Social Studies: European Settlements

Question 1

Which countries wanted Spain’s Wealth

Answer 1

1. England
2. France
3. The Netherlands
4. Sweden

Question 2

What is a convoy?

What did they do?

Answer 2

1. a fleet of ships

2. they attacked Spanish ships, burned & destroyed Spanish towns & settled on their islands

Question 3

What is the Spanish Armada?

Answer 3

Huge war ships that attacked England for giving their pirates permission to attack the Spanish.

Question 4

Name two pirateers.

Answer 4

Drake

Hawkings

Question 5

Where was the first French settlement?

Answer 5

Florida

Question 6

Who was Sir Walter Raleigh

Answer 6

He was given a charter

Question 7

13 Colonies came because of the success of which Colony?

Answer 7

Jamestown

Question 8

Explain how the French made it to Quebec, Candada

Answer 8

They went to Florida first, but this failed because the Spanish were there already and they kicked the French out. The French left and went to Quebec.

Question 9

What is the name of the explorer that went to Canada?

Answer 9

Jacques Cartier

Question 10

Inflation

Answer 10

the increase in the prices of goods/services. It means that you have to spend more since your dollar value is low.

Question 11

Who is Jacques Cartier?

Answer 11

born in Italy, sailed to England, used the Northwest passage to get to Canada.

Question 12

Who was Cabot?

Answer 12

Sailed to North America for England & left few records of his journies

Question 13

Giovanni de Verrazano

Answer 13

sailed to seek the North west passage for France

Question 14

Huguenots

Answer 14

French protestants

Question 15

Algonquins

Answer 15

formed alliances with French explorers-indigenous inhabitants of North America

Question 16

The first European to find the Mississippi River

Answer 16

Hernando de Soto

Question 17

What was traded for cash?

Answer 17

Tobacco

Question 18

Which states were owned by France?

Answer 18

1. Mississippi
2. Louisiana
3. New Orleans
4. Detroit
5. St. Louis

Question 19

What did the Dutch mainly do?

Answer 19

traders

Question 20

What did the Dutch form and in what year?

Answer 20

Dutch West Indies 1624

Question 21

Where are the borders that were owned by the Dutch?

Answer 21

from Delaware to the Hudson

Question 22

What was the stateside territory that was owned by the Dutch called?

Answer 22

The New Netherlands

Question 23

Who bought Manhattan?

Answer 23

Minuit

Question 24

Why did England want to make her presence known to the Americas?

Answer 24

they wanted to explore & claim land to gain more wealth (they sent Sir Walter Raleigh to North America)

Question 25

Where did Raleigh make his first settlement?

Answer 25

present day Virginia & North Carolina (named the entire area Virginia)

Question 26

Why did the Florida settlement fail?

Answer 26

They returned for supplies, but war prevented them from returning for 3 years so the settlement was destroyed causing the settlement to fail.

Question 27

Which was the successful English settlement?

Answer 27

Jamestown, Virginia

Question 28

How did Jamestown become successful?

Answer 28

1. It had a lot of support from England. 2. A lot of wealth 3. People came frequently 4. The natives also helped

Question 29

Where did the Mayans live?

Answer 29

Yucatan Peninsula

Question 30

What do you call the communities that the Mayans lived in?

Answer 30

City-states

Question 31

How were leaders of Mayan City-states chosen?

Answer 31

the leaders inherited their position

Question 32

Was there ever a Mayan Empire?

Answer 32

no

Question 33

What do you call the age in which the Mayans had many accomplishments?

Answer 33

The Classical Age

Question 34

Describe the social hierarchy.

Answer 34

``` King Priest Nobles Farmers Slaves ```

Question 35

What did the Mayan diet mostly consist of?

Answer 35

Maze

Question 36

Describe the are where the Mayans lived.

Answer 36

hot, very few animals, not a lot of rivers

Question 37

What was the Mayan number system made of?

Answer 37

the number 20

Question 38

What were the structures that most Mayans live in?

Answer 38

in huts

Question 39

Where did the Mayan Masters live?

Answer 39

Temples

Question 40

The Mayans played a game where if you loose you die. What was the name of the game?

Answer 40

Por-a-tok

Question 41

Where were used to play the game Por-a-tok?

Answer 41

prisoners

Question 42

Who did the Mayans worship?

Answer 42

Nature gods- sun, moon, and corn god

Question 43

Where was the Aztec Religion founded?

Answer 43

Mexico

Question 44

Describe how the Aztecs sacrificed

Answer 44

They sacrificed people to give to gods using sharp blades

Question 45

Describe the Aztec diet.

Answer 45

Chilies, tomatoes, limes, cashews, potatoes

Question 46

What is one Aztec technological advancement.

Answer 46

jade stone carvings