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47 Cards in this Set
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Asia is separated from america by the what?
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Bering Strait
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The first Americans came over during what age?
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Ice Age
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A group of people who live in a specific area who have a common culture
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society
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when people have the same values and behavior patterns, such as language, government, and family relationships
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culture
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what indian group lived in adobe houses
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southwest indians
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what indian group were mound builders
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Southeast Indians
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they study artifacts
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archeologists
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the second discovery of america was made by who
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vikings
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leif ericson named newfoundland what after finding so many grape vines
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vinland
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when the lords of manor owed their power to the duke, etc.
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federal system
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series of religious wars
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crusades
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means submission to God
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islam
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believers in islam
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moslems
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Prince Henry of Portugal was also known as
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Great Navigator
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He thought you could sail west to find the west indies or asia
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Christopher Columbus
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he crossed the isthmus of panama
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vasco balboa
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he named the pacific ocean
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magellan
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first to sail around the world
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jaun el cano
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alone with his conquistadors he conquered montezuma and the aztec empire
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cortes
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claimed the northern region of america for england
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John Cabot
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the most famous english sea dog
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Sir Fracis drake
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close adviser of queen elizabeth and she loved him
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sir walter raleigh
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people of england enclosed their fields and planted grass for raising sheep for what moevement
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enclosure movement
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region of virginia was named after who
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virgin queen elizabeth
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first english settlement of virginia
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jamestown
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john smith was called this because he would fight for whoever payed him
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soldier of fortune
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it was the first elected government body in america
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house of burgesses
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worked without wages for the person who owned them
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indentured servants
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left england to escape religious persecution
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pilgrims
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tought the pilgrims how to grow corn and fish to stay alive
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squanto
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november 1621, the settlers came together to give thanks to god, it was later called what
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thanksgiving day
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believed that everyone could communicate directly with god
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quakers
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william penn named what state
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pennsylvania
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philadelphia what names the city of what
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brotherly love
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what state was the first to accept baptists, presbyterians, and methodist
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the carolinas
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who owned florida
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spanish
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the dutch called the region of new york what
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new netherlands
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founded the first permanent french settlement in america called quebec
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samuel champlain
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started the proprietary colony in maryland
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george calvert
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essential from the beginning for cities to grow
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sea ports
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small, park-like town square
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town common
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began the first organized public school system
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massachusettes
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middle and southern colonies started the first ___________ schools
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private
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most wealthy southern children were taught at home by what
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private tutors
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shopped a whole boatload of unmarried women to virginia
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the london company
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had no rights and couldnt own property
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women
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another name for fronteirs who moved westward
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squatters
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