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Social Studies Final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| discovered America | Christopher Columbus |
| Atlantic-Pacific Passage, Strait, circumnavigate | Ferdinand Magellan |
| cuba to mexico with 500+ soliders | Cortes Missions |
| Aztec leader, captured by cortes | montezuma |
| northwest passage, river called after him, mutinated | henry hudson |
| founded missions along great lakes in michigan | jacques marquette |
| 130 ships defeated by english | spanish armada |
| around the world | circumnavigate |
| solider-adventurer | conquistador |
| large farms that workers usually live on | plantations |
| passage from atlantic to pacific ocean | northwest passage |
| colonies were made to benefit the home nation | mercantilism |
| when 2 or more agree to help each others with benefits for each side | alliance |
| spanish defeated native americans because | horses, better technology(weapons), native americans were divided |
| spanish came to north america | find gold and glory |
| spanish forced native americans | to become slaves |
| spanish controlled what part of north america | florida(southeastern), mexico |
| french traded with native americans for | fur |
| english defeat of spanish armada | english controlled seas and english and french made colonies |
| king henry viii establisheed | protestant church(church of england) |
| native americans mostly died of | european diseases |
| english came to north america for | religious freedom |
| english law making body | parliament |
| first baptist church and rhode island colony | roger williams |
| change church of england not leave it | puritans |
| 1st permanent english settlement | jamestown |
| 1st pilgrim arrival | plymouth |
| celebration for thanks and being alive and harvest | thanksgiving |
| no violence, equality and all connect with god | quakers |
| males signed doc for fair and just gov | mayflower compact |
| come to us for religious freedom | pilgims |
| established pennsylvania | william penn |
| 1st permanent european settlement in us | st augustine |
| area of land given by king | charter |
| citizens elect reps to represent them in gov | representative government |
| put up with | toleration |
| king has control over | royal colony |
| land on frontier | borderland |
| farming is difficult in new england | thin rocky soil and short growing seasons |
| professions of new englanders | fishing farming ship-building |
| new england colonies | maine new hampshire massachusetts rhode island connecticut |
| middle colonies | pennsylvania new york new jersey delaware maryland |
| 1st doc to put restriction england ruler powers | magna carta |
| make laws | legislature |
| religious revival(christian) | great awakening |
| thought up of natural rights | john locke |
| thought up of separation of powers | montesquieu |
| learns a trade from a skilled trader | apprentice |
| high class | gentry |
| person who signed a contract to work for some else for usually 3-7 years in exchange for passage to the americas | indentured servants |
| who could vote in english colonies | white, adult land owning males |
| how could people come to the colonies without money | become an indentured servants |
| why was the colonies of pa formed | religious freedom |
| forced colonists to house and feed soliders | quartering act |
| committees of correspondence | committees of correspondencejefferson, franklin, adams, livingston, shermin |
| french and indian war | over land |
| need stmaps for documents | stamp act |
| major and important company in britian had monopoly of colonies tea | british east india company |
| can't settle west of appalachain mts | proclamation of 1763 |
| tax on tea, only british east india company could sell colonies tea | tea act |
| peace treaty from colonies to britian | olive branch petition |
| ships that block supplies and enforcements | blockade |
| paid solider | mercenary |
| a body of citizens enrolled for military service, and called out periodically for drill but serving full time only in emergencies | militia |
| why did enslaved african americans fight for britian | british offered freedom |
| who was chosen to lead patriot army at the continental congress | george washington |
| common sense and american crisis, only 7 people at funeral | thomas paine |
| training camp for soldiers, harsh conditions | valley forge |
| list of greivances and document that said we were breaking off | declaration of independence |
| swamp fox uses guerilla tactics | francis marion |
| traitor to colonies | benedict arnold |
| last major battle of revolutionary war, cornwallis | yorktown |
| rights you are born with | natural rights |
| british general, made mistake of going to yorktown peninsula | lord charles cornwallis |
| betray a cause or country | traitor |
| armed ship that is privately owned and manned, commissioned by a government to fight or harass enemy ships | privateer |
| wrote declaration of independence | thomas jefferson |
| list of grievances | ignored peace offerings, ignored right to trial by jury |
| all men are created equal benefited | white men |
| what are significant factors of the american victory over british | pride, morale, knew the territory, skilled leadership |
| native americans sided with | british |
| wanted central government | federalists |
| state governments | anit-federalists |
| plan of gov, weak, had no central gov | articles of confederation |
| framework, strong central gov | constitution |
| farmer rebel against gov because the gov toke the land since being soldiers did not pay well over 1000 massachusetts farmers | shay's rebellion |
| where constitution was written | constitutional convention |
| 1st amendment | freedom of speech, religion, press, to petition, and assembly |
| approve | ratify |
| enforce laws | executive |
| we the people mean | the gov gets the power from its citizens |
| common sense | 50 pages, 500,000 copies were sold, 1 million read it out of 2 million people in the colonies, was written by thomas paine |
| 1st 10 amendments | bill of rights |
| # of amendments to the constitution | 27 |
| shot heard around the world | lexington |
| discovered florida | ponce de leon |
| 3 branches of gov | executive, judicial, legislative |
| 2 branches of legislative | senate and house of reps |
| why british defeated spanish armada | british ships are smaller, faster more manuverable |
| defeated montezuma | hernan cortes |
| defeated the incas | pizzaro |
| french ports along st. lawerence | montreal and quebec |
| # of people who signed mayflower compact | 41 |
| over saw the congress | john hancock |
| proposed the declaration of independence | richard henry lee |
| our climate | humid continental |
| 4 seasons, short warm summers, long, cold winters | humid continental |
| my only regret is that i have but 1 life to lose for my country | nathanial hale |
| give me liberty or death | patrick henry |
| 5 themes of geography | location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, region |
| landform regions | atlantic coastal plains, peidmont, appalachain mts, interior plains, great plains, rocky mts, intermountain region, sierra nevada mts, pacific coast |
| gap that occurs when the value of a nations imports exceeds that of its imports | trade deficit |
| 4 largest states by size | Alaska, Texas, California, Montana |
| 4 largest states by population | California, Texas, New York, Florida |
| the most densely populated region in the U.S. | Northeast |
| largest ethnic in the u.s. | non-hispanic whites |
| fastest growing ethnic group in the u.s. | hispanic |
| # of climates in the u.s. | 11 |
| does the u.s. produce enough food to feed it's population | yes |
| 3 largest cities by size | New York City Los Angeles Chicago |
| Does the U.S. have a democratic republic | yes |
| Largest city in the usa Mouth of the Hudson River Five Boroughs | New York City |
| Revolutionary War Historic Large educational center | Boston |
| 5th largest city Lower Delaware River Planned by William Penn Declaration of Independence | Philadelphia |
| Inner Harbor Major education Western shore of Chesapeake Bay | Baltimore |
| most immigrants arrived in the U.S. through | United States-Mexico border |
| 5 boroughs of New York City | Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx, Staten Island, Manhattan |
| New England states | Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island |
| resources of New England | fishing grounds, forests, building stone |
| hot, humid summers mild winters | humid subtropical |
| the southern and southwestern region of the U.S. | Sun Belt |
| immigrants from Cuba tourism | Miami |
| Hurricane Katrina harbors mostly under sea level | New Orleans |
| Transportation Olympics took place | Atlanta |
| Largest city in Texas | Houston |
| how was mississippi delta formed | sediment carried down by the mississippi river that is deposited at its mouth |
| agricultural products | cotton, peach, grapefruit, lemon |
| economic activities | publishing, aerospace, textile |
| longest river in the US | Mississippi River |
| greatest freshwater system in the world | Great Lakes |
| Midwestern States | Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri |
| Low precipitation Sunny and hot in tropics Sunny with wide temp ranges in middle latitudes | Desert Climate |
| Crest of the Rocky Mts, Divides east flowing and west flowing rivers | Continental divide |
| Cloudy mild summers Cool rainy winters Strong ocean influence | Marine West Coast Climate |
| Alaska Range,highest peak in North America | Mount McKinley |
| largest oil reserve in US | Alaska |
| last 2 states to enter | Alaska and Hawaii |
| economy of Hawaii | tourism and agricultural |
| economy of Alaska | oil and fishing |
| nation's leading agricultural and industrial producer | California |
| Second largest city River formed that flows through downtown Port Major railway and air traffic center | Chicago |
| Automobile industry | Detroit |
| Seaport | St. Louis |
| Port on Lake Erie | Cleveland |
| Most culturally diverse 2nd largest in US | Los Angeles |
| Seaport Naval and Marine Base | San Diego |
| Port Golden Gate Gold Rush Earthquake | San Francisco |
| Seaport on Puget Sound Aircraft | Seattle |
| wine-producing region of California | Central Valley |
| lowest, hottest, and driest area of the US. Lowest point: 86 m below sea level | Death Valley |
| shape on the Earth's surface | landform |
| world's longest peaceful boundary | Canada and U.S.A |
| the landforms on the east are much younger than the west(T/F) | false older |
| along the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf Coasts New York to the border Mexico low,, flat region that lies close to the sea level and rises gradually inland | Coastal Plains |
| at or near foot of a mountain region gentle rolling hills NJ to AL "foot hills" | Piedmont |
| over 300 million years ME to AL round tops fertile river valleys | Appalachian Mountains |
| flat land west of the Appalachian Mts drained by the Mississippi, Ohio,+ ,Missouri Rivers thousand of lakes | Interior Plains |
| stretch from Canada to Mexico, and just west of the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mts tilted table | Great Plains |
| Canada to Mexico peaks over 14000 feet jagged peaks, deep valleys | Rocky Mountains |
| plateaus and basins deep canyons, isolated mt ranges, desert basins | Intermountain Region |
| over 14000 feet high Sierra Nevada Mts Cascade Mts | Pacific Mountains and Valleys |
| Giant range that runs the length of California | Sierra Nevada Mountains |
| small mountains along the coast instead of flat, sandy beaches the atlantic coastal line Coastal regions fertile river valleys | Pacific Coast |
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