S.S. 7

Question 1

Migration

Answer 1

Seasonal movement of a species from one region to another

Question 2

Hunter-gatherers

Answer 2

People who live their life around hunting, fishing, and gathering (nomads)

Question 3

Agriculture

Answer 3

The science of farming, cultivation, and growing food

Question 4

Civilization

Answer 4

The stage of human, social, and cultural developments

Question 5

Culture

Answer 5

The customs, arts, social institute, and achievements of a specific group

Question 6

Nomad

Answer 6

someone who doesn’t have a permanent home - moves from place to place

Question 7

What was Berignia and why was it important?

Answer 7

The theory that ice connected Asia and N.A. and that is how the first Americans arrived

Question 8

How did farming change the way early Americans lived?

Answer 8

They didn’t have to be nomadic - stay in one place - they could settle

Question 9

Name two important accomplishments of the the Maya

Answer 9

Created Hieroglyphics and created a set of numbers and a 365 day calendar

Question 10

Where did the Incas live and how did they farm in the mountains?

Answer 10

They live in the Andes and used terrace farming (Step farming)

Question 11

What are some similarities between the Maya, Aztec, and Incas?

Answer 11

They had advanced civilizations before the Europeans.

Question 12

Christopher Columbus

Answer 12

Sailed for Spain
“Discovered” America (Got credit)

Question 13

Vasco De Gama

Answer 13

Sailed for Portuguel
Established the first sea route from Europe to India

Question 14

John Cabot

Answer 14

Sailed for England
Gave England claim for North America

Question 15

Ferdinand Magellan

Answer 15

Sailed for Spain
First to circumnavigate the world

Question 16

Hernan Cortes

Answer 16

Sailed for Spain
Conquered the Aztecs

Question 17

Fransisco Pizzaro

Answer 17

Sailed for Spain
Conquered the Incas

Question 18

Henry Hudson

Answer 18

Sailed for the English and Dutch
Explored and claimed the Hudson River

Question 19

Circomnavigate

Answer 19

Sail all the way around (the world)

Question 20

Conquistedor

Answer 20

Conquerer

Question 21

Colombian Exchange

Answer 21

The transfer and trade of goods, ideas, people, and disease between the old and new world.

Question 22

Northwest passage

Answer 22

A sea route through North America to connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans

Question 23

Colony

Answer 23

A country or area under political control of another country or area

Question 24

Exploration

Answer 24

The action of exploring and traveling through unfamiliar area in order to learn about it.

Question 25

What were the main reasons Europeans explore the Americas?

Answer 25

God, Gold, and Glory (The 3 g's)

Question 26

Who was the first explorer to reach the Americas for Spain?

Answer 26

Christopher Columbus

Question 27

Why was the Colombian Exchange important?

Answer 27

it led to positive and negative ACROSS THE WORLD

Question 28

2 ways exploration negatively impacted the Native Americans

Answer 28

Loss of land and disease throughout their tribes

Question 29

Which explorers crew was the first to sail around the world

Answer 29

Ferdinand Magellan

Question 30

What did conquistadors do?

Answer 30

Conquer and colonize new territories in the Americas.

Question 31

Jamestown

Answer 31

First permanent English settlement in N.A.

Question 32

Plymouth

Answer 32

The colony the pilgrims started for religion after leaving England

Question 33

William Penn

Answer 33

English Quaker who founded Pennsylvania

Question 34

House Of Burgesses

Answer 34

The first elected legislature in British and American colonies - the beginning of Representative democracy

Question 35

Indentured servants

Answer 35

A person who signs a contact to work for a specific period of time in exchange for payment of travel, food, shelter, and other benefits.

Question 36

Plantation

Answer 36

An estate where crops are cultivated by resident or slave labor

Question 37

Self-governemnt

Answer 37

A government governed by by it's own people.

Question 38

Mayflower Compact

Answer 38

The first document to establish the first democracy in the America's.

Question 39

Religious Freedom

Answer 39

Freedom of religion 0 being able to practice your religion without punishment

Question 40

Cash Crop

Answer 40

A crop grown specifically to be sold on the market for profit

Question 41

New England Colonies

Answer 41

New Hampshire Massachusettes Rhode Island Conneticuit

Question 42

Middle Colones

Answer 42

NY NJ Pennysilvania Deleware

Question 43

Southern Colonies

Answer 43

Maryland Virginia NC SC Gerogia

Question 44

Why did the pilgrims first come to America?

Answer 44

Religious freedom

Question 45

Why is the Mayflower compact so important?

Answer 45

First document to establish democracy in the Americas

Question 46

What old did slavery play in the Southern Colonies?

Answer 46

Grew their cash crops which was their money

Question 47

What did William Penn believe in?

Answer 47

Religious freedom for all