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SS Review for Finals
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who was Abraham Lincoln? | The American President who believed that the American Constitution gave freedom to all people – even slaves |
| Who was Ibn Battuta and what was he famous for? | A Muslim explorer who travelled more than 10,000 km to explore the Islamic world |
| What made Rosa Parks famous? | A female leader took a stand and refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white man. |
| Who was Vasco De Gama? | A Portuguese explorer who was the first to sail directly from Europe to India |
| Why was Harriet Tubman such an important figure in History? | An escaped slave who helped other slaves to escape through the Underground Railroad |
| What was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. famous for? | An American clergyman, activist, and prominent leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement, most famous for his “I Have a Dream” speech |
| Who was Henry Brown? | An escaped slave who hid in a wooden box on his way to freedom |
| Who was Christopher Columbus? | He was an Italian explorer who sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492, hoping to find a route to India but he found the Caribbean instead. |
| Who was Linda Brown? | An African American third grader who was forced to attend a school for black children far away, even though there was a "white elementary school" only seven blocks away from her home. |
| What was the Middle Passage? | It was the journey made by slave ships across the Atlantic Ocean between West Africa and the West Indies. |
| What were the conditions like on a slave ship? | There were no bathroom facilities, and there was an unpleasant smell. Slaves were chained together and cramped. |
| Why did the farmers in the southern states of the USA need slaves? | They wanted slaves to work on their plantations. |
| What were the main reasons why early explorers travelled to new places in the world? | 1) Looking for new land for the growing population 2) Wealth – gold, silver and spices 3) Spreading the Christian Religion 4) Increasing opportunities for trade 5) Building European Empires |
| What is a plantation? | A farm or estate on which cotton, tobacco, coffee, sugar cane, or the like is cultivated |
| What is the meaning of the word economics? | The study of the way that people and countries spend money and make, buy and sell things |
| What are raw materials? | Materials before being processed into a final form |
| What is a servant? | A person employed by another, especially to perform domestic duties |
| What is an abolitionist? | A person who favors putting an end to capital punishment or slavery |
| What is opportunity cost? | What you decide to give up when you make an economic choice |
| What is an astrolabe? | An instrument to help sailors navigate by the stars |
| What is a trade-off? | When you give up one thing to get or buy another |
| What was the Underground Railroad? | It was the system which included a number of safe houses and secret routes, by which escaped slaves from the South were helped in their flight to the North |
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