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9 Weeks Exam Flashcards

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The pathway that connected Asia to the new world

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Bering straight

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First European in the new world ; Eric the reds son

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Leif Ericson

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Leif ericson

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AD 1000

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Set up by Leif Ericsson ; Viking settlement in the new world

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Vinland

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How did Europe change between the voyages of leif ericson and Columbus

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Crusades , Marco Polo , rise of the middle class , Renaissance , reformation , large nation states

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6
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Born in Genoa

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Columbus

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When Columbus first stepped foot in the new world

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Oct 12, 1492

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8
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Funded Columbus’s first voyage to the new world

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Ferdinands and Isabella

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9
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3 ships that were on the 1st voyage to the new world

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Nina , pinta , Santa Maria

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10
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Columbus 2nd voyage

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Grand fleet

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11
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Deleon tried to find

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Fountain of youth

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12
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Founded by Ponce Deleon

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Florida

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13
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Oldest city in the u.s

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St Augustine

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First person to circum navigate the globe named the Pacific Ocean

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Magellan

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15
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Found the Pacific Ocean

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Balboa

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16
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Conquered the Aztec empire

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Cortez

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17
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Aztecs leader

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Montezuma

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18
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Conquered the Incas

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Pizarro

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19
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Discovered Arkansas

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Desoto

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20
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Desoto discovers the Mississippi River

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1541

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21
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Spain v England , England won

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Spanish Armada

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22
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Marks the decline of Spain , the rise of England

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1588

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23
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Father of New France

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Champlain

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24
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First per Ena the French settlement

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Quebec

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25
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When Quebec was settled

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1608

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26
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Explored the Mississippi River and Arkansas

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Marquette and Juliet

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27
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Claimed Louisiana for France

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La salle

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28
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Canada , Great Lakes region and Louisiana or Mississippi River valley

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What areas made up New France

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29
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Settled Virginia and named it

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Walter Raleigh

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30
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Virginia names after her , virgin queen

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Queen Elizabeth

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31
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Failed colonized settlement

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Roanoke

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32
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Led the Roanoke expedition

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John white

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33
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1st child born in the new world

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Virginia dare

34
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Was the leader of the puritans

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John Winthrop

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An example of Christian living

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“City upon a hill”

36
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25,000 Puritan sailed to the new world

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Great migration

37
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Established public schools

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Ole deluder satan act

38
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Oldest college in the U.S.

established in 1636

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Harvard

39
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Date of Rhode Island

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1636

40
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Who founded Rhode Island

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Roger Williams

41
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Early settlement because of the Church of England

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Providence

42
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Year of Maryland

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1634

43
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Maryland’s Church

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Catholic

44
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Founded Maryland

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Lord Baltimore

45
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Year of 1664

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New York

46
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Another name for New York

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New Netherlands

47
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Founded New York

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Duke of York

48
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Year of Pennsylvania

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1664

49
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Friends of society

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Quakers

50
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Early settlement, largest city in the colonies

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Philadelphia

51
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Founded Georgia

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James Oglethorpe

52
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Worked in prison

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Debtors

53
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Where did they have debt prisoners?

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Georgia

54
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Most people in New England belonged to what church?

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Puritans

55
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Agriculture in the south

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Large plantations
Slaves
Rice
Indigo

56
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Agriculture in the north

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Small family farms

57
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Agriculture in the middle colony

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Grain

Bread colonies

58
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Education in the south

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Old field schools

Tutors

59
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Education in the middle colonies

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Private academies

Apprentice

60
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Education in the north

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Public schools

61
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When was Jamestown settled

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1607

62
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Explored the Plymouth company

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John Smith

63
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Developed tobacco in Jamestown

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John Rolfe

64
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Most important industry in Jamestown

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Tobacco

65
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Powhatans daughter
Married John Rolfe
Helped the pilgrims

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Pochantas

66
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Group of investments that invest in a settlement

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Joint stock company

67
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Representative government for Jamestown

1st representative for the U.S.

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House of burgesses

68
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When were the 1st African slaves

House of burgesses

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1619

69
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Native Americans who lived around Jamestown

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Powhatans

70
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Separatists

From scrooby

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Pilgrims

71
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When did the pilgrims land on Plymouth

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1620

72
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The ship the pilgrims sailed on

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Mayflower

73
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Agreement that promises to establish a civil government

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Mayflower compact

74
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Helps the pilgrims with their first winter

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Squanto and Massasoit

75
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Governor of the pilgrims

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William Bradford

76
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Wrote history of Plymouth plantation

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William Bradford

77
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Non pilgrims

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Strangers

78
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Separatists

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Pilgrims

79
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Wanted to purify the Church of England

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Puritans

80
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Brought 11 ships to the new world

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1630

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