south from Nigeria? | Bantu |
| Which ancient kingdom, in present-day Ethiopia, was a cener of African Christianity? | Axum |
| When Europeans began trading with African societies what began to grow? | Slave Trade |
| Why is the death rate in Africa south of the Sahara so high? | Lack of clean water and disease |
| In Africa, a person's ethnic group is most closely associated with what? | language |
| Why did European countries carve Africa into colonies in the 1800's? | profit and political advantage |
| What is the most common expression of community life, social status, and rites of the passage of Africa? | dance |
| People who moved from place to place in search of food. | hunter-gatherers |
| griots | story tellers |
| An empire in Southern Africa | Great Zimbabwe |
| Special ceremonies that mark lifestages | Rites of passage |
| Famous ruler of Mali | Mansa Musa |
| Land bridge that connected Asia to North America. (Now underwater) | Beringia |
| What discovery turned nomads into farmers in the Americas' | Maize (corn) |
| What lead the Mayan priests to create the 365 day calendar? | Their knowledge of astrology |
| What was the capital of the Aztec Empire? | Tenountitlan |
| What did the Maya and Aztec organize their societies around | Religion |
| Which was the largest of the early American civilizations? | Inca |
| What did the early Ohio Valley people, the Hopewell, build? | Huge burial mounds in the shape of birds, bears, and snakes. |
| Where did the largest settlement of Mound Builders live? Present-day | Illinois |
| The Iroquois women, called clan mothers, chose the.... | Men of the Counsil |
| In the 1500's what changed the ways of life for the Native Americans forever? | The arrival of the Europeans |
| Early Americans crossed the land bridge, Beringia, from Asia to present day what? | Alaska |
| Agriculture allowed early Americans to...? | Spend time on other activities such as building a community. |
| Which civilizations organized their societies around their religion? | Maya and Aztec |
| Which civilization built stone-paved roads over mountains? | Inca |
| The Inca believed the sun god enjoyed displays of what and covered their clothing and buildings with it? | Gold |
| How did the Hohokam people acquire shells? | trade with coastal people |
| Which peoples wore clothing of sealskin? | Inuit |
| Which was the main food of the peoples of the northwestern coast? | Salmon |
| Tepees were used by which culture? | people of the great plains |
| How did the Iroquois promote peace? | forming a federation |
| Mound Builders | sun dried mud brick |
| Which of these was a military empire? Aztec, Inca, or Mayan | Aztec |
| Calculating device developed by the Inca? | quipus |
| the study of ancient peoples | archaeology |
| a home build by using sand dried mud brick. | adobe |
| Raised piece of land with the top leveled off to promote farming. | terraces |
| Religious center of the Inca. | Machu Picchu |
| A ruler | emperor |
| Home of community of homes built by Native Americans. | pueblo |
| A type of government that links different groups together. | federation |
| An explorer who served in Khubla Khans court and wrote his book of travels. | Marco Polo |
| The Renaissance was the historical period when these 2 things ruled. | Intellect and Creativity |
| Which Portuguese prince laid the groundwork for a new era of exploration? | Mansamusa |
| Name Christopher Columbus' 3 ships. | Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria |
| Juan Ponce De Leon was the first Spaniard to land here. | North America |
| Who was the first explorer to sail around the southern tip of Africa? | Vasco de Gama |
| Which invention helped Marco Polo's Travels gain wider circulation? | Printing Press |
| From their trading post in Africa, the Portuguese traded for what? | gold and slaves |
| What did Columbus' crew threaten to do if he did not turn back? | throw him overboard |
| Which explorer discovered the long-awaited eastern sea route to Asia | Vasco de Gama |
| What did the Treaty of Tordesillas give Spain? | Most of North & South America |
| How far west did Hernando de Soto travel? | Oklahoma |
| Encomienda was a right granted by the Spanish government that gave Conquistadors the right to what? | demand taxes or labor from Native Americans who were living on the land. |
| Martin Luther believed that this was the way to salvation rather than good deeds? | Faith |
| What was John Cabot's voyage used by the English to claim? | North America |
| Which explorer's crew was the first to sail around the world? | Ferdinand Magellen |
| Which sea did Columbus believe he was near when he landed? | Indian Sea |
| Which monarch sent Columbus on his first voyage? | Queen Isabella of Spain |
| Who granted charters to groups of merchants to organize settlements in America? | King James I |
| A document that gives the holder the right to organize settlements in an area. | Charters |
| Protestants who wanted to leave the Anglican Church and found their own churches were called what? | Separatists |
| Protestants who wanted to stay in the Anglican Church and change it from within were called what? | Puritans |
| Because their journey had a religious purpose, the Separatists called themselves what? | Pilgrims |
| What was Captain Smith's account of the condition of the Jamestown Colony? | Lacked a strong leader, sick, miserable, unwilling to help themselves. |
| What did the Pilgrims promise when they signed the Mayflower Compact? | Obey the laws passed for the general good of the colony. |
| Who was the settlement Jamestown named after? | King James I |
| Who was the leader of Jamestown? | Captain John Smith |
| What did the Jamestown settlers plant to survive? | tobacco, corn, etc. |
| An English raider of Spanish ships? | Francis Drake |
| Gov. John White was the leader of what colony? Was Sir Walter Raleigh's idea | Roanoke |
| This was carved in a gatepost at the abandoned colony of Roanoke | Croatoan |
| The Virginia Company founded what settlement? | Jamestown |
| How long did the voyage of the Mayflower take? | 66 days |
| What island was bought for a small amount of beads and other goods ($23) | Manhatten (NYC) |
| Who did John Rolfe marry? | Pocahontas |
| What was the most profitable cash crop in South Carolina and Georgia? | Rice |
| How did England view its North American colonies? | As an economic resourse |
| What 2 nations fought in the Seven Years war? | France and Britain |
| What do Americans call the Seven Years war? | The French and Indian war |
| Native American leader who recognized that British settlers threatened their way of life. | Pontiac |
| A religious revival that swept through the colonies. | The Great Awakening |
| The hub of the shipping trade in North America was in...? | New England |
| Labor for the southern rice fields was provided by...? | slaves |
| This called for one general government for all of the American colonies. | The Albany Plan of Union |
| A region of large southern plantations | The Tidewater |
| Laws passed in the southern states that controlled and restricted enslaved people. (governed slaves punishments) | Slave codes |
| First college in the United States | Harvard |
| British commander sent to conquer the French in the Ohio valley in America. | Edward Braddock |
| Edward Braddock was in charge of troops during what war? | French and Indian war |
| Who oversaw the French and Indian war in Europe? | William Pitt |
| What did the Treaty of Paris mark? | The end of North American power for France. |
| A leg of the triangular trade route in which slaves were shipped to the West Indies. | The Middle Passage |
| What did the Stamp Act tax? | All printed materials |
| Who was the leader of the Green Mountain Boys? | Ethan Allen |
| Who opposed any compromise with the American colonist? | King George III of England |
| Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? | Thomas Jefferson |
| What did the Towshend Acts give the British Parliament the right to do? | Tax and make decisions for the colonies |
| Colonial leaders used the Boston Massacre killings as what? | Propaganda |
| The actions of the minutemen at Lexington and Concord are referred to as the.... | Shot heard around the world |
| What did Loyalist not consider unfair taxes a good reason for? | Rebellion |
| What did patriots want to fight for? | Independence |
| Who recommended George Washington be chosen as commander of the Continental Army? | John Adams |
| In the Olive Branch Petition, the colonists expressed their desire for what? | Peace, rights to be heard |
| What does Patrick Henry declare in his speech to the Second Virginia Convention? | War is unavailable but he welcomes it |
| Arguments for American independence written by this person in Common Sense greatly influenced colonist's opinions. | Thomas Paine |
| Thomas Paine thinks that America's involvement with Britain causes what, according to Common Sense? | Unneeded differences with European nations who could possibly become allies. |
| What is the opening line of Thomas Paine's The American Crisis? | These are times that try men's souls |
| On Christmas Night 1776, where did the Patriots score a victory? | Trenton |
| In 1777, William Howe captured what city causing the Congress to flee? | New York City |
| Where did the Patriot forces endure a winter of terrible suffering? | Valley Forge |
| What did the French agree to do after the Battle of Saratoga? | Support the colonist (US) |
| Which foreign troops helped defeat Charles Cornwallis? | French |
| What did the British agree to do after the Battle of Yorktown? | Withdraw from war because it was too costly |
| Which 3 men represented America at the peace talks in Paris? | Ben Franklin, John Adams, John Jay |
| What did Nathan Hale disguise himself as to spy on the British? | A Dutch schoolteacher |
| A French nobleman who became Washington's trusted aide. | Marquis de Lafayette |
| What was a famous quote attributed to John Paul Jones? | I have not yet begun to fight |
| What was the Hessian's main goal for winning the war? | money |
| After the war, what did George Washington do? | retired |
| What will "Sunshine Patriots" do according to the patriot writer Thomas Paine in The American Crisis? | Only serve the country when things are going well. |
| What were conditions like for the soldiers the winter at Valley Forge? | Naked and starving |
| Patriot name for series of Punitive passed by British in 1774? | Intolerable (Coercive) Acts |
| A dockworker who was part African and part Native American. | Crispus Attucks |
| Disguised herself as a young man & enlisted in the war. | Deborah Sampson |
| Joined her husband in battle. | Margaret Corbin |
| What did Paul Revere call out as he rode? | The British are coming. The regulars are out. |
| This said troops could not seize homes. | Writ of assistance |
| The opening statement of the Constitution. | Preamble |
| Patriot leader at Battle of Bunker Hill. | William Prescott |
| French nobleman and general who helped Washington during Revolutionary War | Compte de Rochambeau |
| American general who defected to (joined) the British | Benedict Arnold |
| A successful guerrilla leader for American army known as the Swamp Fox | Francis Marion |
| A former army officer from Prussia. Helped with military drills and tactics | Fredrich (Baron) Von Steuben |
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