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US History Term 2 Semester Final Flashcards

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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

22
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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
23
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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

24
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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
25
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Before and during colonial times most people earned a living by doing what?

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Farming

26
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What kind of farming took place in the Northern Colonies?

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Subsistence Farming

27
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Instead of raising cash crops how did the New Englanders make a living?

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They manufactured and traded naval products

28
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What was the only fully developed natural resources in the Southern Colonies?

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Their Farmland

29
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Were the Southern Colonies involved with manufacturing?

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No, they did not export goods

30
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What were 3 major cash crops that the southern colonies grew?

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  1. Rice
  2. Tobacco
  3. Cotton
31
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Which natural resource was unique to the Middle Colonies?

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Iron Ore and Coal

32
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Which colonies relied most on Britain?

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The Southern Colonies

33
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During the 1600s the British Parliament passed trade laws such as the Navigation Acts to do what?

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To control trade

34
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According to the Navigation Acts all trade goods from other countries had to do what?

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Go to Britain fist

35
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William Pitt helped Britain to victory in the French and Indian War because he did what?

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Spent more money on soldier and supplies

36
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The French and Indian War ended with what?

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The Treaty of Paris of 1763

37
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Revenue Generating Laws were passed by Britain in order to do what?

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To defend the colonies and maintain them

38
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In order to get around the Sugar Act, the colonist did what?

A

Smuggled

39
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Why did the colonists think the Stamp Act was unfair?

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Britain ruled from across the ocean

40
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For what reasons were the Intolerable Acts were passed?

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  1. To punish colonists for the Boston Tea Party
  2. The colonists destroyed British property
  3. Got around the laws
41
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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

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Pontiac’s War

Proclamation

42
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What publication helped many colonists to consider the idea of independence?

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COMMON SENSE by Thomas Paine

43
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The Declaration of Independence was written mainly by_______ _________ who was inspired by the ideas of _______ ________

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Thomas Jefferson

John Locke

44
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Why did the British trooped head to Lexington and Concord?

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To destroy the militia stockpiles

45
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Why did Britain think what join the British Army to help defeat to the Colonists?

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Tories or Loyalists

46
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Which important battle encouraged the French to ally with the 13 Colonies?

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The Battle of Saratoga

47
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The 13 Colonies access to resources improved because the French gave them what?

A

Money and Military Supplies

48
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What was the first battle of the Revolutionary War?

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The Battles of Lexington and Concord

49
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At Valley Forge, many soldiers in the Continental Army were killed by what?

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Disease

50
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The Continental Army was successful at Yorktown because of the help from which group group?

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The French Navy

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