U.S History

Question 1

What kind of movement was the Enlightenment?

Answer 1

Intellectual movement

Question 2

What kind of movement was the Great Awakening

Answer 2

Religous movement

Question 3

Who were the Enlightenment key figures in the colonies?

Answer 3

Ben Franklin and Thomas Jefferson

Question 4

Who were the Great Awakening key figures in the colonies?

Answer 4

John Edward and George Whitefield

Question 5

What ideas did the Enlightenment stress?

Answer 5

The natural world governed by miracles or chance, but by fixed math laws

Question 6

What ideas did the Great Awakening stress?

Answer 6

Education is important; individuals can question authority

Question 7

What did the Enlightenment encourage people to do?

Answer 7

To use experimentation and observation as tools to make discoveries about the natural world.

Question 8

What did the Great Awakening encourage people to do?

Answer 8

rededicated to god

Question 9

What are some characteristics of the Northern colonies?

Answer 9

• Produced several cash crops per farm

Question 10

What are some characteristics of the Northern colonies? pt.2

Answer 10

• developed many thriving commercial industries

Question 11

What are some characteristics of the Northern colonies? pt.3

Answer 11

• developed a powerful merchant class

Question 12

What are some characteristics of the Northern colonies? pt.4

Answer 12

• has numerous cities

Question 13

What are some characteristics of the Northern colonies? pt.5

Answer 13

• had more ethnic, religious, and national groups representing their population

Question 14

What are some different characteristics of the Southern colonies? pt.1

Answer 14

• Women in southern society were not allowed to vote, preach, or own property

Question 15

What are some different characteristics of the Southern colonies? pt.2

Answer 15

They enslaved Africans in which it increasingly turned into labor needs of their agricultural economy

Question 16

What are some different characteristics of the Southern colonies? pt.3

Answer 16

Plantation owners controlled much of the souths economy as well as its political and social institutions

Question 17

What were the achievements for Ancient Americans

Answer 17

INTRODUCING CROPS AND CREATING EMPIRES

Introduced such domesticated crops as corn, beans, and squish; built cities and ceremonial centers; created empires; conducted trade; built massive earthen structures, or mounds; crafted objects of metal and stone

Question 18

What were the achievements for Native Americans

Answer 18

CREATED DIVERSE CULTURES FOR SPIRITUAL PRESENCES AND HARVESTING RESOURCES FOR TRADING

Created diverse cultures suitable to their environments; some harvested fish, others grew crops, and others combined hunting and agriculture; developed extensive trade networks; viewed the land as belonging to all and the natural world as filled with spiritual presences

Question 19

What were the achievements for West Africans

Answer 19

CONSTRUCTING KINGDOMS

Created extensive kingdoms with sophisticated societies; built cities; had highly developed metalworking skills; traded with North Africa and Europe; some adopted the Islamic religion.

Question 20

What were the achievements for Europeans

Answer 20

CREATING HIERARCHY SOCIETY, A CHURCH, STOCK COMPANIES, AND EDUCATION

Created hierarchical society that supported wealthy monarchs and nobles; established powerful Roman Catholic Church which undertook crusades; underwent reformation developed corporations and joint stock companies; created the Renaissance in arts and science; improved cartography and sailing technology