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ch 8 world history
SALT 7th grade history
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Name the great riches that brought settlers to North America: | varied climate ideal for inhabiting, much wildlife, rich in natural resources |
| During the early period of American settlement, where did the greatest number of Europeans come from and where did they settle in North America? | England and France settled in the north, and Spain settled in the south. |
| Which group of people settled mainly in the eastern Canadian region? | The French |
| How did the Catholic missionaries show genuine zeal for their faith? | By their willingness to be martyred for their faith. |
| Slave trade brought nearly 15 million Africans to North and South America. Where did the majority of them go to work? | To Brazil and the Caribbean to work the large estates. |
| When was the practice of slavery entirely outlawed in all the Americas? | 1888 |
| What cash crop did Eliza Pinckney bring to the Carolinas? | Indigo |
| In English North American colonies, why was education considered important? | it was important for reading Scripture,learning about God and His will. They taught in a one room school house. One teacher taught all grades. If not parents taught kids at home. Colleges were founded to promote biblical learning and to train ministers. |
| In French North American colonies, why was education not so important? | Catholic church did not encourage Bible reading. Felt it was unnecessary to teach poor people to read or write. Most were simple farmers didn't see a need. Only wealthy got educated and traveled to Europe to attend a university. |
| What major issue greatly contributed to the Civil War in the United States? | Slavery |
| What did Ponce de Leon name the new land he found in North America? | Pascua Florida |
| Cabeza de Vaca viewed the Indians differently than most Spaniards of his time. How did he view them? | As human beings |
| Why wasn’t Hernando de Soto popular with the Indians? | Because he enslaved them and stole their grain reserves. He and his men also passed on European diseases to the Indians. |
| During the French and Indian War, The Battle on the Plains of Abraham was fought to take control of what city? | Quebec |
| How did a lack of education harm the French settlers? | Because they were uneducated, this harmed their ability to govern when they gained their independence. |
| What was the Durham Report? | a report that the earl sent to Britain suggesting that they relax control over Canada |
| When Cartier explored Canada, what strange disease did they experience due to the harsh winter conditions? | scurvy |
| What opened up settlement in both western United States and western Canada? | The Transcontinental Railroad and the Canadian Pacific Railroad |
| In what 6 states did the Spanish finally establish themselves? | The southern states of Texas, Nevada |
| Know where the French and English settled. Be able to name the areas as well as specific states/countries they settled | the French explored Canada and settled along the St. Lawrence in Montreal. The English took the land that makes up the eastern coast of the United States with Plymouth, Roanoke and Jamestown being their first settlements. |
| Know how different groups of settlers treated the Indians | |
| Know the difference between the Pilgrims settlement and the Jamestown settlers | Jamestown was not prepared,thought it would be easy, no one wanted to work, did not get along with Indians, didn’t have enough supplies/Pilgrims were organized, had more freedom, set up a legal system, shared with the Indians and taught them the gospel. |
| Which group of people almost beat the Spaniards in actually settling Florida by establishing an early outpost there? | The French |
| Who did Phillip II of Spain send to settle Florida by chasing the French from their settlement? | Pedro Menendez de Aviles |
| Who founded St. Augustine in 1535? | Menendez |
| What is the oldest continuously inhabited city in the United States? | St. Augustine |
| Why did the Spanish decide to explore California, despite the fact that it was treacherous to do so? | Because the English were exploring California near San Francisco |
| What was the favored fur for hats in North America? | Beaver |
| Why was Samuel de Champlain called the Father of New France? | because of his love for the French frontier |
| Who funded the English’s first attempt to settle in the New World? | Sir Walter Raleigh |
| Where did the English chose as their first settlement site, to become known as the “Lost Colony”? | Roanoke, North Carolina |
| What was the only clue to the disappearance of what we call the “Lost Colony”? | The word Croatoan carved in a tree. |
| How did John Smith help the Jamestown settlers make progress with the settlement? | He brought discipline to the group, and told the men to work, or they wouldn’t get to eat. |
| What was the winter of 1609-10 called? | The “starving time”. |
| Who helped Jamestown to begin recovering after the “starving time”? | Acting Governor, Sir Thomas Dale |
| Which Jamestown colonist married the Indian Chief’s daughter, Pocahontas? | John Rolfe |
| What is a cash crop? | A crop which could be sold for cash or supplies |
| Which cash crop did John Rolfe used to help the colony? | Tobacco |
| Name 3 important ways the English settlements differed from French and Spanish settlements. | The English colonists came under private investors, not government sponsorship. / The English colonists came to live with their families./ Most English colonists were Protestants. |
| Who were the Puritans? | They settled the Massachusetts Bay Colony because they desired to worship the Lord the way they saw fit. The Puritans were Anglicans who disagreed with certain church practices. |
| What did the Puritans consider their settlement? | A city that is set on a hill, a light shining in darkness |
| Which of the colonies offered the most religious freedom? ( French, English, or Spanish) | English |
| What was the name of William Bradford’s journal of the pilgrim’s venture to America? | History of Plymouth Plantation |
| By the mid-1700s, how many people were in the English colonies between the Atlantic coast and the Appalachian Mountains? | Over one million (*where were these people?) |
| Why did France lose Canada to England in 1763? | As a result of the French and Indian War |
| What is Congress? | The United State’s ( the nation’s) new legislature. After the states accepted the Constitution, they elected men to serve in the new Congress |
| What is the Constitution? | The most important document of U.S. history- it outlines the pattern of government. |
| What is the Quebec Act? | The British protected the French way of life by passing this law that guaranteed they could keep their laws and customs in the French part of Canada |
| What is the British North American Act? | The Act made Canada a self-ruling dominion on July 1, 1867. |
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