Chapters 1-4

Question 1

Paleo-Indians

Answer 1

First migrants into North America along ice-passageway on east side of Rocky Mountains.

Question 2

Woodland People

Answer 2

Lived east of Mississippi River (forest area)
Deer was most important prey
Expectancy was 18yrs

Question 3

Hopewell People

Answer 3

Evolved Woodland People

extended throughout the drainage of Ohio & Mississippi rivers

Question 4

Mississippian People

Answer 4

Flourished 400 years after Hopewell in the floodplains of the major southeastern river systems

Question 5

Hunter-Gathers

Answer 5

Way of life that involved hunting game and gathering food from naturally occurring sources

Question 6

Cahokia

Answer 6

Largest ceremonial site in ancient North America. Thousands of inhabitants built hundreds of earthen mounds

Question 7

Age of Exploration

Answer 7

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Question 8

Mesoamerica

Answer 8

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Question 9

Protestant Reformation

Answer 9

Began in 1517 by Martin Luther critiques of the Roman Catholic Church.
Divided Protestants from Catholics

Question 10

Sir Walter Raleigh

Answer 10

Boyfriend (lover) of Queen Elizabeth I

Created own establishment called Roanoke Island

Question 11

Roanoke Island

Answer 11

Establishment created along North & South Carolina and Maryland by Sir Walter Raleigh

Question 12

Capt. John Smith

Answer 12

Military captain sent to Jamestown from England that tried to get rid of the Powhatan people

Question 13

Powhatan

Answer 13

Powerful tribe that lived near Jamestown

Question 14

Virginia Co.

Answer 14

A joint-stock company that received a land grant from King James I in order to establish English Colonies in North America.
Did not work out because of the wilderness

Question 15

Jamestown

Answer 15

First permanent English settlement in North America; Sponsored by Virginia Co.

Question 16

House of Burgesses

Answer 16

Organ of government in Virginia Co. ; Reps were elected by male inhabitants.
Created a price for tobacco
Lowered elective body
Dispersed tax money

Question 17

Headright System

Answer 17

When new settlers who paid for their own transportation to the Chesapeake received a grant of 50 acres of free land

Question 18

Indentured Servants

Answer 18

Poor immigrants that signed contracts which they committed to 4 to 7 years of labor in N.A in exchange for transportation from England, as well as food and shelter when they arrive

Question 19

Roger Williams

Answer 19

Puritan preacher who was banished from Massachusetts because his preaches were “extreme and dangerous”

Question 20

Elizabeth I

Answer 20

Henry VIII 2nd Child & daughter; Became England’s most powerful monarch

Question 21

James I

Answer 21

First “James” king of England; Elizabeth’s successor. Became in charge of Jamestown

Question 22

Charles I

Answer 22

Became King of England, didn’t acknowledge Parliament & got beheaded

Question 23

William Bradford

Answer 23

First political governor of the community?*

Question 24

John Calivn

Answer 24

Created Calvinism; Made his own bible called “Jenevah” about predestination;

Question 25

Anne Hutchinson

Answer 25

Challenged the “predestination” belief by saying everybody is already saved

Question 26

Oliver Cromwell

Answer 26

Took throne after Charles I, died before anything could get done

Question 27

Charles II (Stuart Restoration)

Answer 27

“Party King” didn’t do much besides give people gifts (Gave William Penn Pennsylvania)

Question 28

William Penn

Answer 28

Founded Pennsylvania, Quaker belief

Question 29

James II

Answer 29

Son of Charles I

Question 30

William II & Mary II

Answer 30

Wm is the son of James II & Mary is his wife. Took the throne

Question 31

Mayflower Compact

Answer 31

Beginning of our Constitution; Stemmed from Magna Carta; “The power govern comes from the consent of the governed”

Question 32

Plymouth

Answer 32

The area of land where the English first arrived to North America

Question 33

Massachusetts Bay Co.

Answer 33

Where the main tobacco trade took place. The closer a grower was the the bank of the Atlantic the easier it was to sell

Question 34

Navigation Acts

Answer 34

English law passed that meant all good be shipped through English ports on English ships, & benefit English economy

Question 35

Dominion of New England

Answer 35

Area created when the kings agents came to North America and found out they weren’t following the kings rules

Question 36

King Philip’s War

Answer 36

War between the Wampanoag Indians & colonial settlements; Indians won at first but later lost to the colonist