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SS Final Review
Tiffany's SS Final Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Farming technique | terrace |
| Who looked for the fountain of youth? | de Leon |
| Who sailed to the tip of Africa? | Dias |
| Muslim house of worship | mosque |
| Mali's greatest king | Mansa Musa |
| Songhai's greatest king | Askiya Muhammad |
| King of the Incas | Atahualpa |
| Spaniard who explored Florida and the Gulf | Narvaez |
| What system rose in Europe after the fall of Rome? | Feudalism |
| Which pope began the Crusades? | Pope Urban |
| Which experience did the Lutheran church come out of? | Protestant Reformation |
| List 3 reasons an all-water route to the east was superior to an overland route. | faster, safer, avoid the middleman |
| List 3 names sometimes given tot he time in European history after the fall of Rome. | Medieval Times, Dark Ages, Middle Ages |
| Who began a rebellion in western Virginia? | Nathanial Bacon |
| Who established the colony of Connecticut? | Hooker |
| Who began the colony of Rhode Island? | Williams |
| Who came to America by the thousands in the 1630s? | Puritans |
| Who was the original leader of the Plymouth colonists? | Bradford |
| Who planted a new type of plant in Virginia and it became the first cash-crop? | John Rolfe |
| Who was the first example of representative democracy in the English colonies? | House of Burgesses |
| the act of disagreeing with a popular belief | dissent |
| the first country to sail around Africa | Portugal |
| the system for electing a president in the US | electoral college |
| What were the two greatest and richest American Indian civilizations in the New World? | Aztec & Inca |
| Which two other European countries attempted to colonize in the Colony area but failed due to the English? | Netherlands & Sweden |
| Who were the allies of the Americans during the F&I War? (specific) | Iroquois |
| What were the supporters of the Revolution called? | Patriot |
| Who was the British commander at the Battle of Quebec? | Wolfe |
| Who was the fiery speech maker from Virginia? | Patrick Henry |
| Who was the French commander at the Battle of Quebec? | Montcalm |
| Who started a protest group in Boston? | Samuel Adams |
| a tax on printed materials | Stamp Act |
| a tax on molasses | Sugar Act |
| a tax on paper, glass, lead, and tea | Townshend Act |
| a law which states that Britain had the right to tax the colonies | Declaratory Act |
| laws passed to punish Boston and Massachusetts | Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts) |
| the event whichs aw British goods destroyed in protest of tax laws | Boston Tea Party |
| the "barrier" to colonial movement west of the Appalachians, passed by Britain | Proclamation Line of 1763 |
| a formal expression of public opinion | resolution |
| search warrants | writs of assistance |
| forcing someone to do something | coercion |
| colonial groups writing letters to inform of British activities | Committees of Correspondence |
| ideas to encourage a certain way of thinking | propaganda |
| ideas we believe are true for all people | natural rights |
| government income | revenue |
| List 3 parts to the Intolerable Acts. | closed Boston Harbor, banned town meetings, forced Bostonians to shelter soldiers in their homes |
| Who was the "Swamp Fox"? | Francis Marion |
| Who was the British general at the battle that was the turning point of the Revolution? | Burgoyne |
| Who was America's most famous sea captain during the Revolution? | John Paul Jones |
| Who was the British general at the final major battle of the war? | Cornwallis |
| Who was the most famous American traitor of the Revolution? | Benedict Arnold |
| the colonial government during the Revolutionary War | Second Continental Congress |
| the turning point of the Revolution | Battle of Saratoga |
| to enlist | recruit |
| privately owned merchant ships equipped for wars | privateers |
| hit and run fighting technique | guerilla warfare |
| British warship defeated by Americans | Serapis |
| Who did the British use to help them fight against the colonists? | Hessians |
| Where were the final years of the Revolution fought? | in the South |
| Who helped American to ultimately be victorious in the final years of the Revolution? | General Greene |
| Which French general helped the Americans in their final victory of the Revolution? | General Rochambeau |
| How many battles did Washington engage in during the Revolution? | 9 |
| Who fought on both sides during the Revolution? | African Americans |
| Who was the leader of the Constitutional Convention? | George Washington |
| Who came up with the Virginia Plan? | Edmund Randolph |
| Who came up with the New Jersey Plan? | Paterson |
| Who came up with the Great Compromise? | James Madison |
| Who believed that all people have natural rights? | Locke |
| Who believed that government should be separated and balanced against each other? | Montesquieu |
| Who promoted the Constitution for ratification? | Hamilton |
| What established that new territory becomes a state? | NW Ordinance |
| What was the US's first government? | Articles of Confederation |
| What was an agreement about our Congress? | Great Compromise |
| What caused the Consitutional Convention to happen? | Shays's Rebellion |
| What is the function of the executive branch? | to enforce the law |
| What is the function of the legislative branch? | to make the law |
| What is the function of the judicial branch? | to interpret the law |
| What were those who supported the Constitution called? | Federalists |
| Who was the leader of the Federalists? | Alexander Hamilton |
| Who led the opposition of the Constitution? | Thomas Jefferson |
| authority of the people | popular sovereignty |
| an agreement where both sides give up some of what it wants | compromise |
| falling in value | depreciate |
| the bring charges against | impeach |
| government with elected representatives | republic |
| determining the Consitutionality of a law | judicial review |
| the people represented by a representative in Congress | constituents |
| setting aside funds for a specific purpose | appropriate |
| Who developed the first efficient steamboat in America? | Fulton |
| Who started a war in Europe that went throughout the continent? | Napoleon |
| wagons developed in the early-1800s for carrying people | stagecoaches |
| another term for a political group, not party | faction |
| America's first steamboat | Clermont |
| the treaty which ended the War of 1812 | Treaty of Ghent |
| List 4 areas major areas of improvement for transporation in the early-1800s. | roads, railroads, canals, steamboats |
| List 3 slave revolts. | Vesey's, Turner's, Brown's |
| List 3 reasons we went to war in the War of 1812. | British impressing our sailors, War Hawks wanted land, British still remembered as our enemy |
| Who came out of the War of 1812 as a hero? | Andrew Jackson |
| Who begins the National Repiblican Party? | James Madison |
| Who was the leading opponent of the Federalists? | Thomas Jefferson |
| Who led a slave revolt in 1800? | Prosser |
| Who was president during the War of 1812? | James Madison |
| Who develops a factory system? | Lowell |
| Who was the leader of the Mexican Army during the War with Mexico? | Santa Anna |
| Who was president during the War with Mexico? | James Polk |
| Who distinguished themselves during the War with Mexico? | Texas Rangers |
| Which two groups suffered the most because of westward expansion? | Indians and Mexicans |
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