Key Vocabulary
What vocabulary term refers to the first or original people to live in a place?
indigenous
Native nations adapted their lifestyles based on this factor.
environment / land and climate
Known as the "breadbasket" of the colonies due to its mild climate and rich soil, this region grew large amounts of wheat.
Middle colonies
The French and Indian War was fought primarily over conflicting land claims in this region.
Ohio River Valley
What 1620 document signed aboard an English ship was an agreement by settlers to enact and obey fair, equal laws?
Mayflower Compact
What economic idea states that a nation grows stronger by selling more goods than it buys and using colonies for raw materials?
mercantilism
Which Spanish explorer marched through the Southeast starting in 1539 searching for gold and died of fever near the Mississippi River?
Hernando de Soto
Due to rocky soil and long winters, many colonists in New England turned to these two major economic activities.
fishing and shipbuilding (or trade)
Who proposed the Albany Plan in 1754 to unite the colonies for mutual defense?
Benjamin Franklin
De Soto reached Florida in 1539" is a Fact, while "De Soto was a cruel leader" is an example of this.
an opinion
What is a large farm that grows a single crop for sale, which relied heavily on enslaved labor in the Southern colonies?
plantation
In what year did about 100 English Separatists sail on the Mayflower and establish the settlement of Plymouth?
1620
Under the system of mercantilism, colonies supplied raw materials to England and bought these types of products in return.
finished (or manufactured) goods
Which 1763 agreement ended the French and Indian War and forced France to give up its land east of the Mississippi River?
Treaty of Paris
In the Read–Circle–Cite strategy, what step requires you to underline the exact text sentence that proves your answer?
Cite
What term describes a formal written agreement made between nations, such as the one signed in Paris in 1763?
treaty
What native group in Massachusetts helped the Pilgrims by teaching them how to plant corn and where to fish?
Wampanoag
Name two major cash crops, other than indigo, grown on large plantations in the Southern colonies.
tobacco and rice
To recover money spent on the French and Indian War, the British Parliament began taking this action against the colonies.
taxing them
In the Mayflower Compact, the phrase "for the general good of the colony" means acting for the benefit of whom?
everyone / the whole colony
What term means a group of nations or groups joined together in an alliance, such as the Haudenosaunee?
confederacy
What southwestern Indigenous group built homes out of adobe (dried clay) and dug canals for farming?
Pueblo
What set of English laws required colonial trade to be carried strictly on English ships?
Navigation Acts
In 1763, the British King angered colonists by issuing a ban on colonial settlement west of which mountain range?
Appalachian Mountains
Under the HiSET reading strategies taught, what should you always read FIRST before reading through the passage itself?
the question