midterm

Question 1

What was a caravel?

Answer 1

Revolutionary ship design combining keel with lateen sail

Question 2

What is a keel?

Answer 2

Allows you to steer sails up big rivers

Question 3

What is a lateen sail?

Answer 3

Triangular sail, gained the ability to sail into the wind, works like airplane wings

Question 4

What was a quadrant used for

Answer 4

Allows navigators to find l’attitude at mid day or from the North Star

Question 5

Where does Portugal get in 1485

Answer 5

Benin

Question 6

What did Portugal gain from getting to benin

Answer 6

Gold, salt, some slaves

Question 7

What did the Portuguese set up in Benin

Answer 7

Fortified trade posts / merchants called factories

Question 8

What did Vasco de Gama come back with once he made it to India

Answer 8

One ship loaded with spice and treasures

Question 9

What did Columbus pursue a career as

Answer 9

A navigator

Question 10

What did Columbus spend his early career doing

Answer 10

Sailing Mediterranean and studying currents

Question 11

Did Columbus know the earth was round

Answer 11

Yes

Question 12

What did Columbus want with the social backing he searched for

Answer 12

To voyage to east Asia across the Atlantic

Question 13

Who agreed to become sponsors and finance Columbus’ voyage in 1492

Answer 13

Ferdinand & Isabella of Spain

Question 14

How many ships did Columbus get

Answer 14

3 ships, Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria

Question 15

Where did Columbus land

Answer 15

Landed in Bahamas and sailed to Quebec

Question 16

Which of Columbus ships sank out of the three

Answer 16

The Santa Maria

Question 17

What did Columbus have over the Indians

Answer 17

Crossbows, Swords, iron axes, armor

Question 18

Did Columbus take natives back to Spain

Answer 18

Yes

Question 19

When did Columbus come back to the Americas

Answer 19

1493

Question 20

How many men did Columbus bring back to the Americas and what was his goal

Answer 20

1000 men; to begin colonization in the new world

Question 21

Who was John Cabot

Answer 21

An Italian sea fairer

Question 22

Where did John Cabot aim his voyage of Discovery

Answer 22

China and Japan

Question 23

How many men was John Cabot given

Answer 23

18 men

Question 24

What did John Cabot discover

Answer 24

Newfoundland

Question 25

What did John Cabot bring back

Answer 25

Furs & information on good fishing spots

Question 26

What happened to John Cabot’s second voyage

Answer 26

He disappeared

Question 27

What did Hernán Cortés have

Answer 27

Good initiative, determination, &other good traits

Question 28

What did Hernan Cortes do when he was 18

Answer 28

Sailed to Quebec and enrolled as a citizen, became wealthy, and was given more money and men to explore Mexico

Question 29

What did hernan Cortes sink his money into to later get revolked

Answer 29

An expedition

Question 30

What crime did hernan Cortes commit

Answer 30

Mutiny

Question 31

When did Hernan Cortes land and with how many men

Answer 31

1519 with 500 men and a few horses

Question 32

What were the two types of Aztec warriors

Answer 32

Eagle and jaguar warriors

Question 33

What did the Spanish bring with them to the Aztecs

Answer 33

War dogs

Question 34

How did Cortes get into the Aztec lair

Answer 34

Aztec emperor invited him in

Question 35

What god had a specific first day for him in the Aztec empire

Answer 35

Huitzilepoctli

Question 36

At what point was Central America under Spanish rule

Answer 36

1521

Question 37

What did the Spanish bring with them and give to the Aztecs

Answer 37

Spanish Disease

Question 38

What was the first permanent English settlement established in the New world

Answer 38

JAMESTOWN BABY

Question 39

Why was Jamestown unhealthy

Answer 39

High water table was brackish, easily polluted, people starved in catastrophic numbers

Question 40

Who began experimenting with growing tobacco in his garden in 1612

Answer 40

John Rolfe

Question 41

How many barrels of tobacco were sent in 1614

Answer 41

4 barrels

Question 42

How many tons of tobacco did Virginia export in 1617, then 1618, then 1628

Answer 42

10 tons, 25 tons, 250 tons

Question 43

What was the order the colonies were originated

Answer 43

Virginia, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maryland, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Delaware, North & South Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Georgia

Question 44

Who kept Virginia together through strict military rule

Answer 44

John Smith

Question 45

How did Virginia become a stable colony

Answer 45

Grow more food, get more settlers

Question 46

What was the headwrite system

Answer 46

Pay for people to come to Americas and you gain 50 acres

Question 47

In 1619 who could vote in Virginia

Answer 47

Landowners

Question 48

What was the local native population in 1607

Answer 48

15-25,000

Question 49

Who controlled most tribes

Answer 49

Powhatan

Question 50

What were the three sisters

Answer 50

Corn, beans, squash

Question 51

What was New England closely connected with

Answer 51

Puritanism

Question 52

Why did Puritanism evolve

Answer 52

Popeish nature of of the Anglican churches

Question 53

When did 150 pilgrims sail for Virginia

Answer 53

1620

Question 54

How many survivors landed on cape cod

Answer 54

102

Question 55

What was the first written form of government for the new world

Answer 55

Mayflower compact

Question 56

What was the paradox of American Liberty

Answer 56

Understood concept of liberty is important in the west, slave trade was going on but it was the freest nation

Question 57

How many slaves made up the 585,000 immigrants of the thirteen colonies

Answer 57

280,000

Question 58

From 1650 to 1860 approximately how many slaves were transported from Western Africa to the Americas

Answer 58

10-15 million

Question 59

Why couldn’t whites go deep into Africa

Answer 59

Disease , they would avoid African shores

Question 60

1 in __ died along the way across the middle passage

Answer 60

5

Question 61

How much can Europeans sell their slaves for profit

Answer 61

20 to 30 times what they bought them for

Question 62

What were the task and gang system

Answer 62

Virginia slavery focused on tobacco, more supervision by whites (gang system). Whereas Carolina slavery focused on rice and Indigo, which needed very little supervision (task system)

Question 63

Who was Georgia founded by

Answer 63

James Oglethorpe in 1733

Question 64

What does philanthropic colony mean

Answer 64

Love of your fellow men

Question 65

What was the stono rebellion in 1739

Answer 65

Slaves from the Kongo seized weapons and marched to Florida, they were defeated by colonial militia

Question 66

Republicanism promoted what? And when did it flourish?

Answer 66

Promoted active participation in the public life, and flourished in the 18th century

Question 67

What was liberalism

Answer 67

Liberalism is a political and moral philosophy based on the rights of the individual, liberty, consent of the governed and equality before the law. Liberals espouse various views depending on their understanding of these principles. However, they generally support private property, market economies, individual rights (including civil rights and human rights), liberal democracy, secularism, rule of law, economic and political freedom, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of religion.

Question 68

What were the first non removable rights

Answer 68

Life, Liberty, and Property

Question 69

What did America give the right for newspapers to do

Answer 69

Criticize public officials

Question 70

When did the British try to kick the French out of forts

Answer 70

1754

Question 71

What did George Washington defeat in the French and Indian war

Answer 71

Fort necessity

Question 72

Who did the French and Indian Allie’s ambush in the French and Indian war

Answer 72

Edward Braddock

Question 73

How many men did Edward Braddock lose when he was ambushed by the French

Answer 73

2/3 of 3000 men

Question 74

Who instructed the Indians to cut ties with England

Answer 74

Neolin

Question 75

What was the pan Indian movement

Answer 75

All Indians were one people, all shared common exploitation and all Indians had to reunite to fight with England

Question 76

What was the conclusion of the 7 years war

Answer 76

England had a lot more land and a lot of debt of millions of pounds