SS11-USH Flashcards
The eskimo people are also called
Inuits
The Inuit (eskimo) people originate from
Asia
The Anasazi indians lived in what part of the U.S.?
The Southwestern
Anasazi indians are also known as:
cliff dwellers
The Kwakiutl people are known to be:
fishermen
The Kwakiutl people are described with the name:
Northwest Indians
The indians who roamed the central plains of North America are known as the
Plains Indians
The Plains Indians are known to be _____, roaming the plains with their horses
Nomadic
Who were the first indians in North America?
The Mound Builders
When did the Mound Builders disappear from North America?
around 1600
Why did the Mound Builders disappear from North America?
War between the European explorers, and disease
The ______ are a group of several tribes who lived in the Northeastern U.S.
Iroquois
How many Iroquois live today?
Around 100,000
The Norse explorer ____ _____ arrived in the Americas 500 years before Columbus
Leif Ericson
Why was Leif Ericson’s voyage not as important as Columbus’?
Leif Ericson did not establish a colony
Why did Columbus set out to sea in 1492?
To find the most efficient trade route to India
When Columbus landed in the Bahamas, he thought he had found the:
East Indies (which is why he named the people there “indios”, or “indians”
When was the first permanent settlement established in North America?
1607
Where was the first settlement in North America?
Jamestown Virginia
Where was the second colony?
Plymouth
When were the first slaves shipped to Virginia?
1619, shipped by the Dutch
Rhode Island was originally established to be a safe place for:
People who believed in radical religions
Pennsylvania and Delaware were home to which religious people:
Quakers
In South Carolina, there were more _____ than ____ ____
There were more SLAVES than FREE MEN
Which Indian tribes were civilized (had advanced farming and lived in settled communities)?
Choctaw, Creek, Chickasaw, Cherokee, Seminole
What group of people funded the colony of Plymouth?
Massachusetts Bay Company
The _____ _____ was signed in 1620, and was an agreement between the colonists of Plymouth on what the rules of the colony would be.
Mayflower Compact
How many people were executed in 1692 on charges of witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts?
19
When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
July 4, 1776
The document that set up the initial base for interstate government between the free colonies was called what?
the Articles of Confederation
When was the American Revolutionary War?
1776-1783
What treaty was signed that officially ended the Revolutionary War?
the Treaty of Paris
After delegates from all states met to write up the Constitution, what 3 compromises came out so that everyone agreed on it?
The Connecticut compromise, the Three-Fifths compromise, and the Bill of Rights
What said that every state would get two Senators regardless of the size of the state, and House of Representative reps proportionate to the size of the state?
The Connecticut compromise
What said that slaves should count as three-fifths of a citizen for purposes of determining how many House of Representatives reps each state would have?
the Three-Fifths compromise
What gave rights to each individual citizen as part of the Constitution?
the Bill of Rights (first 10 amendments to the Constitution)
When was the Constitution ratified?
1788
What did the Constitution replace?
the Articles of Confederacy
