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DBA Quarter 1 Review
Mr. Holzshu's Quarter 1 US History part I review site
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Economic reasons for exploration | Gold, natural resources, and trade |
| Religious reasons for exploration | Spread of Christianity |
| Obstacles to exploration | Poor maps and navigational tools |
| Accomplishments of exploration | European countries Claimed territories |
| Francisco Coronado | Spaniard who claimed southwest United States for Spain |
| Samuel de Champlain | Frenchman who established the French settlement of Quebec. |
| John Cabot | Englishman who explored eastern Canada. |
| Robert La Salle | Frenchman who claimed the Mississippi River Valley. |
| The Portuguese | This country made voyages of discovery along West Africa. |
| Spanish | Conquered and enslaved American Indians (First Americans) |
| French | Established trading posts |
| English | Established settlements and claimed ownership of land |
| Areas of cooperation | An example is trading with the Natives |
| Areas of conflict | An example is taking the land of the Natives |
| Diseases | This killed thousands of natives (not a shot was fired) |
| England | Cabot's home country |
| France | La Salle's home country |
| Spain | Coronado's home country |
| Quebec | Where Champlain explored |
| Mississippi River Valley | Where La Salle explored |
| Eastern Canada | Where Cabot explored |
| Southwest | US desert area Where Coronado expored |
| Gold | What Coronado was looking for. |
| Coastal Plain (Eastern Woodlands) | Region where the Iroquois live. |
| Great Plains | Region where the Sioux live. |
| Basin and Range | Region where the Pueblos live. |
| Coastal Range (northern) | Region where the Kwakiutl live. |
| Alaska & Canada | Region where the Inuit live. |
| 3 G's | Gold, God, & Glory |
| Songhai, Mali, & Ghana | 3 Kingdoms of Africa |
| Gold & Salt | What the Africans nations controlled |
| Controlled Trade | Why Mali, Ghana & Songhai were powerful. |
| Fear of the unknown | Sea monsters & falling off the Earth. |
| Georgia | Debtors from England formed this |
| land owners | lived on large plantations |
| Roanoke | the lost colony |
| Jamestown | In Virginia started by the VA Company |
| Quakers | founded Pennsylvania |
| Plymouth | formed by Pilgrims |
| Pilgrims | also known as Separatists |
| Puritans | Founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony |
| Religious Freedom | why Plymouth, Pennsylvania & MA Bay Co. were formed |
| slaves | taken from Africa; treated as property |
| women | had no voting rights; little education |
| Pennsylvania | Quakers formed this |
| William Penn | Leader of the Quakers |
| England | Imposed strict control over the Colonies |
| Governors | Appointed by the king & oversaw the colonies. |
| John Smith | Leader of Jamestown Colony. |
| longitude | Imaginary north-south lines that circle the globe. |
| latitude | Imaginary east-west lines that circle the globe. |
| equator | The 0 Degree line of latitude. |
| Prime Meridian | The 0 Degree line of longitude. |
| Compass Rose | The cross that labels north, south, east, and west. |
| Never eat sour watermelon. | A way to remember N, S, E W. |
| Coastal Plain | The region on the east coast of the US (Virginia is here). |
| Rocky Mountains | The tallest mountain range in North America. |
| Appalachian Mountains | The oldest mountain range in North America. |
| Great Plains | The region west of the lowlands, east of the Rockies. |
| Canadian Shield | Wrapped around Hudson Bay in a horseshoe shape |
| Interior Lowlands | Located west of the Appalachian Mountains and east of the Great Plain |
| Continental Divide | Determines the directional flow of rivers |
| Basin and Range | Located west of Rocky Mountains |
| Coastal Range | Rugged mountains along the Pacific Coast that stretch from California to Canada |
| Great Lakes | Inland port cities grew up along these. |
| Ohio River | This river was the gateway to the west. |
| Mississippi and Missouri Rivers | These rivers were the transportation arteries for farm and industrial products. |
| Columbia River | This river was explored by Lewis and Clark. |
| Colorado River | This river was explored by the Spanish. |
| Rio Grande | This river forms the border with Mexico. |
| Death | Valley This is the lowest point in North America |
| North America | The coninent in which the US is located. |
| Antarctica | The continent with no permenant residents (beside penguins). |
| Australia | A continent AND a country. |
| Asia | The world's largest continent. |
| Eurasia | A term to describe the combination of Europe AND Asia. |
| erosion | Water lowering mountains. |
| Basin | The name of large dish. |
| Atlantic Ocean | Ocean in between the US and Europe. |
| Spanish | Explored the Colorado River |
| Lewis and Clark | Explored the Columbia River |
| Description of Great Plains | Grassy, green, flat lands. |
| Mighty Rivers | What converges in the Interior Lowlands? |
| Where boats in the Coastal Plains stay. | Good harbors. |
| Kwakiutl | inhabited the Pacific Northwest coast |
| Inuit | inhabited present-day Alaska and northern Canada |
| Sioux | inhabited the interior of the United States |
| Pueblo | inhabited the Southwest in present-day New Mexico and Arizona |
| Iroquois | inhabited northeast North America |
| Indian Clothing | was made from animal skins and plants |
| Indian shelter | was made of resources found in their environment |
| Mr. Holzshu | The person in the front BEGGING you to commit this to memory! |
| Mrs. Spratley | The nice lady who is always willing to help you get yourself settled. |
| Longhouse | The shelter used by the Iroquois. |
| Plankhouse | The shelter used by the Kwakiutl. |
| Teepee | The shelter used by the Lakota/Sioux. |
| Igloo | The shelter used by the Inuit. |
| Adobe or Pueblo | The shelter used by the Pueblo. |
| Cactus Hill | The Virginian archeological site that is said to be over 18,000 years old. |
| Archeologist | Someone who studies artifacts and sites where ancient civilizations once lived to find out more about them. |
| Human Resource | Someone who gathers or provides goods and services. |
| Capital Resource | Something that helps humans accomplish what they need to survive. |
| Natural Resource | Something in nature that people use. |
| Human Resource examples | Hunters, fishermen, gatherers, builders. |
| Capital Resource examples | Nets, spears, arrows |
| Natural Resource examples | Water, fish, deer, berries |
| specialization: | Focusing on one or a few products |
| interdependence: | Two or more people depending on each other for goods and services |
| Specialization caused | the colonies to be interdependent. |
| Roanoke Island (Lost Colony) | was established as an economic venture in NC. |
| Jamestown Settlement, | the first permanent English settlement in North America (1607). |
| An economic venture by the Virginia Company | Jamestown |
| Plymouth Colony | was settled by separatists from the Church of England. |
| Massachusetts Bay Colony | was settled by the Puritans to avoid religious persecution. |
| Pennsylvania was settled | by the Quakers, who wanted freedom to practice their faith without interference. |
| Georgia was settled | by people who had been in debtors’ prisons in England. |
| Great Britain imposed | strict control over trade. |
| Great Britain taxed the colonies | after the French and Indian War. |
| The colonies traded raw materials | for goods made in Great Britain. |
| Colonists had to obey British laws, | which were enforced by governors. |
| Colonial governors were appointed by | the king or by the proprietor. |
| A colonial legislature made laws for each colony | but was monitored by the colonial governor. |