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SS11-USH Flashcards

1
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The eskimo people are also called

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Inuits

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2
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The Inuit (eskimo) people originate from

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Asia

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The Anasazi indians lived in what part of the U.S.?

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The Southwestern

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4
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Anasazi indians are also known as:

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cliff dwellers

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5
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The Kwakiutl people are known to be:

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fishermen

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6
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The Kwakiutl people are described with the name:

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Northwest Indians

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The indians who roamed the central plains of North America are known as the

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Plains Indians

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The Plains Indians are known to be _____, roaming the plains with their horses

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Nomadic

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9
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Who were the first indians in North America?

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The Mound Builders

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10
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When did the Mound Builders disappear from North America?

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around 1600

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Why did the Mound Builders disappear from North America?

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War between the European explorers, and disease

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The ______ are a group of several tribes who lived in the Northeastern U.S.

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Iroquois

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13
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How many Iroquois live today?

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Around 100,000

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The Norse explorer ____ _____ arrived in the Americas 500 years before Columbus

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Leif Ericson

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Why was Leif Ericson’s voyage not as important as Columbus’?

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Leif Ericson did not establish a colony

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Why did Columbus set out to sea in 1492?

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To find the most efficient trade route to India

17
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When Columbus landed in the Bahamas, he thought he had found the:

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East Indies (which is why he named the people there “indios”, or “indians”

18
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When was the first permanent settlement established in North America?

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1607

19
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Where was the first settlement in North America?

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Jamestown Virginia

20
Q

Where was the second colony?

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Plymouth

21
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When were the first slaves shipped to Virginia?

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1619, shipped by the Dutch

22
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Rhode Island was originally established to be a safe place for:

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People who believed in radical religions

23
Q

Pennsylvania and Delaware were home to which religious people:

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Quakers

24
Q

In South Carolina, there were more _____ than ____ ____

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There were more SLAVES than FREE MEN

25
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Which Indian tribes were civilized (had advanced farming and lived in settled communities)?

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Choctaw, Creek, Chickasaw, Cherokee, Seminole

26
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What group of people funded the colony of Plymouth?

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Massachusetts Bay Company

27
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The _____ _____ was signed in 1620, and was an agreement between the colonists of Plymouth on what the rules of the colony would be.

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Mayflower Compact

28
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How many people were executed in 1692 on charges of witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts?

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19

29
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When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?

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July 4, 1776

30
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The document that set up the initial base for interstate government between the free colonies was called what?

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the Articles of Confederation

31
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When was the American Revolutionary War?

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1776-1783

32
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What treaty was signed that officially ended the Revolutionary War?

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the Treaty of Paris

33
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After delegates from all states met to write up the Constitution, what 3 compromises came out so that everyone agreed on it?

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The Connecticut compromise, the Three-Fifths compromise, and the Bill of Rights

34
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What said that every state would get two Senators regardless of the size of the state, and House of Representative reps proportionate to the size of the state?

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The Connecticut compromise

35
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What said that slaves should count as three-fifths of a citizen for purposes of determining how many House of Representatives reps each state would have?

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the Three-Fifths compromise

36
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What gave rights to each individual citizen as part of the Constitution?

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the Bill of Rights (first 10 amendments to the Constitution)

37
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When was the Constitution ratified?

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1788

38
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What did the Constitution replace?

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the Articles of Confederacy

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