History - Unit 2 and 3

Question 1

What is a primary source?

Answer 1

information put together by a person present at the event.

Question 2

What is a secondary source?

Answer 2

information put together by a person not present at event.

Question 3

Example of primary source

Answer 3

Autobiography, speech

Question 4

Example of secondary source

Answer 4

Textbook, biography

Question 5

What is the Preamble (no date)

Answer 5

Introduction to Constitution; shares purpose and goals of the Constitution

Question 6

What is the Constitution and year

Answer 6

Document that set up all laws, the government and the country itself (USA) in 1787

Question 7

What was the Declaration of Independence (specific date)

Answer 7

letter colonists sent to Great Britain explaining why they no longer wanted to be a part of GB; July 4, 1776

Question 8

The purpose of the Constitution (identified in the _____) to set up the laws and government of the USA as a new country

Answer 8

Preamble

Question 9

Who wrote the DOI (Declaration of Independence)

Answer 9

Thomas Jefferson

Question 10

What are the 3 G’s and meaning

Answer 10

God - spread their Christianity
Gold - discover new sources of raw materials. (make $)
Glory - discover/conquer new lands and earn fame from their country and king

Question 11

What were the main 3 European countries that colonized what is today North and South America?

Answer 11

Spain, France, England

Question 12

Who was living in North and South America before it was accidentally discovered

Answer 12

Native Americans - Indians
Spanish - conquistadors - had hostile relationship with Native Americans
Pizarro - conquered the Inca (Peru)
Cortes - conquered the Aztecs (Mexico)

Question 13

Life as an explorer was ____

Answer 13

Risky and difficult

Question 14

VA House of Burgesses

Answer 14

1st Representative form of govt in English colonies

Question 15

Roanoke VA

Answer 15

Lost colony

Question 16

What date range were European countries exploring/ colonizing the New World

Answer 16

1400-1600

Question 17

What are some the the geographic FACTORS that influence patterns of settlement and distribution of population in the US

Answer 17

Access to fresh water and food, fertile soil for crops

Question 18

What was the economic system called where the colonies served as a source of raw materials and everything benefited the mother country

Answer 18

mercantilism

Question 19

What were some the the major industries of colonial America? (work they did)

Answer 19

growing cash crops and shipbuilding

Question 20

What was the first permanent settlement in what is today the US; what European country started it, and in what year

Answer 20

St Augustine, FL; Spain, 1565

Question 21

What was the first permanent English settlement and what year was it started

Answer 21

Jamestown, VA; 1607

Question 22

Be able to match each historical figure with their contribution to the colonial time period

WILLIAM BRADFORD

Answer 22

1st governor of Plymouth, re-elected 30 times, created the term Pilgrims

Question 23

Be able to match each historical figure with their contribution to the colonial time period

ANNE HUTCHINSON

Answer 23

Strong supporter of religious freedom and tolerance; lived in Massachusetts Bay Colony

Question 24

Be able to match each historical figure with their contribution to the colonial time period

WILLIAM PENN

Answer 24

Quaker that founded PA in 1682; supported religious freedom for all religions

Question 25

Be able to match each historical figure with their contribution to the colonial time period

JOHN SMITH

Answer 25

Captain that founded Jamestown, VA

Question 26

Be able to match each historical figure with their contribution to the colonial time period

JOHN WISE

Answer 26

Preacher in MA who was arrested for leading the town resistance on taxes

Question 27

Be able to match each historical figure with their contribution to the colonial time period

ROGER WILLIAMS

Answer 27

Preacher and farmer in Massachusetts Bay colony; views on religious freedoms were so radical he was banished; founded Rhode Island in 1636

Question 28

What is the Mayflower Compact

Answer 28

early example of government created by the people and for the people