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Midterm Review
SS 7 Midterm Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Five Iroquois Nations | Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Mohawk |
| Keepers of Western Door | Seneca |
| Younger Brother | Cayuga, Oneida |
| Keepers of Central Fire | Onondaga |
| Keepers of Eastern Door | Mohawk |
| The first people to reach North America came by a land bridge from _____________. | Asia |
| 6th nation to join Iroquois Confederacy | Tuscarora |
| sacred plant used in Iroquois ceremonies | tobacco |
| three sisters | corn, beans, squash |
| head of Iroquois family | oldest women |
| The _____________ was formed the maintain peace between all the Iroquois nations, and to handle treaties and war matters with other nations. | Iroquois Confederacy |
| led the Grand Council and represented the various tribes | sachems (chiefs) |
| explains how the earth was created | Iroquois Creation Myth |
| led the Sioux | best male hunter |
| The Sioux were nomadic and hunted _____________. | buffalo |
| represented good | right-handed twin |
| represented evil | left-handed twin |
| became the moon | grandmother's head |
| Iroquois built _____________ out of the wood from the forests around them. | longhouses |
| Aztecs built _____________ because of the water. | floating gardens |
| Inca built roads and bridges in the _____________ Mountains. | Andes |
| Native American tribes adapted to their _____________ by using the resources they had available. | environments |
| study of the remains of past civilizations | archaeology |
| _____________ dig for artifacts and use carbon dating. | Archaeologists |
| study of culture and the development of human beings | anthropology |
| total way of life of a group of people | culture |
| a written record | historic |
| descent is traced through a mother's side or line of a family (i.e. Iroquois) | matrilineal |
| decent is traced through the father's side or line of a family | patrilineal |
| North American before 1492 | Pre-Columbian |
| period before written records | Prehistoric |
| provides direct or firsthand evidence about an event, object, or person (i.e. diary, eyewitness account, census information, etc.) | Primary Source |
| exchange of people, plants, animals, and ideas between the "Old World" and the "New World" | Columbian Exchange |
| a water-route around/through North American in order to get to Asia | Northwest Passage |
| Samuel de Champlain | "Father of New France" |
| Christopher Columbus | First to sail west to reach the east |
| Hernando Cortez | conquered the Aztecs in Mexico |
| Henry Hudson | sailed for both Holland and England |
| movement of raw materials, good, and people between Africa, the Americas, and Europe | Triangular Trade |
| terrible journey experienced by African Americans to be enslaved in the Americans to support Southern agriculture | Middle Passage |
| Plymouth (Pilgrims) & Boston (Puritans) are both in _____________ . | Massachusetts |
| This colony was founded by Roger Williams for colonists fleeing the Puritans in Massachusetts. | Rhode Island |
| This colony was founded by Thomas Hooker for colonists fleeing the Puritans in Massachusetts. | Connecticut |
| This colony was originally settled by the Dutch. | New York |
| This colony was settled by William Penn and the Society of Friends (Quakers) | Pennsylvania |
| Former name of New York City | New Amsterdam |
| Tobacco ended up being a profitable cash crop in this colony | Virginia |
| This colony was founded by Lord Baltimore as a safe haven for English Catholics | Maryland |
| This colony was founded by James Oglethorpe for debtors and to offer protection against Spanish Florida | Georgia |
| another name for the French and Indian War | Seven Years War |
| Land south of Lake Erie and where the English Colonists wanted to expand and settle | Ohio Country |
| wrote the Albany Plan of Union | Ben Franklin |
| Representative from the colonies met in _____________ to discuss threat of war with the French. | Albany |
| The Albany Plan of Union called for one general _____________ for the American Colonies. | government |
| The colonies didn't approve the Albany Plan of Union because they didn't want to give up _____________. | individual power and identity |
| Allies of the British during the French and Indian War | Iroquois |
| Stubborn British general who refused to adapt to new warfare tactics. He died and was buried under his road. | General Braddock |
| British Prime Minister who developed strategies to win the French and Indian War. Fort Pitt and Pittsburgh were named in honor of him and his leadership during the war. | William Pitt |
| hastily built for by George Washington; he was forced to surrender and it became known as OFFICIAL start of the war | Fort Necessity |
| French fort in the Ohio Country at the Forks of Ohio (Ohio, Allegheny, Monongahela Rivers) | Fort Duquesne |
| "turning point" of the French & Indian War and the last major battle; British General Wolfe won the battle for the British, but was killed in the process | Battle of Quebec |
| Treaty of Paris | signed at end of French & Indian War; England gained Canada and land East of Mississippi River; Spain gained land west of Mississippi River and New Orleans |
| After the French & India war, the British were in _____________ from spending money on the war . | debt |
| Britain expected colonists to help pay for war debt in the form of _____________ . | taxes |
| The colonists _____________ Britain's taxation efforts. | resisted |
| The French and Indian War lead to the American _____________ . | Revolution |
Created by:
Mrs. Zoeller