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DBA Quarter 1 Review
Mr. Holzshu's Quarter 1 US History part I review site
Question | Answer |
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Economic reasons for exploration | Gold, natural resources, and trade |
Religious reasons for exploration | Spread of Christianity |
Obstacles to exploration | Poor maps and navigational tools |
Accomplishments of exploration | European countries Claimed territories |
Francisco Coronado | Spaniard who claimed southwest United States for Spain |
Samuel de Champlain | Frenchman who established the French settlement of Quebec. |
John Cabot | Englishman who explored eastern Canada. |
Robert La Salle | Frenchman who claimed the Mississippi River Valley. |
The Portuguese | This country made voyages of discovery along West Africa. |
Spanish | Conquered and enslaved American Indians (First Americans) |
French | Established trading posts |
English | Established settlements and claimed ownership of land |
Areas of cooperation | An example is trading with the Natives |
Areas of conflict | An example is taking the land of the Natives |
Diseases | This killed thousands of natives (not a shot was fired) |
England | Cabot's home country |
France | La Salle's home country |
Spain | Coronado's home country |
Quebec | Where Champlain explored |
Mississippi River Valley | Where La Salle explored |
Eastern Canada | Where Cabot explored |
Southwest | US desert area Where Coronado expored |
Gold | What Coronado was looking for. |
Coastal Plain (Eastern Woodlands) | Region where the Iroquois live. |
Great Plains | Region where the Sioux live. |
Basin and Range | Region where the Pueblos live. |
Coastal Range (northern) | Region where the Kwakiutl live. |
Alaska & Canada | Region where the Inuit live. |
3 G's | Gold, God, & Glory |
Songhai, Mali, & Ghana | 3 Kingdoms of Africa |
Gold & Salt | What the Africans nations controlled |
Controlled Trade | Why Mali, Ghana & Songhai were powerful. |
Fear of the unknown | Sea monsters & falling off the Earth. |
Georgia | Debtors from England formed this |
land owners | lived on large plantations |
Roanoke | the lost colony |
Jamestown | In Virginia started by the VA Company |
Quakers | founded Pennsylvania |
Plymouth | formed by Pilgrims |
Pilgrims | also known as Separatists |
Puritans | Founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony |
Religious Freedom | why Plymouth, Pennsylvania & MA Bay Co. were formed |
slaves | taken from Africa; treated as property |
women | had no voting rights; little education |
Pennsylvania | Quakers formed this |
William Penn | Leader of the Quakers |
England | Imposed strict control over the Colonies |
Governors | Appointed by the king & oversaw the colonies. |
John Smith | Leader of Jamestown Colony. |
longitude | Imaginary north-south lines that circle the globe. |
latitude | Imaginary east-west lines that circle the globe. |
equator | The 0 Degree line of latitude. |
Prime Meridian | The 0 Degree line of longitude. |
Compass Rose | The cross that labels north, south, east, and west. |
Never eat sour watermelon. | A way to remember N, S, E W. |
Coastal Plain | The region on the east coast of the US (Virginia is here). |
Rocky Mountains | The tallest mountain range in North America. |
Appalachian Mountains | The oldest mountain range in North America. |
Great Plains | The region west of the lowlands, east of the Rockies. |
Canadian Shield | Wrapped around Hudson Bay in a horseshoe shape |
Interior Lowlands | Located west of the Appalachian Mountains and east of the Great Plain |
Continental Divide | Determines the directional flow of rivers |
Basin and Range | Located west of Rocky Mountains |
Coastal Range | Rugged mountains along the Pacific Coast that stretch from California to Canada |
Great Lakes | Inland port cities grew up along these. |
Ohio River | This river was the gateway to the west. |
Mississippi and Missouri Rivers | These rivers were the transportation arteries for farm and industrial products. |
Columbia River | This river was explored by Lewis and Clark. |
Colorado River | This river was explored by the Spanish. |
Rio Grande | This river forms the border with Mexico. |
Death | Valley This is the lowest point in North America |
North America | The coninent in which the US is located. |
Antarctica | The continent with no permenant residents (beside penguins). |
Australia | A continent AND a country. |
Asia | The world's largest continent. |
Eurasia | A term to describe the combination of Europe AND Asia. |
erosion | Water lowering mountains. |
Basin | The name of large dish. |
Atlantic Ocean | Ocean in between the US and Europe. |
Spanish | Explored the Colorado River |
Lewis and Clark | Explored the Columbia River |
Description of Great Plains | Grassy, green, flat lands. |
Mighty Rivers | What converges in the Interior Lowlands? |
Where boats in the Coastal Plains stay. | Good harbors. |
Kwakiutl | inhabited the Pacific Northwest coast |
Inuit | inhabited present-day Alaska and northern Canada |
Sioux | inhabited the interior of the United States |
Pueblo | inhabited the Southwest in present-day New Mexico and Arizona |
Iroquois | inhabited northeast North America |
Indian Clothing | was made from animal skins and plants |
Indian shelter | was made of resources found in their environment |
Mr. Holzshu | The person in the front BEGGING you to commit this to memory! |
Mrs. Spratley | The nice lady who is always willing to help you get yourself settled. |
Longhouse | The shelter used by the Iroquois. |
Plankhouse | The shelter used by the Kwakiutl. |
Teepee | The shelter used by the Lakota/Sioux. |
Igloo | The shelter used by the Inuit. |
Adobe or Pueblo | The shelter used by the Pueblo. |
Cactus Hill | The Virginian archeological site that is said to be over 18,000 years old. |
Archeologist | Someone who studies artifacts and sites where ancient civilizations once lived to find out more about them. |
Human Resource | Someone who gathers or provides goods and services. |
Capital Resource | Something that helps humans accomplish what they need to survive. |
Natural Resource | Something in nature that people use. |
Human Resource examples | Hunters, fishermen, gatherers, builders. |
Capital Resource examples | Nets, spears, arrows |
Natural Resource examples | Water, fish, deer, berries |
specialization: | Focusing on one or a few products |
interdependence: | Two or more people depending on each other for goods and services |
Specialization caused | the colonies to be interdependent. |
Roanoke Island (Lost Colony) | was established as an economic venture in NC. |
Jamestown Settlement, | the first permanent English settlement in North America (1607). |
An economic venture by the Virginia Company | Jamestown |
Plymouth Colony | was settled by separatists from the Church of England. |
Massachusetts Bay Colony | was settled by the Puritans to avoid religious persecution. |
Pennsylvania was settled | by the Quakers, who wanted freedom to practice their faith without interference. |
Georgia was settled | by people who had been in debtors’ prisons in England. |
Great Britain imposed | strict control over trade. |
Great Britain taxed the colonies | after the French and Indian War. |
The colonies traded raw materials | for goods made in Great Britain. |
Colonists had to obey British laws, | which were enforced by governors. |
Colonial governors were appointed by | the king or by the proprietor. |
A colonial legislature made laws for each colony | but was monitored by the colonial governor. |