Midterm Review

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Midterm Review
1. Account of what has happened in the lives
of people
history
2. Person who writes about history,
interprets causes and events
historian
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3. Science dealing with the origin, development
of races, customs, and beliefs of human beings
anthropology
4. Science of the production, distribution,
consumption of goods And services / trade
economics
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5. Study of people, their environments, and
resources
geography
6. Science of the principles and conduct of
government/ politics
Political Science
psychology
7. Science of the mind
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8. Study of the nature, origin, and
development of human social groups and community
life
sociology
Primary Source
9. Firsthand information about people or events
10. An advanced culture with cities,
well-organized govt, religions, social
classes, record-keeping, special jobs
civilization
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11.Located in Central America and Mexico.
Hieroglyphics, number system based on 20
with zero, 365 day calendar
Maya
Incas
12. Located in Andes Mts. on w. coast of S.
America. terraces for farming, road
systems, brain surgery, irrigation canals
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13. Located in Mexico. floating gardens,
capital was Tenochtitlan, human sacrifice
Aztecs
14. Colonies with warn Fertile coastal plains,
long Growing season, plantations, Trade tobacco,
rice, indigo
southern
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15. Colonies with short growing season, poor
soil manufacturing, trade,fish, lumber
shipbuilding, whaling
New England Colonies
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growing Season, fertile soil, many grains, also
many manufactured items
Middle Colonies
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17. Colony whose early Settlements included
Quebec and Montreal. Controlled by home country
and its communities were similar to those
they had left in Europe
New France
New Spain
18. Colonies whose early Settlements were in
Central and South America
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19. Colonies whose early settlements were
along the Eastern coast of Present-day U.S.
English colonies
20. Country first to settle the Hudson Valley
Netherlands
New England Town Meeting
21. Settlers met, discussed, and voted
on Community issues
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22. Document that limited the power of the
governor (in Conn.) and gave the vote to
property owners who were not church members.
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Mayflower Compact
23. In Plymouth colony, document signed by
settlers who agreed to Consult each other on
laws of the Community
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Virginia House of Burgesses
24. It established the 1st elected
colonial assembly which made laws for the colony
25. These laws stated in detail how the Spanish
colonies should be organized and ruled
Laws of the Indies
Africans
26. Group that was brought over as slaves
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27. Protest slogan by colonists against
British policies because they werent
represented in Parliament
No taxation without Representation
28. A countrys strength is derived from
building up trade and gold supplies colonies
exist to provide materials to and increase the
wealth of the home country.
mercantilism
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29. Event that caused changes such As new
foods(oranges, spices), new navigation methods
(astrolabe, compass, Caravel), travel , trade
(silks, rugs)
Crusades
30. They developed many different cultures
because they adapted to different environments
and used the resources around them.
Native Americans
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31.This war increased tensions between
colonists and Britain
French and Indian war
32.To refuse to buy goods or services
boycott
repeal
33. To cancel
34. Group of colonists who wrote Letters and
pamphlets to inform and unite colonists against
British rule
Committees of Correspondence
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35.longest, most important U.S. river system
Mississippi- Missouri
36. Region with tall mountain ranges (Sierra
Nevadas, and Cascades)
Pacific Coast
37. Mountains located on w. coast of South
America
Andes
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38. Theory that hunters reached North America by
crossing from Asia to Alaska
Land Bridge theory/Beringia
39. The five Nations that lived in the Eastern
woodlands (N.Y. State)
Iroquois
40. Mountain range lower and less rugged than
Rockies e. coast
Appalachians
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41. Lowland area once under water area where
many European settlements were found
Coastal Plain
42. 1st permanent English colony in the
New World
Jamestown, Va.
43. 1st attempted English colony in the
New World (N.C. coast)
Roanoke
44. To make or process a raw material into a
finished, usable product
manufacturing
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45. Group of people who wanted to purify the
Church of England settled in Mass. Bay colony in
1629.
Puritans
46. Document that drew an imaginary line across
the Appalachian Mts. Colonists were forbidden to
settle west of the line
Proclamation of 1763
47. A series of laws that governed trade between
England and its colonies.
Navigation Acts
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Sugar Act
48. Law that lowered the Tax on molasses
Stamp Act
49. Taxed legal documents, playing
cards, Almanacs, newspapers, dice
Townshend Acts
50. Taxed glass, paper, lead, paint, and tea
writs of assistance used to enforce
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51. It let the British East Indian Company sell
directly to colonists
Tea Act
52. Punishment for Boston closed Port of Boston,
custom officers to Be tried in England, new
Quartering Act, Quebec Act, colonists allowed One
town meeting a year
Intolerable Acts