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SS Final Review G:7
Social Studies 7 Final Review Flashcards!
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| to change | adapt |
| continuing or long-lasting topic that is up for debate and discussion | enduring issue |
| the customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular social group | culture |
| negative factor that drives people from a place | push factor |
| positive factor that drives people into a place | pull factor |
| 5 types of geographical features | plains, mountains, oceans, lakes and rivers |
| Climate of Native American Group: Iroquois | Continental |
| Climate of Native American Group: Sioux | Continental |
| Climate of Native American Group: Anasazi | Hot and dry |
| Wearing warmer clothes in the winter and building shelters or longhouses out of wood and bark, the materials they had. | How the Iroquois adapted to their environment |
| Wearing warmer clothes in their freezing winters and by living in tipis which were transportable since they were nomadic following one of the extremely important resources, the buffalo. | How the Sioux adapted to their environment |
| Made irrigation systems for farming to help manage how much water plants got and used the cliffs and plateaus for shelter. | How the Anasazi adapted to their environment |
| an account or record (such as a first-hand account, newspaper report or a photograph or an audio or video recording) reflecting direct experience of an event that is being research or studied | primary source |
| accounts that retell, analyze or interpret events, usually at a distance of time or place | secondary source |
| how people in a community or society organize themselves to live together. It includes things like families, schools, and how people interact with each other every day. | Social System |
| how a government organizes laws and rules to help run a country, state, or community. It includes things like elections, leaders, and how decisions are made for everyone. | Political System |
| how a society organizes the buying, selling, and making of goods and services. It includes things like jobs, money and businesses that help people get what they need and want. | Economic System |
| set of connected parts that form a whole | System |
| people, society, social structure, religion | Social System |
| governments, laws | Political System |
| job industries, money, resources | Economic System |
| the ship that transported Africans to America | Middle Passage |
| What system did the middle passage involve? | The Southern economy, although some people in the North and Middle Colonies did have slaves. They had slaves do their planting for them. |
| What was the triangular trade? | Sugar, rum and slaves |
| colonies sell raw materials to England at a low price; England manufactures goods out of raw materials and sends them back to the colonies at a high price | Mercantilism |
| Who did Mercantilism benefit. | Mercantilism benefited England |
| a crop that is produced for its commercial value rather than for use by the grower | cash crop |
| Examples of cash crops | tobacco, corn |
| New England Colonies; Geography | Rocky soil (not used for large farming), ocean |
| New England Colonies; Economic | fishing, sailing, shipbuilding |
| New England Colonies; Social | protestant work-ethic 6 days a week |
| New England Colonies; Political | seeking religious freedom |
| Middle Colonies; Geography | woodsy |
| Middle Colonies; Economic | lumberjacks, ship builders and captains |
| Middle Colonies; Social | Quakers: members of the Religious Society of Friends; Devoted to peaceful principals; Open to religious tolerance and diversity |
| Middle Colonies; Political | Indentured servant: a person who came to America and was placed under a contract to work for one another over a period of time |
| Southern Colonies; Geography | Hills and forests, not very fertile soil |
| Southern Colonies; Economic | Mercantilism, cash crop = tobacco, traded: sugar, rum and slaves |
| Southern Colonies; Social | Jamestown colony: not enough hard-working people, Starving Times (1609-1610) |
| Southern Colonies; Political | Jamestown colony: conflict with the Native Americans (Powhatan Tribe) |
| The Lost Colony | Roanoke |
| Starving Time | Jamestown |
| Religious freedom | Middle Colonies |
| Witch trails | Salem |
| Religious freedom | Pennsylvania |
| Required colonists to house the British troops and supply them with food. | Quartering Act |
| American colonist could not buy tea unless it came from the East India Company. They were not doing so well and the British wanted to give it more business. The American colonists saw this law as yet another means of "taxation without representation" | Tea Act |
| All printed materials/ printed goods are taxed, including newspapers, pamphlets, bills, legal documents and even playing cards. | Stamp Act |
| The Coercive known in the colonies as the "Intolerable Acts" was a reaction to the Boston Tea Party. These acts included the closing of the port of Boston, until the East India Tea Company received compensation for the tea dumped into the harbor. | Intolerable Acts |
| Against something | Opposed |
| Colonists who supported colonial independence (wanted to break away from Great Britain) | Patriot |
| Colonist who supported Great Britain (remained loyal to GB) | Loyalist |
| Falsely leading someone to believe something | Propaganda |
| British government | Parliament |
| Organized group of Patriots Founded by Samuel Adams in Boston, 1765 Protested British taxes and policies Something violet motto: "No taxation without representation" | Sons of Liberty |
| The French and Indian War broke out over the vast area of land bordered by the Appalachian Mountains to the east (the western boundaries of the 13 English colonies), and the Mississippi River to the West This land was known as the Ohio River Valley. | French and Indian War |
| September 5th 1774 - October 26th 1774 Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia Created a list of personal rights Discussed how the Intolerable Acts were unfair and sent a letter to King George the Third asking him to repeal - KG the Third ignored them | Continental Congress |
| 1st president of the U.S. | George Washington |
| Sons of Liberty Motto | "No Taxation Without Representation" |
| December 16th, 1773 342 chest of tea (valued at approximately 1.7 million in today's currency) forced colonists who bought the tea to pay a British tax Many hundreds more followed to watch the destruction of the tea returned to England | Boston Tea Party |
| A violent and threating protest in which the Sons of Liberty hung a scarecrow from a tree saying to British tax collectors and loyalists this will be you. It made them scared to do their jobs. | Liberty Tree |
| An effective threating and violent protest that made British tax collectors scared to do their job. They put tar and feather on British tax collectors, literally scaring them for life. | Tar and Feathering |
| March 5th, 11 colonists were wounded and 5 were killed by British soldiers commanded by Captain Thomos Preston, after the colonists were throwing rocks and snowballs at them. It is unknown who yelled fire | Boston Massacre |
| Benjamin Franklin created this image of a broken up snake representing each of the colonies (except Georgia and grouping New England colonies) saying join the colonies or you will die. | Join or Die |
| Who won the French and Indian War? | The British, with almost all French Territory in North America handed over to the British. |
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