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A way of life shared by members of a society is known as?

A

Culture

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Mountains, hills, plains, and plateaus are examples of?

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Landforms

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What is the field of study that looks at artifacts, completes carbon dating, and digs at a site?

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Archaeology

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What do archaeologists study or look at when examining a specific find?

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Artifacts`

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A primary source that an archaeologist might look at would be a?

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Diary or Journal

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A peninsula has land on how many sides?

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3

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Name four major geographic features of the United States from east to west.

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  1. Appalachian Mountains
  2. Mississippi
  3. Great Plains
  4. Rocky Mountains
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When it comes to producing a variety of products, name two things that cause that production to occur in different regions of the country.

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Geography

and

Climate

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The land bridge connected what two continents?

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Asia

and

North America

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If you were to use a textbook to study history, what type of source are you using?

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Secondary Source

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When the Europeans came to America what did they bring with them, not intentionally, that caused a major impact to the Native American Indians and many deaths?

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Diseases

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Who settled in the area now known as New York, prior to the English?

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The Dutch

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What was the major cash crop that helped the Jamestown, Virginia colony survive?

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Tobacco

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Why did so many Native American cultures develop in North America?

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Because there were many different environmental conditions that existed in North America.

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The Iroquois Native Americans lived in what type of dwellings?

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Longhouses

or

Haudenosaunee

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The Mayan and Aztec empires were located on what geographical continent?

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Central America

17
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Name three civilizations that developed in America prior to the arrival of Christopher Columbus?

A

Mayan Aztecs

and

Incas

18
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The Pueblo Native Americans adapted to their environment by creating what type of system?

A

Irrigation Systems

19
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Prior to having any knowledge of the continents of America, explorers were looking for a shorter route or a northwest passage to what continent?

A

Asia

20
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A group of Native American’s formed a Confederation led by a Grand Council. It had 5 nations who ran their own affairs. What was the name of the Native American tribe?

A

The Iroquois

21
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Most people from Europe settled in the North East or Middle states were seeking what type of freedom from Europe?

A

Religious Freedom

22
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What was the name of the body that produced the first form of representative democracy in America?

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The Virginia House of Burgesses

23
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American colony boycotts usually hurt which group the most?

A

British Merchants

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After the French and Indian War, why did most of the Americans become angered over the king’s Proclamation of 1763?

A

Limited the American Freedom to move West.

25
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Statements of Liberty, Natural Rights, and Banding together as one came from Americans who believed in freedom and were willing to fight for that freedom. These people were known as?

A

Patriots

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The English Parliament put taxes on the colony without any representation from those colonies. People who boycotted these taxes would protest and yell?

A

“NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION!”

27
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After the French and Indian War came the Boston Tea Party and then the Declaration of Independence. Is this true?

A

Yes

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After helping the British beat the French in the French and Indian War, What did England decide to make American colonists help pay?

A

War Debts

29
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The famous engraved picture of the British firing at civilians was the depiction of what incident that occurred in Boston on March 5, 1770?

A

The Boston Massacre

30
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What famous person engraved the picture of this incident that occurred March 5, 1770 in Boston Massachusetts?

A

Paul Revere

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