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33 Cards in this Set
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What are primary sources?
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firsthand documents from the time period you are learning about
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What are the 5 themes of geography?
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-location
-place -region -movement -interaction |
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Define:latitude
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-latitude runs North and South
-longitude runs East and West |
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What is culture?
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shared values and beliefs in a given group of people
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What is the land bridge theory?
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people first got to North America because of a huge land bridge present day Russia and Alaska
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Who are the Maya, Aztecs and Inca?
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the earliest tribes in Meso-America
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Define archeology:
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a specific study of past cultures and the way people lived based on the things they left behind
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economic
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how people choose to use their resources
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What is a political system?
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a system of politics in government
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Who are the Iroquois?
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the tribe that helped the Pilgrims in the first winter
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What effect did European exploration have on Native Americans?
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-it made most Natives have to move out of their areas, it also killed many Natives
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Why did the colonists oppose the Tea Act?
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because the colonists did not think the tax was fair
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Why was the Renaissance important?
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because the European countries realized that learning was very important
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Who was Christopher Columbus?
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he was the first explorer to find the New World
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Dutch and New Netherlands
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Dutch was New York
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What is the importance of Jamestown?
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first successful English colony in the New World
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What was the house of
Burgess es? |
the first assembly of elective representatives in the 13 colonies
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Define representative assemblies
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the people that the colonists chose to represent them against the British
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Mercantilism
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was the main economic system of the 1600-1800
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Why was the pamphlet Common Sense important?
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it influenced people who were not sure what side they were on and gave colonists hope
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middle passage
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the route from Africa to America
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What was the Mayflower Compact?
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the first governing document of the Plymouth colony
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What are the New England colonies?
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-Massachusetts
-Rhode Island -New Hampshire -Connecticut |
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What are the Middle colonies?
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-New York
-New Jersey -Pennsylvania -Delaware |
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What is the importance of Pennsylvania and William Penn?
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this state gave the colonists religious freedom and men and women were treated equal
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who was John Peter Zenger?
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responsible for "Freedom of Press"
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What are the Southern colonies?
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-Georgia
-South Carolina -North Carolina |
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Describe cash crop
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a crop that was produced that went for a lot of money
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What was Georgia and James Oglethorpe best known for?
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letting debtors come into the state
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What was the Albany Plan of Union?
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when Ben Franklin said that they were free from England
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What was the French and Indian war?
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war between England and France
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What was the Treaty Of Paris?
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a treaty that ended the French and Indian war
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Define The Navigation Act
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saying the colonists were not allowed to trad with other countries, except England
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