Unit 1

Question 1

1296 went to China

Came back with spices, silks, fragrances, and gold.

Answer 1

Marco Polo

Question 2

Headed to China for wealth
Got lost didn’t make it to China ended up in India
Came back with ship full of spices
Spices almost as valuable as gold it’s self
Spices were 60 time cost of original expedition

Answer 2

Vasco De Gama

Question 3

First recorded trip to the new world
Sailed for Spain
Knew the world was round
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabelle funded his voyage
Ships: Santa Maria, Nina, and Pinta
Admiral of the Ocean Sea
Started voyage to find short cut to Asia
October 12, 1492 Columbus landed in the Bahamas
Thought he discovered the shorter route tout he was in India

Answer 3

Christopher Columbus

Question 4

Map maker

Answer 4

Amerigo Vespucci

Question 5

Sail to China around the tip of South America
Shorter route
Wanted to get the spice islands
Discovered Strait of Magellan
Named Pacific Ocean
Called South America “Tierra de Fuego” which means the land of fire
Killed in the Philippines

Answer 5

Ferdinand Magellan

Question 6

Decided to sail to Africa to get to China to find shorter route
Sailed in 1488
Named the cape of good hope

Answer 6

Bartholomeu Dias

Question 7

Objective is to find gold
Aztecs thought he was a returned god
god was Quetzacoatl
used god like image to kill many Aztecs
Insight war to wipe each other out
Convinces all the warriors of the various tribes to come to a meeting 
Killed almost all the warriors including Montezuma
First great Conquistador

Answer 7

Hernando Cortes

Question 8

Slave of enemy tribe given to Cortes
Translated for him and told him where the Aztec hiding gold and supplies
Name means trader

Answer 8

La Malinche

Question 9

Sailed to south America and in countered the Incas
1532 goes to Peru to find silver
Once there find ancient ruler Atahualpa
Captures ruler Atahulpa and tells people if they fill a whole room with gold he will let him go
Incas filled room with gold
Killed Atahulpa anyways

Answer 9

Francisco Pizarro

Question 10

Started expedition in 1539
Went to search for 7 cities of gold: Cibola
First one to say these cities existed
Traveled all through Arizona, New Mexico, and little bit Kansas
Took 200 people wit him
First Europeanto discover the grand canyon
The first person to discover the giant heards of buffalo- bison

Answer 10

Francisco Coronado

Question 11

Search of 7 cities of gold
Takes 600 people with him
Traveled mostly trough Flordia and Arkansas
Ruthless to natives with torcher

Answer 11

Hernando De Soto

Question 12

Completely controlled by the king

Answer 12

Royal colony

Question 13

King appoints governor

Answer 13

Proprietary colony

Question 14

Given a grant by a trade company

Answer 14

Charter colony

Question 15

They are working off passage to new world
Have to work for master for 4-7 years
Contract with master to work for 4-7 years

Answer 15

Indentured servants

Question 16

Settled at Roanoke Island

Established by governor: John White

Answer 16

The Lost Colony

Question 17

Meet local Indian chief Powhatan
John Smith captained the ship
King James 1
Colonist faced malaria
Between 1609-1610 faced a terrible winter
Over 50% died from starvation or exposer
Describe 2 years the starving time
1612 discover crop that grows well: tabacco
Opens market for colonist
Charles 1 began taxing property taxes very heavily
Colonist were sensitive of faith and taxes

Answer 17

Jamestown Colony

Question 18

The economic doctrine that government control of foreign trade is of paramount importance for ensuring that prosperity and military security of the state

Answer 18

Mercantilism

Question 19

The first assembly of elected representatives of English colonist in North America

Answer 19

House of Burgesses

Question 20

The first governing document of Plymouth Colony. It was written by the separatists, also known as saints, fleeing religious persecution. They traveled aboard the mayflower in 1620. Was signed on November 11, 1620 by 41 of the ships 101 passengers

Answer 20

Mayflower Compact

Question 21

Said that church and state must be separate

Answer 21

Roger Williams

Question 22

Well known for saying Massachusetts Bay colony should be known as the “city upon a hill”
Had very little tolerance for other religion

Answer 22

John Winthrop

Question 23

Said salvation came from faith alone and not works

Leaders called this heresy

Answer 23

Anne Hutchinson

Question 24

Spoke English
Was kidnapped by some English explores
Going to be sent back to England to be a slave
Kept him to work on ships to be a slave
Escaped when they got to new world
Helped plant colonist first crop
Only reason colonist survived they’re first winter

Answer 24

Squanto

Question 25

1620 Separatists from Holland 1st official group we call pilgrims Pilgrims are anyone that makes a journey to settle somewhere Headed for Virginia to add the the Jamestown settlement Blown off coarse from a storm

Answer 25

Plymouth Colony

Question 26

``` 1629 Congregationalists City Upon a Hill Had very little tolerance for other religion Started own colony of Rhode Island Became occiated with the Quakers ```

Answer 26

Massachusetts Bay Colony

Question 27

1692-1693 2 girls claimed they were being afflicted by witches Ended up accusing 20 people being witches 20 end up being executed Innocent until proven guilty

Answer 27

Salem Witch Trials

Question 28

``` Marriage 1700s colonist had large birth rates The first census was in 1790 Over half of all Americans were under the age of 16 25% death rate at birth 1 out of every 4 children died at birth 25% died before the age of 15 Disease 1735-1737 Diphtheria: high fever and weak Average women lived to the age of 50 Average man lived to the age of 40 By no sanitation system and no waste program Housing Materials to build house depended on we're they we're at Brick was really common Provide basic skills to read the bible People still valued education Harvard was created in 1636: seminary 1630s more men graduated from college than more men today Today only 25% of high school graduates finish college 1698 the first public library was created Built in Charlestown, South Carolina Fun Barn raisings Corn husking competitions ```

Answer 28

Colonial Life

Question 29

Scattering of African Americans around the world | West Indies for sugar fields

Answer 29

African Dispora

Question 30

``` Spanish invovlement of new world One of the greatest Indian revolts One of the only successful revolt Took place in New Mexico Revolted against the most was conversion to Catholicism ```

Answer 30

Pueblo Revolt of 1680