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What are the two major types of problems?

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Economic

People’s rights problems

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What does the acronym ADMIT stand for?

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A= Accomodate
D= Dominate
M= Move
I= Invent
T= Tolerate
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What is the purpose of the Problem-Solution-Effect sequence? (Three answers)

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  1. To understand history better
  2. To understand current events better
  3. To identify the Problem Solution Effect
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What are the three basic needs?

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  1. Food
  2. Clothing
  3. Shelter
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What are the three aspects of the environment?

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  1. Geography
  2. Climate
  3. Natural Resources
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_______ _______ are basic beliefs about the origins and purpose of life

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World Views

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Different ways of looking at the same event are known as what?

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Multiple Perspectives

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What were the effects of the Inuit solutions to their basic problems?

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  1. Became nomadic

2. Became excellent fishermen and hunters

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What were the three characteristics of the geography of the Northwest Coast?

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  1. Long Coastlines
  2. Mountains
  3. Rivers
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What was the worldview of the Chinook?

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If you treated the environment with respect the environment will provide abundant resources

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What were the natural resources of the Southwest?

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Rock, Clay

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Why did the Europeans eave the Hopi alone more than any other group of Native American?

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They lived in a harsh enviroment

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Describe the geography of the Great Plains

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Grasslands

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The Iroquois Confederacy was made up of which 5 tribes?

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  • Cayuga
  • Mohawk
  • Onondaga
  • Oneida
  • Seneca
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What were the four things Europe wanted from Asia?

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  1. Carpets
  2. Silk
  3. Jewels
  4. Spices
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What two inventions helped spur the Age of Exploration?

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The Caravel and the Astrolabe

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How did Spain and Portugal avoid war over South America?

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The Pope drew the Line of Demarcation

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What was the effect of the European explorations on the Native American populations?

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The Native Americans died from disease.

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What were the three ways England hoped to gain wealth from its North American colonies?

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  1. Taxes
  2. Markets
  3. Cheap Natural Resources
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In which two ways Captain John Smith provide good leadership and helped Jamestown to survive?

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He made the people work and he made friends with the Native American and traded with them

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The planting of _____ ______, promoted by John Role, helped make money for the Virginia company

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cash crops

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What were the three reasons people moved to the English colonies?

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  1. Economic Opportunity
  2. Religious Freedom
  3. Participation in Government
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The Pilgrims had strong leadership so that when they needed to create a charter they did. That charter was called what?

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The Mayflower Compact

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How did the Puritans contribute to self-government in the colonies?

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  1. Elected own legislature to make decision
  2. Elected a official
  3. To vote in town meetings
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Before and during colonial times most people earned a living by doing what?
Farming
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What kind of farming took place in the Northern Colonies?
Subsistence Farming
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Instead of raising cash crops how did the New Englanders make a living?
They manufactured and traded naval products
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What was the only fully developed natural resources in the Southern Colonies?
Their Farmland
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Were the Southern Colonies involved with manufacturing?
No, they did not export goods
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What were 3 major cash crops that the southern colonies grew?
1. Rice 2. Tobacco 3. Cotton
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Which natural resource was unique to the Middle Colonies?
Iron Ore and Coal
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Which colonies relied most on Britain?
The Southern Colonies
33
During the 1600s the British Parliament passed trade laws such as the Navigation Acts to do what?
To control trade
34
According to the Navigation Acts all trade goods from other countries had to do what?
Go to Britain fist
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William Pitt helped Britain to victory in the French and Indian War because he did what?
Spent more money on soldier and supplies
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The French and Indian War ended with what?
The Treaty of Paris of 1763
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Revenue Generating Laws were passed by Britain in order to do what?
To defend the colonies and maintain them
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In order to get around the Sugar Act, the colonist did what?
Smuggled
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Why did the colonists think the Stamp Act was unfair?
Britain ruled from across the ocean
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For what reasons were the Intolerable Acts were passed?
1. To punish colonists for the Boston Tea Party 2. The colonists destroyed British property 3. Got around the laws
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One result of the French and Indian War was a war with the Native Americans call ______ ________, which was ended by the _____________ of 1763
Pontiac's War | Proclamation
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What publication helped many colonists to consider the idea of independence?
COMMON SENSE by Thomas Paine
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The Declaration of Independence was written mainly by_______ _________ who was inspired by the ideas of _______ ________
Thomas Jefferson | John Locke
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Why did the British trooped head to Lexington and Concord?
To destroy the militia stockpiles
45
Why did Britain think what join the British Army to help defeat to the Colonists?
Tories or Loyalists
46
Which important battle encouraged the French to ally with the 13 Colonies?
The Battle of Saratoga
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The 13 Colonies access to resources improved because the French gave them what?
Money and Military Supplies
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What was the first battle of the Revolutionary War?
The Battles of Lexington and Concord
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At Valley Forge, many soldiers in the Continental Army were killed by what?
Disease
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The Continental Army was successful at Yorktown because of the help from which group group?
The French Navy

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