| Question | Answer |
| What impact did Christopher Columbus make? | opened the door for more exploration from Spain -- discovered the new world through the Bahamas |
| What is the Columbian Exchange? | An exchange of animals, people, cultures, diseases, etc.. between the two worlds |
| Why did French set up colonies? | To get away from the church of England (religious freedom) |
| What was the Mason Dixon Line? | A divison between free and slave states |
| What is a primary source? | first hand testimony or direct evidence |
| Writs of Assistance | court orders that allowed officials to search without saying what for |
| Who was John Adams | a massachusets lawyer and leading defender of colonial rights |
| What is a political scientist? | studies political/government ideas and behaviors |
| What is the Renaissance? | A rebirth (included education, arts, etc..) |
| Who were the puritans? | English protestants who wanted to change the church of England and the power that it held. |
| Why di Europeans want to find a trade route to Asia? | spices, and land |
| What is the Theme of Interaction with the Environment? | How humans change the enviornment/place or how the environment changes/helps humans. (using the land/environment to meet needs) |
| What was the middle passage? | The bases of the triangular trade route--brought slaves to America to be traded for food etc... |
| New England Colonies | Mass, conn, rhode island, and New Hampshire (today is all of New England)ship building, farming, hunting, etc... |
| Environment interaction for Pueblos | made adobes (sun dried bricks) |
| Why did Puritans establish the Massachusetts colony? | the king of England gave them a charter ($) to establish and set up a colony that would support bringing purity to the church of England |
| why did Pilgrims establish (set up) a colony? | religious freedom |
| What is a strait | a narrow channel connecting two large bodies of water |
| What was the Sugar Act | British tax on molasses to the colonies |
| Who is Gutenburg? | Invented the printing press |
| What is the equator | an imaginary circle around the earth that splits the north and south poles equally |
| How did Spain interact with the Native Americans? | Native americans traded with them and tought them how to farm but in the end were very cruel to them |
| How did Iroquois pass on history? | through story telling |
| Treaty of Paris | Ended the French and Indian War |
| Who was George Washington | Leader defended Fort necessity |
| What is mercantilism? | a second look at something-- discusses a primary source or relates to it |
| Why did south become dependent on slave labor? | Needed slaves to keep up with the demand of products |
| Who was Ann Hutchinson? | A puritan leader who went to trial for her beliefs. |
| What was the Quartering Act | British housed soldiers in peoples homes to save money |
| What is a plateau | a flat area of high land |
| Environment interaction for Plains Indians | teepees made from buffalo hide |
| What was the purpose of the mayflower compact? | 1st governing document of the plymouth colony |
| What was Bacons rebellion? | an uprising in Virginia against Native Americans |
| Why did Native american cultures develop in North America? | Had developed ways to meet basic needs of life.(farming, hunting and gathering, trade) |
| What is a boycott | An organized campaign to refuse to buy certain goods |
| Importance of Jamestown? | 1st English settlement in New World (Virginia)discovered by John Smith. Pocahontas helped them develop the colony |
| What is a petition | written request to government signed by a group of people |
| What is a peninsula | a piece of land that sticks out into the water |
| What was the Tea Act | Intended to help British East India Company |
| What was the proclamation of 1763 | Stopped colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mtns. |
| Environment interaction for Eastern Woodlands | Used wood to build longhouses |
| what is the interaction between Inuits and the environment? | used blocks of ice (igloos) to keep warm |
| Middle Colonies | NJ, NY, Penn, and Delaware Lots of rich soil and areas rich in lumber for ship building etc... |
| Boston Massacre | Boycott hurt british merchants and put pressure on parliament which led to blood shed |
| What was the stamp Act | Colonists had to pay tax on all kinds of products such as marriage licences |
| How did contact with Europeans affect native Americans? | Brought disease to them like small pox and killed many of them |
| What is Latitude | distance north and south of equator (measured in degrees) |
| Who is Sam Adams | leader of sons of liberty |
| What were the intolerable acts | 4 acts(laws) against Mass, punishment for the boston tea party, closed the port of boston |
| Southern Colonies | Virginia, SC, NC, virginia, Maryland became very rich from cash crops, tobacco, etc... |
| What is Longitude | distance east and west of prime meridian measured in degrees |
| What was the Albany plan of Union | First attempt to unite 13 colonies proposed by Ben Franklin |
| What were slave codes? | each colonies rules on slaves-- gave owners complete power over slaves |
| What are the 5 themes of Geography | Location, Place, Regions, Movement, Interaction |
| What is the Prime Meridian | the meridian of 0 degrees longitude (used to measure other longitudes) |
| What were the middle ages known for? | Exploration |
| What were the Navigation Acts? | restricted shipping between England and the colonies |
| What was the league of the Iroquois? | Made up of 5 leagues (later a 6th joined)each league made up of clans (groups related to each other)formed league to promote peace. |
| Minutemen | citizen soldiers who could be ready to fight at a minutes notice |
| Who were the Sons of Liberty | Formed to protest British policy/organized Boston Tea Party/leader was Samuel Adams |
| What is an isthmus | a narrow strip of land connecting 2 larger areas of land |
| What is a militia? | a force/army made up of civilians |
| What was the northwest passage? | a sea route through the artic ocean that connects atlantic and pacific oceans |
| What is a monopoly | total control of a market for a certain product |
| what is a secondary source? | |
| What was the tidewater region? | First area of ship building etc to help in colonization and trade |
| What does ceded mean? | surrendered |
| What were the four social classes of New Spain? | 1- Peninsulares,2-The Creoles Born in US but have spanish parents, 3-The Mestizos Born as indian and spanish(mixed, 4-The indians |
| What was a womens role in Iroquois society? | A huge influence, owned all the land, ran the clan, chose the chiefs (sachems) |
| Who was William Penn | discovered Pennsylvania |
| What is culture? | the practice or way of living in a certain area |
| Liquid highways | rivers,oceans, etc used to transport goods |
| How did trappers and missionaries help new France grow? | they gave explorers a place to stay and taught them how to trap and live off the land |
| Where did the first Americans come from? | A Land Bridge (now the Bering Strait) Most people came from Asia |
| What is Geography | The study of the land |
| What new technology allowed for exploration? | Compass Rose |
| What is a bay | an inlet of a body of water |
| What was the House of Burgesses? | First government elected by colonists |
| Who were the Iroquois? | First native Americans in NY |
| What were the motives for European colonization? | God (freedom of religion), Glory (power), Gold (Money) |
| What was the impact of the crusades? | new customs and diverse cultures |
| How do Archeologists study the past? | Digging for and studying artifacts (evidence from the past) |
| What is backcountry? | similar to the wilderness (not a developed area) |
| What is a tributary | a stream that flows into a larger body of water like a river or lake |
| Why did people leave Mass. and establish Conn. and Rhode Island | religous tolerance and to create new settlements |
| What was the Boston Tea Party | a group of colonists (sons of liberty) organized port cities to stop the east india company tea from being unloaded |
