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Unit 1 Module 1: European Colonization Flashcards

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What technology did Europeans use to explore?

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The astrolabe, the compass, and the Mercator projection map

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What did the astrolabe do?

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It used math to find the time of the day and the time of sunset and sunrise

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What did the compass do?

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It told them the direction they were travelling in

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What is this map?

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A Mercator projection map from the 1400s

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What is this map?

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A Mercator projection map from today

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What is a major weakness of the Mercator projection map?

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It’s inaccurate to use it today because the closer you are to the equator, the smaller you are represented on the map.

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What is a missionary?

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Someone who goes to another country to spread their religion

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What were the 3 big reasons for why European countries when to colonize?

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Gold
God
Glory

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Why was gold a motivation for Europeans to colonize?

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Because people in Europe were thirsty for gold since you could buy alot of luxury good (like spices) with gold.

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Why was glory a motivation for Europeans to colonize?

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Because European countries were rivals with each other. Each European country wanted to be better than the other

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Why was god a motivation for Europeans to colonize?

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Because Europeans, who were Christian, thought God wanted them to spread Christianity, even if it meant by force.

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What is a colonizer?

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A powerful country that uses their power to attack weaker countries and steals their resources

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What is a colony?

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A weakened country that becomes a servant to the mother country. The job of the colony is to feed the mother country and make the mother country rich

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What do you call the idea that the job of a colony is to make the mother country rich?

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Mercantilism

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Who is Spain?

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A country in Europe that is Catholic. Spain was created in the 1400s when the King of one country married the Queen of another country.

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What did Spain do when it was created?

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It began what is called “the Reconquista”.

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What is The Reconquista?

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When the Spanish kicked out Jews and Muslims out of Spain because they weren’t Catholic. The Reconquista was finished the same year Columbus went to the Americas in 1492

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Who is France?

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A country in Europe that is Catholic. Unlike Spain, France has been around for a long time. France is also Catholic, and is controlled by a King in an absolute Monarchy.

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What is an absolute monarchy?

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This is a dictatorship. What the King says is law. You upset the King here, and they will kill you

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Who is England?

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A country in Europe that has been around for a long time and is no longer Catholic. They stopped being Catholic because the Pope, who is leader of the Catholics, didnt want to give King Henry a divorce. So King Henry started his own religion, called the Church of England.

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Who controls England?

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England has a government called a constitutional monarchy. They have a King, and they have a Parliament. Both the King and Parliament share power.

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What is English Parliament?

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Rich white males in England got to choose who represented them in government. All the representatives that were chosen would go to a building called Parliament

23
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Who are the Dutch?

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They are from a country called The Netherlands. They are Protestant Christians, much like the people in England.

24
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What is the difference between a Protestant and a Catholic?

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Protestants believe in Jesus Christ, just like Catholics, but they don’t think that the Catholic Pope should be listened to.

25
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How can I remember what a protestant is?

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Protestants PROTEST the power of the Pope. To protest is to not agree with something. Like y’all like to protest a lot about the dress code.

26
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What is an indigenous person?

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A Native American. Someone who was here before Europeans started colonizing in 1492

27
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What is the Columbian exchange?

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The transfer of plants and animals from Afro-Eurasia to the Americas

28
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What is afro-Eurasia?

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The word we used to describe the combined land of Africa, Europe, and Asia.

29
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How many indigenous people were enslaved by the Europeans, all the way until the late 1800s?

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2.5 - 5 million

30
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What reason did Europeans give for colonizing indigenous people?

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Europeans said they were smarter than indigenous people.

Europeans said that their culture was better than indigenous culture, and did not let the indigenous practice their own culture

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What happened in 1607?

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Jamestown was founded by the British

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Who paid for the people of Jamestown to go and colonize?

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The Virginia Company

33
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What type of company was the Virginia Company?

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A joint-stock company.

This meant that several people owned a piece of the company, instead of just one person.

34
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What raw material was the Virginia Company looking to find in Jamestown?

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Gold

35
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What was the name of the Indigenous group that the people of Jamestown stole land from?

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The stole land from the Powhatan Confederacy

36
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What was the Virginia House of Burgesses?

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a building where representatives from Jamestown met to vote on laws and stuff

37
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What type of people had the power in the Virginia House of Burgesses?

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$$$$ Wealthy landowners

38
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Who was responsible for shifting the economic focus of Jamestown to tobacco?

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John Rolfe

39
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What is an example of a cash crop?

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Tobacco because you can sell it for a lot of money

40
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Why did the Pilgrims and Puritans come to America?

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Because they were being attacked and persecuted for their religious beliefs

41
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What is a push factor?

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Something that pushes you away.

Like the dress code at school pushes you away from wanting to go to school

42
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What is a pull factor?

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Something that pulls you in. Like having early release Fridays and brain breaks at school makes school slightly more fun

43
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What does economic opportunity have to do with Jamestown?

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The people who settled Jamestown were chasing economic opportunity. Like the opportunity to find gold and get rich.

44
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What two things did the Mayflower compact signers agree to?

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To stay loyal to the King and to keep being Christians

45
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Who did the Pilgrims and Puritans steal land from when they settled in Plymouth?

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The stole land from the Wampanoag Confederacy

KIPP 8th Grade US History (6 decks)

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