Indigenous Regions
What reason best explains why Indigenous groups had different cultures in different places?
Groups adapted to the environments where they settled.
What was one major motivation for European exploration of the Americas?
For profit.
Which colony was founded by Pilgrims led by William Bradford in 1620?
Massachusetts.
What term describes the ocean crossing that transported enslaved Africans to the Americas?
The enslaved people were forced through the "Middle Passage."
Name a specific right that the English Bill of Rights provided for the people?
The right to petition the King, the right to a trial by jury.
Name one major characteristic shared by people in a cultural region.
People share a similar language, customs, or ways of life.
What goal did many early European explorers have in regards to reaching Asia?
They wanted to find a water route to Asia.
Which colony was founded by Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson as a refuge for religious dissenters?
Rhode Island.
What was the difference between an indentured servant and a slave?
An indentured servant was someone who agreed to work for a set time to pay off a debt or passage to America. Slaves were forced to work permanently.
What was happening in the colonies that led to the Great Awakening?
People had lost their faith in religion.
Which Indigenous cultural region lived in a very arid (dry) climate?
Great Basin
Describe the Columbian Exchange, and give one major effect it had on Indigenous peoples.
The transfer of plants, animals, people and diseases between the Old and New Worlds.
Major effect - many Indigenous people died from diseases.
Which colony in the South did James Oglethorpe intend to populate with English debtors?
Georgia.
Describe one challenge faced by the first Jamestown colonists?
They were challenged by the environment (disease, starvation, harsh conditions).
How did marriages between colonists and Indigenous people (eg. John Rolfe and Pocahontas) affect relations between the two groups?
Marriages helped ease tensions between colonists and Indigenous groups.
How did many Indigenous groups view their relationship with their environment?
They believed they were part of a community of living things/lived in relationship with the land.
In general, what were the Spanish conquistadors seeking to do when they came to the Americas?
To conquer a large empire for Spain - as well as seeking gold, glory, and converting people to Christianity.
Which document served as a written constitution and is associated with Connecticut?
The Fundamental Orders.
What was the purpose of the New England Primer in colonial public schools?
To teach reading and writing.
Identify one economic activity common in New England colonies and one common in Southern colonies.
New England - shipbuilding, fishing, trade, small farms
South - large plantations, tobacco, cash crops
What was the main motivation for the first people who migrated from Asia to the Americas across the land bridge?
They were searching for food.
Who settled in the Spanish borderlands?
Soldiers and missionaries.
Compare Colonial Massachusetts and Rhode Island - one similarity and one difference between the two colonies.
Similar - self-governing
Difference - Massachusetts was strictly Puritan, while Rhode Island welcomed various faiths.
What was one of the biggest struggles for people living on a colonial farm?
What event in American History did the ideals of the Great Awakening (liberty, equality, self-reliance) lead to?
The American Revolution.