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SS (4th) Unit 1, Lesson 2 Flashcards

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1
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Who was the first explorer to reach the new world?

A

Christopher Columbus

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2
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What did Christopher Columbus want to find when he set out?

A

A faster route from Europe to Asia.

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3
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Christopher Columbus wanted to find a faster route from ________ to ______.

A

Europe

Asia

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4
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Christopher Columbus wanted to find a ______________ from Europe to Asia.

A

faster route

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5
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What did the Spanish introduce to the Native Americans?

A

horses & oranges

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6
Q

What did Europeans learn about from the Indians?

A

chocolate, tomatoes and popcorn

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7
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Europeans brought ____________ with them that killed many Indians.

A

diseases

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8
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Who were brought to the Americas against their will?

A

Africans

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9
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The first Europeans to explore North America were from _____________.

A

Spain

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10
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The early explorers thought they would find ____________ and other riches.

A

gold

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11
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Who came to North America to talk about Christianity?

A

Priests

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12
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Priests came to North America to talk about what?

A

Christianity

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13
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A Spanish settlement in the Americas where priests talked about the Christian religion.

A

mission

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14
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What were the French explorers looking for that would lead from the Great Lakes to Asia?

A

a water route across North America

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15
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What did the French explorers call the water route across North America leading from the Great Lakes to Asia?

A

the Northwest Passage

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16
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The French explorers were looking for __________ & _____________.

A

gold

fur

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17
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What did the French explorers offer the Native Americans in exchange for beaver furs?

A

weapons

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18
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The French explorers offered the Native Americans weapons in exchange for _________.

A

beaver furs

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19
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A land ruled by another country.

A

colony

20
Q

Who traveled from present-day St. Louis to the Gulf of Mexico?

A

Robert de la Salle

21
Q

In honor of Louis the Fourteenth, what did Robert de la Salle name the land of present-day St. Louis to the Gulf of Mexico?

A

Louisiana

22
Q

In 1607, the English set up ___________, the first permanent English colony in what is now Virginia.

A

Jamestown

23
Q

In 1607, the English set up Jamestown, the _________________ in what is now Virginia.

A

first permanent English colony

24
Q

In 1620 _____________ left England in search of religious freedom and settled in what is now part of New England.

A

Pilgrims

25
Q

In 1620 Pilgrims left England in search of ________________ and settled in what is now part of New England

A

religious freedom

26
Q

When the Pilgrims left England & settled in what is now part of New England, what did they call it?

A

Plymouth

27
Q

The ____________ and the ___________ celebrated their friendship by having a great feast that has been called our country’s first Thanksgiving.

A

Pilgrims

Native Americans

28
Q

The Pilgrims and the Native Americans celebrated their friendship by having a great feast that has been called our country’s first ______________.

A

Thanksgiving

29
Q

Who came to North America to make money, particularly in the fur trade?

A

Dutch

30
Q

The Dutch came to North America to make money, particularly in the ______________.

A

fur trade

31
Q

The Dutch settled along the Hudson River and named their colony ______________________.

A

New Netherland

32
Q

Who was the Dutch governor who bought Manhattan Island from the Native Americans and called it New Amsterdam?

A

Peter Minuit

33
Q

New Amsterdam became _____________ when the English colonies took control of it from the Dutch.

A

New York

34
Q

New Amsterdam became New York when the ___________ colonies took control of it from the _____________.

A

English

Dutch

35
Q

Why was it hard for the Native Americans when the Europeans were coming to North America?

A

Because the new colonists wanted more land

36
Q

The ______________ & the _____________ went to war over who owned the land near the Great Lakes and the Ohio River Valley.

A

English

French

37
Q

The English & the French _________________ over who owned the land near the Great Lakes and the Ohio River Valley.

A

went to war

38
Q

Why did the English & French go to war?

A

Over who owned the land near the Great Lakes and the Ohio River Valley.

39
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Why did the Native Americans fight on the side of the French in the French and Indian War?

A

Because they thought the French would help them drive the English out of North America.

40
Q

Who won the French and Indian War?

A

The English

41
Q

What did the English do when they won the French and Indian war?

A

They let the Native Americans have the Ohio River valley.

42
Q

The English won the French and Indian War, but they let the Native Americans have the ________________.

A

Ohio River Valley

43
Q

The English won the French and Indian War, but, they let the ___________________ have the Ohio River Valley.

A

Native Americans

44
Q

When the Europeans were coming to North America it was hard for the Native Americans because _________________________________.

A

the new colonists wanted more land.

45
Q

The Native Americans fought on the side of the French and Indian War because ________________________________.

A

they thought the French would help them drive the English out of North America.

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