Chapter 1

Question 1

Head right System

Answer 1

The Headright System – gave each Virginian 50 acres for sponsoring someone’s trip
Servant would owe 5-7 years of servitude to make up the price of the trip
Only 10% outlived their contracts in the early years – also forbidden to marry

Question 2

Homo Sapiens Spapiens

Answer 2

The scientific term for humans, means very very smart.

Question 3

Indentured Servitude

Answer 3

Extreme need for workers due to tobacco crop & need to make more city structures
So the government set up a system to help entice new recruits to go to America
The Headright System – gave each Virginian 50 acres for sponsoring someone’s trip
Servant would owe 5-7 years of servitude to make up the price of the trip
Only 10% outlived their contracts in the early years – also forbidden to marry
Promised freedom after their service – along with money & land

Question 4

Line of Demarcation

Answer 4

Create Line of Demarcation – separates Portuguese/Spanish territory
Also referred to as Treaty of Tordesillas

Question 5

Matriarchal

Answer 5

women take charge in care of families

Question 6

Neolithic

Answer 6

Term for the new stone age (hence the Greek root neo, νεο).

Question 7

Nomads

Answer 7

Groups of hunter/gatherers who travel together in a pack looking for food.

Question 8

Paleolithic

Answer 8

Term for the old stone age (hence the Greek root palio, παλιο)

Question 9

Prehistory

Answer 9

The period of time before people invented systems of writing
We can only guess what life was like during this time based on archeological evidence
Writing started to keep records of treaties & taxes – most important event in history
Eventually builds wisdom – people try to understand the world rationally
Coming To America

Question 10

Puritans

Answer 10

came from the angleic church to practice their own beiefes

Question 11

Putting Out System

Answer 11

subcontracting work. Historically it was also known as the workshop system and the domestic system. In putting-out, work is contracted by a central agent to subcontractors who complete the work in off-site facilities, either in their own homes or in workshops with multiple craftsmen.

Question 12

Rhetoric

Answer 12

pursasive speech, effective.

Question 13

Roanhoke

Answer 13

first colony to settle

Question 14

Colombian Exchange and Importance

Answer 14

Came from the discovery of America. Trade opened between the old world and the new world. This trade is still used today.

Question 15

Cultural Diffusion and Importance

Answer 15

cultures interchange and react

Question 16

House of Burgess and Importance

Answer 16

first deomcracy

Question 17

Joint Stock Company and Importance

Answer 17

proviceded money, people would invest in colonies but it was risky because these people lead their own lkife… what if they die?

Question 18

Maize and Importance

Answer 18

Maize is corn. It was genetically engineered by the Native Americans and it was the reason why those people were so strong and tall and mighty.

Question 19

Noble Savage and Importance

Answer 19

The idea that Naive Americans where one with nature, and could see things that the old world people could not. They were savages but they were considered noble because the things they would do would be accepted by the old world people.

Question 20

Tobacco and Importance

Answer 20

America thirved from tobacco

Question 21

Treaty of Tordesillas and Importance

Answer 21

Columbus and the King of Portugal split the land. It is the reason why Brazil speaks Portuguese instead of Spanish.

Question 22

Despite the fact that Bacon lost, why is Bacon’s rebellion so important to US history? What did it lead to?

Answer 22

Class War: a guy named nathaniel bacon, it was a big class warfare issue. It was the poor people against the rich people. the people in the headright system thought that they were getting screwed over. the democracy was skewed. the rich people were making the decisions the poor people were screwed over. the rich people did not want to ruin the trade between the native americans. a lot of the city was burned. bacon was leader from alcohol. he left the capital. Bacon dies of sickness. Rebellion fizzles and his men were hunted down and killed. Europeans so thought that they needed to fix this.

Question 23

In what continent do historians and archaeologist believe that human life came from?

Answer 23

They believe it was in Africa around the Ethiopian region.

Question 24

In what way did Bartolome de Las Casas accidentally help start the slave trade?

Answer 24

He said that we should stop mistreating NA’s. But that just led to the discovery of another race that was weak enough to be domesticated.

Question 25

What did spices have to do with the Age of Exploration?

Answer 25

It opened the Silk Road. The middle east got very very rich from this trading route.

Question 26

What do heads found in the Olmec culture tell us about Olmec history? Does it hint at possible influences?

Answer 26

The Olmecs might have been the mother culture of all cultures in North America. We only say that because it was the first culture we had found. They were originally called the Xi (Shee). The large heads we have found seem to look like African decent. It is possible the Xi people were African…

Question 27

What were specific gender roles within hunter/gatherer groups?

Answer 27

The woman were the gatherers and the men where the hunters. It was because of the women and their pickiness that the human race had survived.

Question 28

Milpa and Importance

Answer 28

Milpa was used to make the land fertile, and to keep it fertile. With Milpa the indigenous were able to make large produce which later on would help the pilgrims.

Question 29

Why do people claim that the Olmec society was the mother culture of America and why are historians starting to doubt this is true?

Answer 29

it was the first one found. Becuase of evidence saying that there were older civilizations.

Question 30

Amerigo Vespucci and Importance

Answer 30

America was named after him because he showed a German map maker the new world that had been found.

Question 31

Bartolome de Las Casas and Importance

Answer 31

He was a priest who would say that the slavery of the indigenous was wrong. He caused the slave trade.

Question 32

Chief Tuscaloosa and Importance

Answer 32

7foot chief he was dark… ,aybe he wasa african?

Question 33

Christopher Columbus and Importance

Answer 33

Accidentally found America. It was the start of the new world and the Colombian Exchange.

Question 34

Henry the Navigator and Importance

Answer 34

Taught people how to navigate the seas. You need a compass, a map, and an astrolabe. You need to know where you are…

Question 35

Hernando de Soto and Importance

Answer 35

Known as a messed up guy
he takes off with a bunch of people
He lead to tampa bay
he walks into america
everywhere he goes he is a complete jerk…
He would kill people in every city he would see
he would kill the chieftans and rape the female chieftans

Question 36

John Smith and Importance

Answer 36

leader james town rude

Question 37

Panfilo de Narvaez and Importance

Answer 37

spanish conquistador first t embark to jamaica

Question 38

Tisquantum and Importance

Answer 38

squanto, helped pilgrams spoke 2 lagnguage, went off with pilgrims

Question 39

Vasco Nunez de Balboa and Importance

Answer 39

names pacific ocean because it was so peaceful.

Question 40

Communal Ownership and Importance

Answer 40

everyone owns everthying…

Question 41

first african american in james twon

Answer 41

1619

Question 42

thanksgiving

Answer 42

1621

Question 43

finding america

Answer 43

1492

Question 44

plymouth compact

Answer 44

1620

Question 45

deomcracy start

Answer 45

1619

Question 46

James Town Colony

Answer 46

1607