Unit review

Identify the 2 main theory’s on how the first people arrived in America.

Land bridge theory = 15,000 years ago during the ice age hunters crossed a land bridge between Siberia and Alaska to find mammoths and other animals.

Costal Route Theory = 40,000 years ago hangers and gatherers arrived in small boats working their way down the west coast of America.

Identify 2 cultural differences in Native American culture:

1. Different types of homes, Ex. Longhouse, Grass House, Igloos, etc.

2. They ate different foods

Identify 3 similarities between the Native American cultures:

1. Decentralized political power

2. Division of labor along gender lines

3. Little private property ownership

What is the Iroquois League?

A group that promoted peace among its members

What is 2 differences between West African Slavery and American Slavery?

1. Not based on racial superiority or inferiority

2. Slaves could become wealthy, important officials and soldiers

Who was Prince Henry and why was he important?

1. He was a prince who sponsored expeditions down the west coast of Africa and founded a school of navigation

2. He introduced the concept of slavery to Europe

Who are the 2 Spanish conquistadors and who did they conquer?

Hernán Cortés = Aztecs

Francisco Pizarro = Incas

Identify the 2 most important things exchanged through the Columbian exchange that changed the life of America.

1. Disease

2. Livestock(horses)

Identify 2 things Europeans brought back from America.

1. Corn(Maize)

2. Gold and Silver(precious metals)

Identify the 1st permanent settlements of Europe in the Americad

1. Spain = Saint Augustine

2. France = Quebec

3. Britain = Jamestown

Main sources of wealth for colonies

1. Spain = sliver and gold

2. France = fur trade

3. Britain = tobacco

Who could vote?

White men who owed land

What was the Mayflower compact?

An agreement to form a government and obey its laws

What was the significance of the middle colonies?

They had important rivers for trade

What was the triangular trade?

Goods traded from Arica to America to England and back to Africa the carried raw materica,s , so, and manufactured gods.

Explain 3 ways enslaved people reacted to their situation

1. Had rebellions/up risings against white owners

2. They ran away to swamps or free places. Eg. Florida

3. Worked purposely slow or faked illness

What was the Navigation Acts and 1 example of one?

They regulated colonial trade to create wealth and power for England.

Ex. Imported goods from Africa, Asia, and America could only be shipped on English ships

What was the Great Awakening and the results of it?

The great awakening was a new surge in religion and religious ideals

The results where:

1. Protestants dividing to the main Baptist and Methodist

2. Realized if they can select their own religion they can elect their own goveremnt

Identify 2 rights limited to women in colonial America

1. Could not vote

2. Could not own land

What was the Albany Plan and who wrote it

1. It was a plan to unite the colonies all under one government

2. Benjamin Franklin

Identify the 2 wats the French and Indian War changed the relationship between the colonies and Great Britain

1. The British placed more taxes on them and the colonies resented them for it