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| Describe the soil in the Northern Region. |
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| Fertile, but not good for farms. Too rocky. |
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| What types of manufacturing were found in the Northern Region? |
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distilleries, beaver hat factories, lumberyards, shipyards, naval stores |
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| What types of manufacturing were found in the Middle Region? |
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| What were the chief products of the Tidewater region in the Southern region? |
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| Which region had more slaves than the other regions to grow crops? |
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| Why was Jamestown originally settled? |
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| silver, gold, and northwest passage to Asia |
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| What kind of people settled in Jamestown? |
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lots of gentleman, some servants, hired workers (lazy) |
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What kind of problems did Jamestown have in the beginning? WHY? |
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Problems: people starved, "starving time" WHY: a horrible drought occured at the time |
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Who solved the problem of the "starving time?" HOW? |
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WHO: John Smith HOW: made everyone work (even gentleman) |
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| What did John Rolfe do to make Jamestown a profitable colony? |
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| He grew tobacco so that people could make some money. |
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| What did the Pilgrims sign before getting off of their ship? |
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Why was the Mayflower Compact important? |
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| it was democratic, men voted |
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What religion were the Pilgrims? |
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| What problems did they have the first winter in North America? |
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| many starved or died because of disease- came too late to make shelter for winter |
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| Who helped the Pilgrims to survive the next year? |
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| Squanto, a Wampanoag Indian |
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| How did Squanto help the Pilgrims? |
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| He helped the colonists grow corn. |
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| Jamestown was settled in the year ___________. |
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| Pilgrims settled in Plymouth in the year ________. |
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| What word is used to show 20 years? |
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| Which century was the year 1676 in? (converting dates) |
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| List any year that was in the 14th century. |
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| 1376 (any year in the 1300s) |
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| What does B.C.E. stand for? |
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| How many years are in a century? |
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| How many years are in a decade? |
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| What are the five reasons the Spanish conquistadors were able to defeat the mighty Incas? |
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| guns, horses, germs, steel, military strategies |
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| How did guns help the Spanish defeat the Incas? |
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| psychological... the Incas associated the loud boom with their thunder god which made them think that the Spanish were gods, and that terrified them |
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| How did horses help the Spanish defeat the Incas? |
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| they were scary, high up, and useful for trampling |
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How did germs help the Spanish defeat the Incas? |
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| killed millions with diseases like smallpox that the Incas weren't exposed to |
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| How did steel help the Spanish defeat the Incas? |
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swords that were more powerful than the Inca's bronze swords |
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| How did military strategies help the Spanish defeat the Aztecs? |
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| The Spanish had books of military strategies of generations before them, whereas the Incas didn't even have a written language. |
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| Explain why things travel easier from East to West than from North to South. |
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latitude and longitude north to south = different day lengths, terrain, etc. east to west = similar day lengths, terrain, etc. Ideas and inventions travel more easily to places than share similar day lengths and terrain. |
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| Explain how having domesticated animals living nearby makes people build immunities to diseases. |
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| animals carry fatal diseases such as smallpox, and being exposed to such diseases kills off the weak leaving only the strong behind with immunities to pass on to their children, and so on |
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| What are 5 reasons Europeans came to America in the 1600s? |
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| religious freedom, political/governmental, economic, new life/adventure, force (slaves) |
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| Which 5 countries claimed land in North America? |
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| Netherlands, Sweden, France, England, and Spain |
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| How long did the shipride to America take by sea only? |
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| How long did the shipride to America take with land travel? |
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Describe IN DETAIL the food on the ship. |
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| unclean, worms and spider eggs in it |
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| How often was warm food served on the ship? |
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| Describe the water that people ahd to drink on the shipride. |
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| black, thick, full of worms, all in all- disgusting! |
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Who was most likely to die on the ship? |
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| How were children most likely to die on the ship? |
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| hunger and thirst (disease) |
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Which colonies made up the Northern colonies? |
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| New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut |
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Describe the political charachteristics of the Northern colonies. |
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Which country was Christopher Columbus originally from? |
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| Which country did Christopher Columbus sail for? |
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| What areas did Christopher Columbus explore and/or discover? |
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| The Carribbean (though he though it was India) |
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| What happened because of Christopher Columbus' explorations? |
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| More explorers came back to what they though was Asia. (New World) |
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| Which country did Amerigo Vespucci sail for? |
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| What did Amerigo Vespucci explore/discover? |
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| Brazil and the Carribbean |
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What happened because of Vespucci's explorations? |
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| People knew that America was a whole new continent. |
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Which country did Ferdinand Magellan sail for? |
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| What areas did Ferdinand explore/discover? |
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| first person ever to circumnavigate the world |
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| What happened because of Ferdinand Magellan's explorations? |
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| people knew circumnavigation was possible |
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Which country did Pizarro sail for? |
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| Which areas did Pizzaro explore and/or discover? |
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| What happened because of Pizzarro's explorations? |
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| What were the seven motives for exploration? |
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curiosity, wealth, fame, national pride, spread religion, foreign goods, cheaper and faster trade routes |
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