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Pre-Revolutionary
Covering the Pre-Colonial and Colonial Eras of American History
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who were the first people to establish that the world was a sphere? | The ancient Greeks |
| Columbus thought the world was 18,000 miles around. What is the real circumference? | about 25,000 miles |
| Where did the Olmec, Maya, and Aztec live? | Mexico/Central America |
| Where did the Inca live? | Peru |
| How did the first peoples reach the Americas according to Historians best guess? | Walking across the ice bridge between Russia and Alaska |
| Who were the first Europeans to reach the Americas? | Vikings under Leif Ericson |
| What is the longest river in North America | The Mississippi |
| What is the largest of the Great Lakes? | Lake Superior |
| What river connects the Great Lakes system to the Ocean? | St. Lawrence River |
| What natural barrier keeps boats from travelling from the ocean to the Great Lakes? | Niagara Falls |
| What mountain chain formed a natural western border for the 13 colonies? | Appalachian Mountains |
| What were the colonies that made up New England? | Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut |
| What colonies were part of the Middle Colonies? | Pennsylvania, New York, Delaware, New Jersey |
| Which were Southern Colonies? | Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland |
| What were the first two English settlements that lasted in the New World | Jamestown and Plymouth |
| What was the primary motivation for settling Jamestown? | Economic opportunity |
| What was the primary motivation for settling Plymouth? | Religious Freedom |
| Where did the following Native American tribes primarily live before the arrival of Europeans: Wampanoag, Iroquois, Cherokee, Apache, Pueblo, Aztec, | New England coast, southern shore of Lake Ontario, Tennessee/South Carolina, Texas, Southwest, Mexico |
| When did Columbus make his first voyage to the Americas? Where did he land? Where did he think he had landed? | 1492, the Bahamas, islands off the coast of China |
| Who conquered the Aztecs? | Hernan Cortes |
| Who conquered the Incas? | Francisco Pizarro |
| What captain's ship was the first to circumnavigate the world? | Ferdinand Magellan, Spain, 1519 |
| Who was the second captain to circumnavigate the world? | Sir Francis Drake, England, 1580 |
| Who was the first European to reach India by Sea? | Vasco de Gama, Portugal, 1497 |
| What explorer and mapmaker explored the coast of South America and has the continents of the New World named after him? | Amerigo Vespucci, Spain, 1503 |
| Where was the first Thanksgiving? | In Plymouth, between the Puritan "Pilgrims" and the Wampanoag tribe to celebrate a good harvest |
| Who sunk the Spanish Armada? | The English under Sir Frances Drake and then a storm, in 1588 |
| What was the significance of the sinking of the Spanish Armada for the New World? | Before the Armada sunk, Spain controlled most of the New World, preventing other countries from settling colonies. Once sunk, countries like England and France were able to plant permanent settlements. |
| What did the treaty of Tordesillas do? | Divided the New World between Spain and Portugal |
| Who re-started the slave trade in Europe (outlawed in Europe since the 1100s)? | Portugal |
| What was the Enlightenment? | intellectual/philosophical movement where reason and logic were seen as the best tools for improving the condition of humanity |
| Who developed the Social Contract theory of Government where people give up certain freedoms in order to gain certain protections from the government? | John Locke |
| Who developed the 3 branches of government model which is the basis for the U.S. system of government? | Baron de Montesquieu |
| What political movement replaced Catholic king James II of England with his protestant daughter Mary and her dutch husband William of Orange? | The Glorious Revolution |
| What document did parliament require William and Mary to sign in order to become King and Queen of England? | The English Bill of Rights, 1689 |
| What was the Great Awakening? | A Spiritual revival movement in the colonies that led to renewed interest in the gospel and in the word of God |
| Who were the primary leaders of the Great Awakening? | George Whitefield and Jonathan Edwards |
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