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Social Studies (8)

Unit one

Primary source A firsthand account of an event
Secondary source sources that analyze historical events
Fall line Separates the Piedmont and Costal Plains
What is the highest point in NC? Mt. Mitchell
What does a physical map show? Elevated landforms
What region are the largest cities in NC located (including Raleigh)? Piedmont region
Why is it difficult to move goods and people throughout the state? Because of mountain ranges and bad navigable rivers
What region did the Tuscarora tribe live in? Coastal Plains
What region did the Catawba tribe live in? Piedmont
What region did the Cherokee tribe live in? Mountains
Why did so many Native Americans die? From disease, war, and were forced to immigrate to another land
What is Jamestown? First permanent English settlement; founded in Virginia near water
What were the first settlers trying to find and not start? Gold and they weren't trying to start a colony
Who took over as leader? John Smith
What did the leader tell the men? If they didn't work, they didn't eat
Why did both Jamestown and Roanoke struggle as colonies? Because of lack of supplies and issues with the Native Americans
How did Jamestown become prosperous? By growing tobacco
What were the Jamestown and Roanoke majority? Jamestwon had mostly men, Roanoke was made up of families
When did the first enslaved people arrive in Jamestown? 1619
What people established the Plymouth Bay colony? People escaping religious persecution
What are pilgrims? English separatists who originally settled in Netherlands then immigrated to the U.S.
What is the mayflower compact? The basis of the idea of self-ruled government in the colonies
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