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61 Cards in this Set
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culture
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entire way of life of a group of people
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politics
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government & control people have over the government
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economics
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the production, distribution & consumption of goods & services
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geography
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study of people, their enivronments & resources
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anthropology
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study of human beings
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psychology
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study of the mind & behavior
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history
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accounts of what has happened in the lioves of other people
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sociology
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relationships between people in different cultures
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religion
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practice of worship of god
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art
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form of expression using
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language
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form or style of verbal expression
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society
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relationship of humans in a culture
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political science
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study of government
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customs
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traditions in a culture
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primary source
secondary source |
1* - original source, first hand
2* - not original source, 2nd hand info |
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primary document
secondary document |
1* doc. - original doc
2* doc - copy of original doc |
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Early Migration - how did they get to North America?
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Land Bridge Theory - believed to have crossed over one large piece of land - the Bering Sea
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Aztecs, Incas, Maya
describe their cultural advances |
Aztecs:365 day calendar,math,
astronomy Incas: farmers & engineers Maya: books, calendar |
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What were the cultural patterns of the Iroquios society?
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climate
agriculture seasons |
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How is the Iroquois society similar or different to the ALgonquin society?
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Iroquois =chief succ govt
=hated algonquis SAME: both in NYS good farmers, envirom. Algonquins = patriarchy govt = hated iroquios |
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What were the causes & results of exploration?
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Causes: In hope to find the spice islands
Results: spain became world dominating power, land claims were made in the new world, native american population rapidly decreased |
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Mercantilism
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economic theory that a nations strength would increase if trade was expanded & its gold supply increased
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How was NY settled?
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-Dutch at first- New Amsterdam
-After French and Indian war, all of French land given up -Europe got New Amsterdam -Gave it to the Duke of York -That is how it got its name |
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Where did Spain, France & England settle the new world?
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Spain- California, most islands in the carribean, Florida, Mexico, 80% of S. America excluding Brazil
England- Maine to Georiga France- Canada, land above St. Lawerence and Great Lakes, New France, Louisanna Territory, along the Mississippi River |
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What were the major products of the New England?
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grain, cattle, fish, lummber, whales, furs, ships, iron, rum
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What were the major products of the Middle colonies?
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grain, cattle, fish, lummber, rum, iron
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What were the major products of the Southern colonies?
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rice, indigo, cattle, grain, tobacco, fish, lummber, iron, rum
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French & Indian War
What were the causes & results of the French & Indian war? |
Causes- Spanish threats
-French threats -conflicts Ohio River Valley Results-native americans chose sides, British win, French power ended in N America |
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French & Indian War
On which side did the natives americans fight? |
Iroquois fought with England
Algonquins fought with France |
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American Revolution
Stamp Act |
law that taxed legal documents such as newspapers, dice, cards
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American Revolution
Boston Massacre |
shooting of 5 Bostonians by British soilders on March 5, 1770 after verbal insults from the colonist
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American Revolution
Tea Act |
law the taxed tea
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American Revolution
Intolerable Acts |
law to punish the results of the Boston Tea Party
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What was the purpose of the Declaration of Independence?
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ensure equal rights, gain independence from Britain, & list the British wrongs
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What were the key ideas included?
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British wrongs, everybody should have equal rights, all taxes removed and they would be an independent nation
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What were the key battles of the American Revolution?
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Bunker Hill Saratoga
York Town Lexington Concord Valley Forge |
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Explain foreign involvement in the war:
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France allied with the patriots (people who supported independence)
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Results of the American Revolution:
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Patriots had divised a plan which cornered Gen Corwallis in Chesapeak Bay & in Yorktown is where the Gerneral surrendered to the patriots. Treay of Paris is signed, the patriots & Americans are an independent nation & all taxes are removed.
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What were the weeknesses & strenghts of the Articles of Confederation?
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WEEKNESSES- each state had to make their own money, inflation, no executive of juducial branch
STRENGTHS:they had to act independently, only state could regulate trade w/other states |
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Constitutional convention compromises
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Declaraton of Independence
Bill of Rights Constitution |
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Key principles of the constitution
Checks & Balances |
system set up by the constitution in which each branch of federal govt has the power to check or control the action of other branches
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Seperation of Powers
(3 Branches and what do they do) |
Legislative - law making
Executive - Carries out laws Judicial - Fed Court system |
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Federalism
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Division of power between the states and national govt
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The Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution to...
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ensure that everyone had equal rights
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What are some similatities between the US government and the NYS government?
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both have Supreme Court
both help enforce laws both have power to make laws |
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What were G. Washington's goals & precedents?
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Goals: set precedent, set-up cabinet, set-up federal court system
Precedent:no 3rd term in office, set up cabinet, federal court system |
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In Marbury v Madison, the Supreme Court established judicial review...what is it? pg.270
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written:
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What were the differences between the Federalist & Republican parties?
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Federalist:
Republican: |
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How did the Lousiana Purchase change the U.S.?
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doubled the size
cost a lot of $$$ stronger now |
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How did the American's way of life change in the 1800s (industrial revolution)
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machinery replaced hand tools, economies shifted from farming to manufacturing, new tech.
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What was the Monroe Doctrine?
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a foreign policy that stated that the US will not interfere with the affairs of European nations/colonies in the Americas and they awrned the European not to interfere w/ Latin America
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Why go to the West?
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gold in California also more jobs
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What was the Manifest Destiny?
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a belief that the US had the right to extend its borders from the Pacific to the Atlantic
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What was the major impact of the Erie Canal?
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cheaper & faster transportation, also for goods
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What were the key issues associated with Andrew Jackson's presidency?
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Formed a kitchen cabinet, vetoed and closed the national bank
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abolitionist
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person opposed to slavery
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womens rights movement
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call for women to be able to have the right to vote
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temprence
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movement to ban the slae and use of alcohol
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Causes of the Civil War...
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slavery
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Advantages of the Civil War
North - South- |
North: could manufacture goods, more RRs, more food
South: military school, food skill with weapons |
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Results of the Civil War...
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Slavery ended, south came back to the union, the north won, Lincoln proved himself a strong president
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