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Social Studies 1st
Social Studies First Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The point of zero degrees longitude from which all other lines of longitude are calculated. | prime meridian |
| A device for detrmining directions by use of a magnetic needle pointing to magnetic north. | compass |
| An imagninary circle running around earth, equal distance from the north and south poles dividing the earth into northern and southerb hermispheres. | equator |
| A person who makes maps. | cartographer |
| An ancient instrument used to measure the positions of heavenlly bodies was called the | astrolab |
| Parrallel lines on a globe (measuring east to west) measuring distance north to sourth of the equator | latitude |
| A system using satellites to pin point one's location on earth. | G.P.S-Global Positioning System |
| To find ones way/course in the air, sea, or over land. | navigate |
| A small 15th/16th century ship with a broad bow, a high stern, and three masts | caravel |
| Shows true directons, making it useful for travel at sea. It is not good for use on land as it distorts land masses as they move farther from the equator | mercator map |
| The process of going into or traveling over for purposes of discovery or adventure. | exploration |
| The unjust treatment of people by others who falsely believe their race is superior to other is called | racism |
| An outpost/settlement in a foreign land ruled by a mother country is called a | colony |
| To completely go around by water | circumnavigate |
| An outpost/settlement in a foreign land ruled by a mother country is called a | colony |
| A large agricultural estate that produced cash crops. | plantation |
| To completely go around by water | circumnavigate |
| An outpost/settlement in a foreign land ruled by a mother country is called a | colony |
| A large agricultural estate that produced cash crops. | plantation |
| The body's ablity to resist infection. | immunity |
| The idea that a country gains power by building up its supply of gold and silver | mercantilism |
| The moverment of goods,people, ideas, and even diseases across the Atlantice ocean. | colombian exchange |
| the process of placing settlement in the New World was called | colonization |
| The 3-legged trade route going from Europe to Africa to the America and back to Europe was called the | triangular trade route |
| The art of finding one's way from one place to another safely and efficiently is called | navigation |
| List the 3 types of colonies | 1. plantation 2. trading post 3. settlement |
| List three reasons European Nations colonized and conquered the Americas | 1. gold 2. greed 3. goods |
| List three reasons European Nations colonized and conquered the Americas | 1. gold 2. greed 3. goods |
| What was the first "cash" crop grown in North America? | tobacco |
| What was the first "cash" crop grown in North America? | tobacco |
| What were three ways the Columbian Exchange impacted the World? | 1. transfer of goods 2. never got whooping cough 3. transfer of music |
| What were three ways the Columbian Exchange impacted the World? | 1. transfer of goods 2. never got whooping cough 3. transfer of music |
| What is a primary source. Give 2 examples. | the most accurate source 1. history book 2. encylocpedia |
| What is a secondary source. Give 2 examples. | Someone wasn't there, but wrote it. 1. 2. |
| What is a secondary source. Give 2 examples. | Someone wasn't there, but wrote it. 1. 2. |
| What were 2 ways the Triangluar Trade routes impacted the World | 1. force the africians to leave 2. force the africians to become slaves |
| What were 2 ways the Triangluar Trade routes impacted the World | 1. force the africians to leave 2. force the africians to become slaves |
| What was the first permanant English colony in North America? | Jamestown, Virginia |
| Why did China and Japan drive European missionaries from their countries. | the spread of christianity would ruin them |
| What two things did Japan and China want from the Europeans? | scientific technology, weapons |
| What two things did Japan and China want from the Europeans? | scientific technology, weapons |
| What does the Columbian Exchange refer to? | food, people,music, diseases between Europe,Africa and the Americas |
| Who laid the basis for Portuguese claims in the Americas? | cabral claimed Brazil for Portugal |
| Who laid the basis for Portuguese claims in the Americas? | cabral claimed Brazil for Portugal |
| What country had the largest trading post empire in the Americas? | France |
| What is isolationism | a policy turning inward from the world |
| What country had the largest trading post empire in the Americas? | France |
| Why did China and Japan follow a policy of isolationism? | turned away from the world would throw them off |
| What is isolationism | a policy turning inward from the world |
| Why did China and Japan follow a policy of isolationism? | turned away from the world would throw them off |
| To completely go around by water | circumnavigate |
| An outpost/settlement in a foreign land ruled by a mother country is called a | colony |
| A large agricultural estate that produced cash crops. | plantation |
| The body's ablity to resist infection. | immunity |
| The idea that a country gains power by building up its supply of gold and silver | mercantilism |
| The moverment of goods,people, ideas, and even diseases across the Atlantice ocean. | colombian exchange |
| the process of placing settlement in the New World was called | colonization |
| The 3-legged trade route going from Europe to Africa to the America and back to Europe was called the | triangular trade route |
| The art of finding one's way from one place to another safely and efficiently is called | navigation |
| List the 3 types of colonies | 1. plantation 2. trading post 3. settlement |
| List three reasons European Nations colonized and conquered the Americas | 1. gold 2. greed 3. goods |
| What was the first "cash" crop grown in North America? | tobacco |
| What were three ways the Columbian Exchange impacted the World? | 1. transfer of goods 2. never got whooping cough 3. transfer of music |
| What is a primary source. Give 2 examples. | the most accurate source 1. history book 2. encylocpedia |
| What is a secondary source. Give 2 examples. | Someone wasn't there, but wrote it. 1. 2. |
| What were 2 ways the Triangluar Trade routes impacted the World | 1. force the africians to leave 2. force the africians to become slaves |
| What was the first permanant English colony in North America? | Jamestown, Virginia |
| Why did China and Japan drive European missionaries from their countries. | the spread of christianity would ruin them |
| What two things did Japan and China want from the Europeans? | scientific technology, weapons |
| What does the Columbian Exchange refer to? | food, people,music, diseases between Europe,Africa and the Americas |
| Who laid the basis for Portuguese claims in the Americas? | cabral claimed Brazil for Portugal |
| What country had the largest trading post empire in the Americas? | France |
| What is isolationism | a policy turning inward from the world |
| Why did China and Japan follow a policy of isolationism? | turned away from the world would throw them off |
| Why did Native americians make poor workers on plantations. | 1. they were not immune from diseas 2. knew how to escape |
| What European country had the best relationship with the Native Americans? | France |
| What countries were directly involved in the Native Americans? | North America, south america, Europe |
| Who was the first to circumnavigate the globe? | Magellon |
| What explorer laid the basis for Spanish claims in the Americas? | Christopher Columbus. |
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