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Explorations
Unit 2 Explorations & Immigration
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Name the 3 cultures involved in the beginning of the Voyages of Discovery | China, Africa, Europe |
| Name the 3 things that China had that everyone else wanted | silk, spices, gunpowder |
| Silk Road | the path of travel (over land) from China to Europe |
| Why did the Silk Road close? | Muslim nations that took over the land closed it |
| What did Africa have during the time prior to the Voyages of Discovery? | 1/2 of the world's gold |
| Middle Passage | the part of the Triangular Trade that shipped slaves from Africa to the New World |
| Columbian Exchange | the widespread exchange of products, people, and diseases between the Old World and the New World |
| Joint Stock Company | a way to raise money to establish a colony that spread the risk to many investors |
| indentured servant | a person who agrees to work for a period of time to repay a debt |
| Pilgrims | wanted to separate from the Church of England |
| Puritans | wanted to purify the Church of England |
| theocracy | a government with a state religion and laws based on that religion |
| Manifest Destiny | the widely held belief (in the US) that American settlers were destined to expand throughout the continent |
| Which President instigated a war in order to fulfill Manifest Destiny? Which war? | President Polk, Mexican American War |
| emigrants | people who leave a country |
| immigrants | people who settle in a new country |
| assimilation | the process of blending into a society |
| push factors | factors that motivate people to leave an area |
| pull factors | factors that attract a person to a certain place |
| primary source | a first-hand account of an event |
| culture | a learned way of life, including language & religion |
| artifact | an object that gives clues about the culture from which it came |
| archaeology | the study of human actions, events, and people based on written records |
| technology | the use of knowledge & tools to meet human needs |
| Mayflower Compact | the document that created a democracy for the Pilgrims |
| Ellis Island | the immigration station on the east coast of the US that mainly processed European immigrants |
| Angel Island | the immigration station on the west coast of the US that mainly processed Asian immigrants |
| Homestead Act of 1862 | an act passed that gave 160 acres in the western US in exchange for 5 years of living on & working the land |
| Lewis & Clark | explorers commissioned by President Jefferson to map out western territories |
| Gold Rush | a pull factor for many immigrants to California |
| Potato Famine | a push factor for many Irish immigrants |
| Jamestown | the first permanent English colony in America |
| Roanoke Colony (Lost Colony) | the first attempt for a permanent English colony in America |
| Plymouth | the colony of the Pilgrims |
| Massachusetts Bay Colony | the colony of the Puritans |
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