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history midterm
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| how did the earliest civilizations get to North America from Europe? | land bridge |
| Where did the olmec live | in the low lands along the gulf of Mexico 3,500 years ago |
| what government type and social classes did the Maya have | they developed city-states and had class systems like nobles such as kings, priests, warriors. |
| where did the Aztec live | they settled around lake texcoco |
| where did the Inca live | Cuzco, present day peru |
| what were incan achievements | they built massive templates and forts and built roads that covered more than 10000 miles |
| olmec | grew surplus of food |
| maya | they cleared rainforests and drained swamps for farmland |
| aztecc | dug canals and piled muds onto mats of seaweed to create farmland |
| Inca | created terraces to farm dry lands |
| what was the Iroquois league | consisted of people from present day New York who called themselves the people of the long house |
| what made it possible for the development of of large civilizations | farming |
| why were european countries interested in exploring the americas | gold god glory |
| which colony was the first permanent English colony in North America | jamestown |
| How did John Smith improve the conditions of Jamestown | strict rules, strengthening defenses, and by establishing crucial trade |
| why were inndentured servants necessary in Virginia for growing econommy | they provided cheap, abundant labor |
| what was bacon rebellion mainly about | a 1617 revolt of Virginia colonists against the government due to conflict |
| consequences of rebellion | 23 people were hung they were led to Jamestown and then burned the capital |
| virginia house of bergesses | first elected legislative assembly in North America that allows freemen to elect respresentatives to make local laws |
| why did the French and the British fight during the French and Indian war | the fought over land |
| england effect of FAIW | Almost half were killed or wounded, they had many fails |
| France effect FAIW | they won many important victories, capturing fort oswego and fort William Henry |
| colonists effects of FAIW | they were promised large payments for military services and supplies |