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Social Studies
First Quarter Review
| Define Plain | -a large area of flat land |
| Define Plateau | -a raised area of flat land |
| Define Peninsula | -land that is surrounded on 3 sides (ex: Florida) |
| Define Primary Source | -first hand accounts |
| Give some examples of Primary Sources. | -journal entry, artifact, original account, photographs |
| Define Secondary Sources | -second-hand accounts |
| Give some examples of Secondary Sources. | -textbook, teacher, encyclopedia |
| Define the term social | -the interaction between people (their culture, religion/beliefs, sports, music, architecture |
| Define the term political | -anything referring to government (laws, leaders, war) |
| Define the term economic | -ways of making money/how a culture survives (trade, industries, factories) |
| How does geography affect the development of communities? | -communities adapt differently to different environments -the natural resources in each area are different and can affect the economy and the overall culture of a group |
| Define archaeology | -the study of prehistoric people |
| Define archeologists | - someone who studies anything to do with prehistoric people |
| Define artifacts | -items left behind from civilizations that can be studied and give us information about the past |
| Define carbon 14 dating (carbon dating) | -finds out the age of artifacts based on the decay of Carbon 14 |
| Define culture | -the way of life of a group of people |
| Define civilization | -a highly developed culture, usually with an organized religion and laws |
| Define extended families | -large families where everyone from your immediate family plus Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles and cousins live together in the same house |
| Explain the Land Bridge Theory | -it is the theory that the first people to the Americas crossed a land bridge from Asia |
| Where were the Iroquois located? | -they were located in Upstate New York |
| How did the Iroquois use their geography/environment? | -they farmed and hunted -woodlands (longhouses) -3 sisters (corn, beans and squash) |
| Where was the Great Plains Native American tribe located? | -they were located in Central US (the middle of the US) |
| How did the Great Plains Native American tribe use their geography/environment? | -Buffalo were used for everything (teepees, clothing, fuel, etc.) |
| Where were the Inuit located? | -they were located in North Arctic |
| How did the Inuit tribe use their geography/environment? | -they ate seal and used whale blubber -they built igloos and cities |
| What were the causes of exploration? | -they wanted to find a shorter trade route to Asia -they wanted to find God, Gold, and Glory |
| What were the results of the exploration? | -they expanded trade and they gave diseases to the Native Americans |
| What were the reasons for the Native American populations to decrease? | -disease, war, and slavery |
| What was the Middle Passage? | -it was the voyage of Africans to the Americas to be slaves |
| Where was the colony of New Spain located? | -it was located from Florida (south) to Central America |
| How did the people of New Spain make a living? | -gold, silver, sugar |
| Where was the colony of New Netherlands located? | -it was located in New York (along the Hudson River) |
| How did the people of New Netherlands make a living? | -trapping (fur) |
| Where was the colony of New France located? | -it was located Canada to New Orleans (along the Mississippi River) |
| How did the people of New France make a living? | -fur trade |
| Where were the 13 colonies located? | -The East Coast, along the Atlantic Ocean |
| Who controlled or owned the 13 colonies? | -Great Britain/England |
| What was the first English colony? | -Roanoke |
| What was the second English colony? | -Jamestown |
| Why did Jamestown become a successful colony? | -tobacco saved the colony because it started their economy |
| Why did the Pilgrims immigrate to the colonies? | -they immigrated for religious freedom |
| What was the name of the document for the government of the Pilgrims? | -the Mayflower Compact |
| Explain the Mayflower Compact. | -rules by which the Plymouth Colony would be run |
| Explain the importance of the House of Burgesses | -it was the 1st representative body in the English colonies -It made laws |
| Explain the importance of the Mayflower Compact. | -it was the rules for the Plymouth colony |
| Explain the importance of the Peter Zenger case. | -it established the Freedom of Press in the colonies |
| Name the colonies of the New England Region. | 1)New Hampshire 2)Massachusetts 3)Connecticut 4)Rhode Island |
| Explain the economy of the New England Colonies. | -lumber, shipbuilding, whaling, fishing, rum |
| Name the colonies of the Middle Colony region. | 1)New York 2)Pennsylvania 3)New Jersey 4)Delaware |
| Explain the economy of the Middle Colonies. | -it is the "breadbasket", grain, cattle, fish, iron |
| Name the colonies that make up the Southern Colonies region. | 1)Maryland 2)Virginia 3)North Carolina 4)South Carolina 5)Georgia |
| Explain the economy of the Southern colonies. | rice, indigo, tobacco, plantations |
| Define stocks/pillary. | colonial punishments |
| Who had voting rights? | only white men, who were 21 and owned property |
| Who was educated? | Only boys |
| What was the reason for them coming to the New World? Roanoke | Money |
| What was the reason for them coming to the New World? Jamestown | money and tobacco |
| What was the reason for them coming to the New World? Plymouth (pilgrims) | religious freedom |
| What was the reason for them coming to the New World? Massachusetts (puritans) | religious freedom |
| What was the reason for them coming to the New World? Rhode Island | Religious freedom (Roger Williams) |
| What was the reason for them coming to the New World? New York | Money |
| What was the reason for them coming to the New World? Pennsylvania | religious freedom (Quakers) |
| What was the reason for them coming to the New World? Maryland | religious freedom (Catholics) |
| What was the reason for them coming to the New World? Georgia | it was set up for debtors |
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