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Midterm Study Guide Ch.1-2 Flashcards

1
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The line of Demarcation was drawn to separate the lands to be claimed by Spain from those to be claimed by what other country?

A

Portugal

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2
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What religion did the Spanish spread as they explored the New World?

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Roman Catholicism

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3
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The Reformation turned which country to Protestantism

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England

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4
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Who was the first governor of New Sweden?

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Peter Minuit

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In what ways did mercantilism encourage intense competition Between the major European powers?

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Mercantilism is a economic system base on enhance the power’s nation and precious metal.

1) Believe that power’s nation base on precious metals(gold) by a value of product,how much gold.
2) Believe that which nations have a lot of precious metals(gold) are the winners.Then the other nations that have a little bit of precious metals(gold) are the losers.

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Which country competed with Spain for reaching the Far East and making early claims to new lands?

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Portugal

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7
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During the late 1400s,where did Europeans greatly desire spices from?

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The Orient

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8
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Which people built a capital city on the site of modern Mexico City?

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The Aztecs

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9
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Which factor most determined the type of housing used by the various Indian tribes?

A

Geographic environment

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10
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Which explorer circumnavigated the earth?

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Sir Francis Drake

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The activities of which man were most responsible for encouraging European exploration of the New World

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Christopher Columbus

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What collective name is giving to the Cherokee,Cherokee,Chickasaw,Choctaw,Creek,and Seminole tribes that inhabited the Southest?

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Five civilized tribes

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13
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What name is given to the land bridge across which some historians think people migrated from the Orient to North America?

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Beringia

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What was the major business activity of the Frenchmen who came to North America?

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Fur trading

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15
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Where was the Lost Colony?

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Roanoke

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16
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Who were Huguenots

A

French

17
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Did the defeat of the Spanish Armada left English free to colonize North America without a serious Spanish threat?

A

True

18
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New Sweden was an early name for what colony?

A

Deleware

19
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What was the primary motivation for the settlement of Massachusetts?

A

Religious freedom

20
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Why did the pilgrims left Holland?

A

Because the Dutch culture was harming the Pilgrims’ children.

21
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What was a major reason for the quick growth of Massachusetts

A

The Great Migration

22
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What document of self-government did the Pilgrims sign when they first arrived in America?

A

Mayflower compact

23
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How did Connecticut differed from Massachusetts ?

A

It did no require church membership for voting.

24
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What was the Dutch system of settlement called?

A

Patroon

25
Q

Which section,middle colonies,southern colonies,or.New England had the greatest cultural deversity?

A

Middle colonies

26
Q

What was The House of Burgesses?

A

The first self-governing assembly in America

27
Q

Besides tobacco,what other major crop was grown in the Carolinas?

A

Rice

28
Q

Before the English came,who was New Jersey was settled by?

A

Swedes and Dutch

29
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How did the Pilgrims and the Puritans differ?

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  • Staying in the Anglican church
  • Pilgrims settled in Plymouth but Puritans settled in Boston.
  • Pilgrims wanted to leave the church of English but Puritans wanted to purify it.
30
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Describe the heresy that Anne Hutchinson of Massachusetts expounded in 1634?

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The name that Anne Hutchinson gave to heresy was “Antinomianism”:belief that obedience is not necessary for a proper relationship w/God

31
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Who was the Dutch governor who purchased Manhattan Island for $24?

A

Peter Minuit

32
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Who was the Puritan minister who set the communities in Connecticut’s River Valley?

A

Thomas Hooker

33
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Who was banished from Massachusetts for believing in separation of church and state?

A

Roger williams

34
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What was the first document of self-government in America?

A

Mayflower compact

35
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What was the first written constitution in America?

A

Fundamental orders of Connecticut.

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