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soc st review set 1
review vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| climate | the average weather of a place over a 20-30 year period |
| culture | the total way of life of a particular people |
| archeologist | a scientist who studies the physical evidence left by early people |
| development of Native Americal Cultures | there were 10 major Native American cultural groups who developed in North America because each group had to survive in one of the ten different environments they found themselves in- different foods, clothing, shelter, and ways of living |
| Iroquois | the five great Native American nations who united in 1570 in what is now NY |
| Aztecs, Incas and Mayas | In Central and South America, there developed three great Native American Civilizations. These civilizations had very large populations, great cities, advanced cultures, well organized governments, specialized skills and jobs |
| Dates most Spanish Colonies were established | from 1500 to 1550 |
| Reasons Aztecs and Incas were defeated by only a handful of Spaniards | they had less sophisticated weapons than the Spaniards - scared of Spaniards of horses which the Indians never had seen before - thousands killed or severely weakened by European diseases such as measles and smallpox |
| Colony | a settlement in a new area stated with people who permanently left their homeland |
| Dates most British Colonies were establlished | from 1609-1684 |
| Charter | a legal document which was granted by the king giving permission to start a new colony- a charter could be granted to a company or sometimes to a person |
| Bread Basket Colonies | a nickname given to the middle colonies because they grew grains such as wheat that were exported to help feed the people of New England colonies |
| toleration | a willingness to let others practice their own beliefs without interference from others |
| Apprentice | a person who often had to spend up to seven years learning a craft from a master craftsman |
| Jamestown | the first permanent settlement in the new world in 1609 and which was started from a charter granted by the king to the Virginia Company |
| William Penn | He started the colony of Pennsylvania with a charter granted him by the king because the king owed his father money. Penn made Pennsylvania a safe haven for Quakers who faced persecution in Britain |
| Roger Williams | He started the colony of Rhode Island which became the first colony granting religious freedom in the new world |
| James Ogelthorpe | He started the colony of Georgia as a buffer between the 13 English colonies and Spanish Florida with convicts (debtors) from British prisons |
| Lord Baltimore | He started the colony of Maryland as a safe haven for Roman Catholics |
| economy of the southern colonies | based on plantations growing cash crops such as indigo, tobacco, and rice using slave labor |
| Triangular Trade Routes | a series of trade routes developed by New England merchants which made New England wealthy |
| Middle Passage | the horrible trip between Africa and the West Indies for captured black in the holds of slave ships where many died of mistreatment |
| Mayflower Compact | the first agreement for self-government in the English colonies, signed by pilgrims on the Mayflower in 1620, and which established a government based on majority rule |
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