Vocabulary
What is Terrace Farming?
Allowed people to farm on the sides of mountains.
What role did women play in the Iroquois League?
Women were vital to the Iroquois’ survival because they were in charge of the harvest, owned the houses they lived in and were able to choose the clan’s leaders.
In colonial Society, a person’s social status depended upon his or her
Wealth and family
The Proclamation Line of 1763 was?
This was an imaginary line created by the British to keep the colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
Why did colonists strongly object to the writ of assistance?
It violated their English rights
What is to Circumnavigate?
sail or travel all the way around
How did the Incas modified their environment to grow more food?
By building terraces
The Puritan belief that all Christians have a duty to study the Bible directly led to
Many New Englanders’ desires to teach their children to read
Why was the Ohio River important to the French?
It linked their Great Lakes claims with their settlements along the Mississippi River and added to their fur trade.
Explain the structure of the triangular trade.
Europe gave weapons and gold to the Africa people. The African people then sent slaves and spices to the colonies. The colonies then sent the raw materials harvested by the slaves back to Europe to make finished goods.
What is Mercantilism?
The idea that the colonies or territories should benefit the mother country.
How did the Incas, Mayans and Aztecs adapt to their geography to survive? Give specific examples from each group.
The Incas: grew farms on the sides of mountains
The Mayans:cleared the rain forests and drained the swamps to create farmland
The Aztecs:They constructed a system of causeways
What was Significant about the House of Burgesses?
It was the first instance of limited self-government in the English colonies.
Who signed the Treaty of Paris 1763?
The French and the British
Explain why the French, Dutch, and English colonized in North America.
French and Dutch had the Fur trade. The English were in search of religious freedom.
What is a Proprietary colony?
When the king gives land to one or more people in return for a yearly payment.
How did the Hohokam adapt to living in a desert land?
They used irrigation to dig ditches from the rivers to their fields.
Which colony was set up as a refuge for debtors?
Georgia
American Indians chose to participate in the French and Indian war in order to
Protect their lands from further settlement.
How did the aftermath of the Proclamation Line of 1763 show the growing tension between Parliament and the colonists?
Teachers discretion
What is Enlightenment?
Is using reason to improve the world around you.
In what way did Chinese civilization differ from other ancient world civilizations?
It was geographically and politically isolated from outsiders
How were the Spanish were able to defeat two American Indian nation?
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Summarize Ben Franklin’s Albany Plan of Union.
The Albany Plan of Union was to bring the colonies together with one defense and to ensure their relationship with the Iroquois Nations
Describe the Iroquois League.
a group of natives that fought with many natives until they made an alliance to end the fighting