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Early America Test Flashcards

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1
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What were Columbus’ three ships?

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Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria

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Why did Columbus want to explore?

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Curiosity, thirst for knowledge, and open up trade

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Who discovered that Columbus was not in the East Indies?

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Vespucci Amerigo

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Who are the three groups of people who are thought to have been in America before Columbus?

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Native Americans, Vikings, Sailors from Africa and Asia

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What is the Columbian Exchange?

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The worldwide redistribution of plants, animals, and diseases that resulted from the initial contacts between Europeans and American Indians.

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What diseases did Europeans bring to the Americas?

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Smallpox, Measles, Yellow Fever, Common Cold, Influenza

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What plants did the Europeans bring to the Americas?

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Rice, Wheat, Barley, Oats, Coffee, Sugar Cane, Bananas, Melons, Olives, Dandelions, Daisies, Clover, Ragweed, Kentucky Bluegrass

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What plans did the Native Americans give to the Europeans?

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Corn (Maize), Potatoes (white and sweet), Beans (snap, kidney, lima), Tobacco, Peanuts, Squash, Peppers, Tomatoes, Pumpkin, Pineapples, Cacao (source of chocolate), Chicle (source of chewing gum), Papaya, Manioc (Tapioca), Guavas, Avocado

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What animals did the Europeans bring to the Americas?

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Horses, Cattle, Pigs, Sheep, Goats, Chickens

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What animals did the Native Americans give to the Europeans?

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Llamas, Alpacas, Guinea Pigs

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What are the major differences between the Europeans and Native Americans and Jamestown?

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The Native Americans had no central leaders but, the Europeans had a ruling class with a king or queen

The Native Americans wanted to protect the environment but the Europeans used up all the land/resources and were wasteful or negligent

The Native Americans believed in spirituality all around them but the Europeans were Christian

The Native Americans were polytheistic but the Europeans were monotheistic

The natives sometimes had women in leadership roles but the Europeans followed traditional gender roles; men in leadership roles

The Native Americans didn’t believe in “owning” land but the Europeans used fences and believed in ownership of the land

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Which type of source comes directly from a person or place?

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A primary source

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Which type of source would be a diary, authentic pictures, a map with notes on it, and interview, video of an event, autobiography, etc.

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A primary source

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Which source means: In the moment

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Primary source

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Which source come second hand?

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Secondary source

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What type of source could be a report written about a diary, a report written about an interview, a textbook, a biography?

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Secondary source

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Which type of source means: After the fact

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Secondary source

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What is the study of humans, past and present?

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Anthropology

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What is archaeology?

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The study of past cultures through bones, fossils, and artifacts.

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What is the study of money and its system?

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Economics

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21
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What is geography?

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The study of the earth and its features.

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What is the study of past events?

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History

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What is political science?

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The study of government and politics.

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What is the study of society and people in a society?

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Sociology

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25
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What is theology?

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The study of religions.

26
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What are the eight legs of social studies?

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Anthropology, Archaeology, Economics, Geography, History, Political Science, Sociology, Theology

27
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At what time did about 110 colonists leave England in the third attempt to build a colony in the New World?

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Spraying 1587

28
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In what year did the pilgrims arrive in Massachusetts on the Mayflower?

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1620

29
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On what day did Barlow and Amadas leave England for the New World?

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April 27, 1584

30
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In what year did Greenville and Lane set out a second journey to Roanoke?

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1585

31
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On what day was the first English child born in the Americas?

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August 18, 1587

32
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In what year was St. Augustine established by the Spanish?

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1565

33
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On what day did the Algonquin Indians initially meet the English explorers?

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July 6, 1584

34
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On what day did Barlow and Amadas arrive in the Americas near Hatteras Island?

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July 4, 1584

35
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In what year was Jamestown, Virginia established by the English?

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1607

36
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In what year did the Dutch settle on Manhattan Island?

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1624

37
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What were the three main reasons that colonists came to the colonies?

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To earn a living, to escape religious persecutions, and because they were forced because of slavery.

38
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In an English family who inherited the land?

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The oldest son

39
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What happened to the rest of the in English family that didn’t inherit the land?

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They had to find other ways to make a living

40
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Who were indentured servants?

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Indentured servants were people who wanted to come to the colonies but couldn’t afford it. Someone else might fund their trip and would have them work to pay off debt.

41
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What happened to people who disagreed with church doctrines?

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They could be fined, barred from public offices, thrown in jail, or even executed

42
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How did the Protestant Reformation service as catalyst for new colonies?

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Many people were unhappy with the religious intolerance and judgment so they moved to the colonies.

43
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What’s a Protestant?

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A Christian who is not Catholic.

44
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What did King Henry do that started the Protestant Reformation?

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He made people reject the Catholic Church and started the Anglican church

45
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When was the first recorded sale of Africans in an English colony?

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Jamestown in 1619

46
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What is the head right system?

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The head right system was a way to attract new settlers to Jamestown, Virginia. They granted anyone that came land.

47
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What is the Royal African Company?

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An English slave trading company

48
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How did the use of slaves in the Americas affect African countries?

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It caused African countries to lose productive workers and made rival tribes capture and sell each other.

49
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What’s the middle passage?

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The middle passage journey was a horrible trip that enslaved Africans made from Africa to the Americas. They were chained in very small quarters under horrible living conditions.

50
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Who’s Olaudah Equino?

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An African man who was kidnapped as a boy and forced to go to Virginia as a slave.

51
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How did Olaudah Equino get his freedom?

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He earned enough money from his Quaker owner to pay for his freedom

52
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What tribe did Pocahontas belong to?

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The Algonquin tribe

53
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Which of the 50 states had the first permanent English settlement?

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Jamestown, Virginia (1607)

54
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What country was Columbus born in?

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Italy

55
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What country funded Columbus’ exploration?

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Spain

56
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How did Amerigo Vespucci figure out that Columbus was not in the East Indies?

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He studied plants and animals.

57
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Who was the queen of England at the time of the Roanoke colony?

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Queen Elizabeth I

58
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Who were the Jamestonians hiding from?

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The Spanish

59
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What were three mistakes that the Jamestonians made before/during settlement?

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No clean, fresh water
Not enough laborers, too many gentlemen
Thought there would be friendly natives

60
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What is plantation agriculture?

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When people make huge farms of cash crops

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