UNIT 1 US HISTORY

1. What year did Columbus first visit America?

1492

2. Why did Columbus call the Native Americans "Indians?"

He thought he landed in India

3. What were the three largest Native American tribes?

Navajo, Sioux, Cherokee

4. Before 1492, how many Native Americans lived in the Americas?

Approx. 50 million

5. Which Native American group built complex cities in what is now the United States?

Mississippians

6. What happened to the colony of Roanoke?

They disappeared and were never found

7. What tribe did Pocahantas come from, and what was the name of her husband?

Pamunkey, John Rolfe

8. What European diseases decimated the Native American population?

Smallpox, Syphilis

9. What was the first successful export in the colonies?

Tobacco

10. What is mercantilism?

An economic system where a country exports more than it imports.

11. Why was mercantilism a motivator in establishing colonies?

The more a country exports, the wealthier it gets. Colonies provided raw materials for

production.

12. What was a joint stock company?

When a group of investors share the risks and profits of a colony

13. What was an indentured servant?

Contracted help who agreed to work for 3-7 years as a servant in exchange for safe

passage to America.

14. What was the House of Burgesses?

First colonial legislature made up of elected officials - Virginia.

15. What was the Mayflower Compact?

First self-governing document in the colonies

16. What did the signers of the Mayflower Compact agree to?

Agreed to have decisions made collectively by the majority of the colony's men

17. What two unique rights did men in the Pennsylvania have, regardless of their class or

religion?

They had claim to 50 acres of land and the right to vote

18. What are two ways in which one could determine if someone was a witch in the 1600s?

If they could swim, had peculiar "witches marks" on their body, if they confessed, or had

multiple people confirm they worked for the devil.

19. What is spectral evidence?

Evidence based on seeing someone's ghost or spirit

20. Name three suspicious activities or signs that would cause others to suspect someone of

witchcraft.

Reading books besides the Bible, keeping poppets, able to swim, witches mark.

21. How many people were arrested and imprisoned on allegations of witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials, and how many were convicted?

150 people arrested, 29 convicted

22. Who tested Smallpox inoculations in Boston?

Cotton Mather

23. What was the main objective of the Enlightenment?

Reform society through scientific reason

24. What did the Enlightenment promote and oppose?

The Enlightenment promoted skepticism and scientific reason and opposed superstition.

25. What did John Locke believe people had a right to?

Life, Liberty, Property

26. What was the Social Contract Theory?

The people elect and give power to the government, who in turn must protect the

people's inalienable rights. If the government failed to protect said rights, the people

have the ability to choose a new government who will.

27. Who were the two main traveling ministers of the Great Awakening?

George Whitefield, Jonathan Edwards

28. What were the five Southern Colonies?

Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland

29. What were the four Middle Colonies?

New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware

30. What were the four New England Colonies?

Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire

In addition, you will need to name the location of the 13 colonies on a map.

Virginia, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maryland, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Delaware, North Carolina, South Carolina, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Georgia