Question 1

1. Why, when, and how did the first Americans arrive
in North America?

Accepted Answer

For hunting, between 10,000 and 20,000 years ago, with a land bridge called Beringia.

Question 2

Why did different cultural regions
form?

Accepted Answer

Environmental Adaptation (Eastern Woodlands, Pacific Northwest, etc)

Question 3

4. What are two things you remember about the Iroquois? (Re-read Section 1.10)

Accepted Answer

They lived near the woods where they gathered fish, lots of greens, and deers. Iroquois men burned away trees and underbrush. Women did the rest of the farming.

Question 4

3. What was Your tribe's name? Environment?
Clothing? Food?

Accepted Answer

My tribe's name was Chinook. They lived on the Pacific Northwest, wearing  decorative shell buttons and sewed them onto their clothing with ivory needles(made out of bark). They ate fish, sea lions, deer,beavers, and goats.

Question 5

2. How many regions do we group Native Americans
into? What makes the regions different from each
other?

Accepted Answer

"Millions of American Indians lived in ten major cultural regions north of Mexico."?? The different environments and cultures.

Question 6

2.1. Which European countries explored North
America? Why?(7 countries)

Accepted Answer

Spain, France, England, the Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, and Sweden explored and colonized North America, motivated by the pursuit of "gold" (wealth, resources, trade), "glory" (power, prestige, expansion), and "God" (spreading Christianity)

Question 7

2.2. Which country first explored Florida? New
York? Virginia? The Great Lakes?

Accepted Answer

France and Virginia: Spain
New York and The Great Lakes: France

Question 8

2.5. Something positive Native Americans got
from trade? Something negative?

Accepted Answer

Pros: They got guns and new technology for hunting
Cons: Disease and conquest

Question 9

2.3. Which country was most interested in gold?
Fur? Religious Freedom?

Accepted Answer

Gold: Spain
Fur: France
Religious Freedom: England

Question 10

2.4. Which explorer did you research? What
country sponsored him? What area did he
explore?

Accepted Answer

Francisco Coronado: He sailed for Spain, discovering the Grand Canyon and New Mexico .

Question 11

3.2. In which colonies were
Roanoke and Jamestown
located?

Accepted Answer

Roanoke :North Carolina 
Jamestown: Virginia

Question 12

3.3. In which colony was Plymouth
located? Who settled there?

Accepted Answer

Plymouth, located in what became Massachusetts Bay, was settled by the Pilgrims

Question 13

3.4. a) Which colony did you
research? b) Who founded your
colony? c) Why did people settle
there? d) What jobs were
available? d) What was the
government like?

Accepted Answer

A) Rhode Island 
B)Rodger Williams and Anne Hutchinson
C) For Religious Freedom
D) Farming, fishing
E) Political freedom

Question 14

4.4.What percentage of people lived in cities in colonial times
or farms?

Accepted Answer

5% in cities and 95% in farms.

Question 15

42. What kinds of jobs did people do on colonial farms?

Accepted Answer

On a colonial farm, people performed jobs such as plowing, planting, and harvesting crops, tending livestock, chopping wood, mending fences, and making essential items like candles, soap, and clothing.

Question 16

What was the most difficult part about living on a
farm?

Accepted Answer

The most difficult parts of colonial farm life included clearing land of trees, working long hours with basic tools, and the constant threat of crop failure due to unpredictable weather, disease, or pests

Question 17

4.9. Who made laws about crime and punishment in the colonies?

Accepted Answer

In colonial America, laws about crime and punishment were made primarily by elected colonial assemblies.

Question 18

4.5. What was at the heart (center) of every city? (See Section 4.2)

Accepted Answer

The heart of the colonial city was the waterfront. There, ships brought news from England as well as eagerly awaited items, such as paint, carpets, furniture, and books.

Question 19

4.11. Why did Americans begin enslaving Africans instead of using
indentured servants? (also see section 3.8)

Accepted Answer

However, as fewer Europeans wanted to endure the brutal conditions on plantations, planters enslaved Africans and their descendants.

Question 20

4.12. When did the first enslaved Americans arrive in the US ? Where?

Accepted Answer

The first enslaved Africans arrived in what is now the US in August 1619 at Point Comfort, Virginia.

Unit ONE(8th grade)

Native Americans Chapter 1-4 8th grade history

Question	Answer
1. Why, when, and how did the first Americans arrive in North America?	For hunting, between 10,000 and 20,000 years ago, with a land bridge called Beringia.
Why did different cultural regions form?	Environmental Adaptation (Eastern Woodlands, Pacific Northwest, etc)
4. What are two things you remember about the Iroquois? (Re-read Section 1.10)	They lived near the woods where they gathered fish, lots of greens, and deers. Iroquois men burned away trees and underbrush. Women did the rest of the farming.
3. What was Your tribe's name? Environment? Clothing? Food?	My tribe's name was Chinook. They lived on the Pacific Northwest, wearing decorative shell buttons and sewed them onto their clothing with ivory needles(made out of bark). They ate fish, sea lions, deer,beavers, and goats.
2. How many regions do we group Native Americans into? What makes the regions different from each other?	"Millions of American Indians lived in ten major cultural regions north of Mexico."?? The different environments and cultures.
2.1. Which European countries explored North America? Why?(7 countries)	Spain, France, England, the Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, and Sweden explored and colonized North America, motivated by the pursuit of "gold" (wealth, resources, trade), "glory" (power, prestige, expansion), and "God" (spreading Christianity)
2.2. Which country first explored Florida? New York? Virginia? The Great Lakes?	France and Virginia: Spain New York and The Great Lakes: France
2.5. Something positive Native Americans got from trade? Something negative?	Pros: They got guns and new technology for hunting Cons: Disease and conquest
2.3. Which country was most interested in gold? Fur? Religious Freedom?	Gold: Spain Fur: France Religious Freedom: England
2.4. Which explorer did you research? What country sponsored him? What area did he explore?	Francisco Coronado: He sailed for Spain, discovering the Grand Canyon and New Mexico .
3.2. In which colonies were Roanoke and Jamestown located?	Roanoke :North Carolina Jamestown: Virginia
3.3. In which colony was Plymouth located? Who settled there?	Plymouth, located in what became Massachusetts Bay, was settled by the Pilgrims
3.4. a) Which colony did you research? b) Who founded your colony? c) Why did people settle there? d) What jobs were available? d) What was the government like?	A) Rhode Island B)Rodger Williams and Anne Hutchinson C) For Religious Freedom D) Farming, fishing E) Political freedom

4.4.What percentage of people lived in cities in colonial times or farms?	5% in cities and 95% in farms.
42. What kinds of jobs did people do on colonial farms?	On a colonial farm, people performed jobs such as plowing, planting, and harvesting crops, tending livestock, chopping wood, mending fences, and making essential items like candles, soap, and clothing.
What was the most difficult part about living on a farm?	The most difficult parts of colonial farm life included clearing land of trees, working long hours with basic tools, and the constant threat of crop failure due to unpredictable weather, disease, or pests
4.9. Who made laws about crime and punishment in the colonies?	In colonial America, laws about crime and punishment were made primarily by elected colonial assemblies.
4.5. What was at the heart (center) of every city? (See Section 4.2)	The heart of the colonial city was the waterfront. There, ships brought news from England as well as eagerly awaited items, such as paint, carpets, furniture, and books.
4.11. Why did Americans begin enslaving Africans instead of using indentured servants? (also see section 3.8)	However, as fewer Europeans wanted to endure the brutal conditions on plantations, planters enslaved Africans and their descendants.
4.12. When did the first enslaved Americans arrive in the US ? Where?	The first enslaved Africans arrived in what is now the US in August 1619 at Point Comfort, Virginia.

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