Finals Flashcards
A way of life shared by members of a society is known as?
Culture
Mountains, hills, plains, and plateaus are examples of?
Landforms
What is the field of study that looks at artifacts, completes carbon dating, and digs at a site?
Archaeology
What do archaeologists study or look at when examining a specific find?
Artifacts`
A primary source that an archaeologist might look at would be a?
Diary or Journal
A peninsula has land on how many sides?
3
Name four major geographic features of the United States from east to west.
- Appalachian Mountains
- Mississippi
- Great Plains
- Rocky Mountains
When it comes to producing a variety of products, name two things that cause that production to occur in different regions of the country.
Geography
and
Climate
The land bridge connected what two continents?
Asia
and
North America
If you were to use a textbook to study history, what type of source are you using?
Secondary Source
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?
Diseases
Who settled in the area now known as New York, prior to the English?
The Dutch
What was the major cash crop that helped the Jamestown, Virginia colony survive?
Tobacco
Why did so many Native American cultures develop in North America?
Because there were many different environmental conditions that existed in North America.
The Iroquois Native Americans lived in what type of dwellings?
Longhouses
or
Haudenosaunee
The Mayan and Aztec empires were located on what geographical continent?
Central America
Name three civilizations that developed in America prior to the arrival of Christopher Columbus?
Mayan Aztecs
and
Incas
The Pueblo Native Americans adapted to their environment by creating what type of system?
Irrigation Systems
Prior to having any knowledge of the continents of America, explorers were looking for a shorter route or a northwest passage to what continent?
Asia
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?
The Iroquois
Most people from Europe settled in the North East or Middle states were seeking what type of freedom from Europe?
Religious Freedom
What was the name of the body that produced the first form of representative democracy in America?
The Virginia House of Burgesses
American colony boycotts usually hurt which group the most?
British Merchants
After the French and Indian War, why did most of the Americans become angered over the king’s Proclamation of 1763?
Limited the American Freedom to move West.
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?
Patriots
The English Parliament put taxes on the colony without any representation from those colonies. People who boycotted these taxes would protest and yell?
“NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION!”
After the French and Indian War came the Boston Tea Party and then the Declaration of Independence. Is this true?
Yes
After helping the British beat the French in the French and Indian War, What did England decide to make American colonists help pay?
War Debts
The famous engraved picture of the British firing at civilians was the depiction of what incident that occurred in Boston on March 5, 1770?
The Boston Massacre
What famous person engraved the picture of this incident that occurred March 5, 1770 in Boston Massachusetts?
Paul Revere
