Unit 1

Question 1

What were the differences between native Americans and Europeans?

Answer 1

Native americans- no industry, nomadic, collectivist, polytheistic, didn’t believe in land ownership, Savage

Europeans- had colonies, lots of trade and industry, believed land can be bought

Question 2

Three sisters agriculture

Answer 2

Corn, beans, squash

Question 3

Iroquois Confederacy

Answer 3

Was a partnership among six native American nations, served as a model for the first US democracy, located in modern-day New York

Question 4

Spanish three g’s

Answer 4

Gold, god, glory

Question 5

Effect of new tech on exploration

Answer 5

New technology allowed exploration to become possible- better maps, compass, astrolobe

Question 6

Christopher Columbus

Answer 6

An Italian explorer and navigator who completed four spanish-based missions across the Atlantic passage and went to the new world

Question 7

Colombian exchange
Crops
Animals
Diseases
Effects

Answer 7

Crops : The old world brought green and citrus - The new world brought potatoes, corn and beans

Animals: The old world brought lots of livestock- the new world brought turkey

Diseases: The old world brought many diseases over to the new world, but the new world didn’t have any to bring over.

Effects: The old world definitely benefited more from the Columbia exchange because they received more and weren’t given diseases

Question 8

Conquistador

Answer 8

A Spanish explorer or soldier who went to the new world to explore

Question 9

Treaty of tordesillas

Answer 9

Effects: Portugal can’t pass the line of demarcation
Line of demarcation: an imaginary line that divided the newly discovered lands outside of Europe between Spain and Portugal

Question 10

English three g’s

Answer 10

Gold, God, Glory

Question 11

Jamestown colony

Answer 11

First permanent successful settlement in America

Question 12

Transatlantic slave trade

Answer 12

Triangular trade- when three countries or lands agree to trade items that they have, in this case, the slaves were an unfortunate part of the trade and were forced away from their homes

Question 13

Puritans

Answer 13

Strict religious colonists that made mean rules about religion. This was ironic because they came to the new world for religious freedom even though they became strict and intolerant

Question 14

Effects of geography on 13 colonies

Answer 14

New England: cold, Rocky, coastal- fishing and shipbuilding

Middle: coastal plains, huge forests, rich soil- farming, hunting, shipping, lumbering

Southern: warm weather, good soil, coastal plain- farming

Question 15

Colonial regions

Answer 15

New England: Puritans, very religious and strict, built on fishing and shipbuilding trades

Middle: more tolerant religiously, and many religions were allowed, they were very involved in trade, especially farming, hunting, shipping, and lumbering

Southern: least religious, especially due to the fact that they own slaves, slavery was a huge part of life in the South, there is lots of farming here where they grow cash crops

Question 16

French and Indian war( 7 years war)

Answer 16

Causes: both Great Britain and France wanted control of the Ohio River valley

Effects- Great Britain fought the alliance of France, some native American tribes and Spain. Great! Britain came out victorious, they gained Canada, Florida and Spain. France lost a lot of land, but still kept some Caribbean islands. Spain received the Louisiana Territory and the Port of New Orleans. The native Americans didn’t get anything even though they fought in the war. They lost their number one trading partner, and lost the income they got for using the land.