Unit 1-People & Events
In what year did Christopher Columbus set sail and "discover" America?
1492
This crop was initially cultivated in South America, but it soon spread throughout all of the Americas. We know it as corn.
Maize
This breed has long hair and has a golden personality in bringing back things you throw. Poodles need not apply.
Golden Retriever
Separatists
In 1607, young men of lesser noble lineage sailed the Atlantic to seek their fortune for the Virginia Company. What was the name of their settlement?
Jamestown
Though technically not the actual icon of Quaker Oats, this man is known founding one of the 13 colonies and even encouraged free blacks to participate in elections.
William Penn
Tribes living in the Great Plains & Great Basin regions lacked fixed resources leading them to adopt this lifestyle of traveling.
Nomadic
Everyone feels Irish on this day, what with all the green shamrock and leprechaun imagery.
St. Patrick's Day
This cash crop is what saved the Virginia colony.
Tobacco
"Even old New York, was once ___________ ____________"
This is a lyric from They May be Giants. What was New York formerly called?
This English settlement was originally created to serve a port for pirates to harass Spanish ships amongst other things.
But in 1588, its inhabitants were found to have disappeared...
Roanoke
This term signifies a relational promise, often between a stronger party with a weaker one.
Covenant
This small breed looks like it could fit on a hotdog bun. Breed name only please.
Daschund
Though in some ways similar to slaves, most historians agree that these individuals ultimately held more rights and opportunities.
Indentured servants
In 1718, this famous city was founded. It will become a desired trading port, the site of a battle in the War of 1812, and will be the focus of the nation after Hurricane Katrina made landfall in 2005.
New Orleans
In 1519, this Meso-American empire was being conquered. Its defeat would lay the ground work for European presence and conquest in the New World.
Aztecs
This fabulous rumor hyperbolized the manner the Spanish treated other people in order to obtain wealth.
Black Legend
This Catholic thinker promoted the mistreatment of Native Americans as he believed they were godless and inferior to Christian Europeans.
Sepulveda
This religious group had political backing from the English monarch. Following the War of Independence, many congregations changed their name to Episcopelians.
Anglicans
Anglican Church
This slave uprising was the largest of its kind among the British colonies, only rivaled later by the Nat Turner rebellion.
Stono Rebellion
In May of 1588, this event made England a predominant naval power not only in Europe but also the world by sinking this.
The Spanish Armada
The Encomienda system was where the Spanish king granted conquistadors and others land in the New World. The expectation was these individuals would increase the kingdom's wealth by making the local natives develop the land for them. They were also expected to care for the natives.
What medieval system was this similar to?
Feudalism
Some people mistake this holiday for Christmas, but this Festival of Lights is about oil lamps and fighting Greeks, not Santa Claus.
Hanukkah
This term describes the actual British policy towards its colonies despite its open mercantilist position.
Salutary Neglect
This gentleman founded Boston and described it as a "city on a hill."
John Winthrop
This man was known for introducing the husbandry of tobacco to Virginia, greatly increasing the colony's opportunity to survive.
This was an acknowledgment of those settlers who did not fully accept or participate in the Puritan life-style, but maintained church membership for political purposes.
Half-way Covenant
This breed is popular for being friendly and having a sweet face despite being stubborn.
Pop culture representatives include Odie from Garfield and Snoopy from Classic Peanuts.
Beagle
Some southern colonies were called this due to a crop many slaves grew in their gardens and was later adopted as a cash crop by plantation owners.
Rice Colonies
This gentleman led a rebellion against Virginia's governor Berkeley in protest of the colonial government's apparent failure to address hostile raids by Native Americans.
Nathaniel Bacon