Drawing the Color Line
True or false. In general, being a slave in America was better than being a slave in Africa.
False
Were the first thirteen states established on the east or west coast?
East coast
_____________ are the largest minority in America.
Hispanics/Latinos
The Dutch settlers in South Africa speaks a language called _________.
Afrikaans
Descendant
Etterkommer
When was the "starving time"?
1609-1610
The US consists of _____ states (insert number)
50
The US is divided into ________ time zones.
6
Elizabeth I was Queen of England and Ireland from __________ to ____________.
1558 until her death in 1603.
Surpass
Forbigå
One of these factors was NOT a factor in explaining how slavery was established in America:
- the desperation of starving settlers, the helplessness of the displaced African, profit for slave trader and planter, the temptation of superior status for poor whites, the settlers superior intelligence, the elaborate controls against escape and rebellion, the legal and social punishment of black and white collaboration.
the settlers superior intelligence
The last two states to join the union (Unites States of America) was _______ and _______.
Alaska and Hawaii (in 1959).
The United States is the __________ most populous country in the world, only beaten by _________ and ________.
3 (330 million people), India (1,392,329,000), China (1,411,750,00).
When was Ghandhi's Salt March? (+-10 years)
1930
Defiant
Trassig, motvillig, utfordrende
By the year 1800, ________ million Africans had been transported as slaves to the Americans.
There are 8 American states that start with the letter M. Name as many as you can.
Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri. Montana.
Name at least 3 immigrant groups (nations) that were a part of the first wave of immigration.
Britain (England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland), ,Ireland, Holland and Germany.
What happened at the Berlin Conference in 1884?
European superpowers divided Africa between them
Fraternize
(Forbrødre) Omgås eller bli venner med noen du egentlig ikke skal bli venner med.
traded their labor for a period of four to seven years in exchange for passage to North America, as well as room and board.
White indentured slaves
What is the tallest mountain in North America?
Denali (also knows as Mount McKinley located in Alaska 6190)
The third wave of immigration (1890-1930) comprised of people from __________, ______________, ___________, ____________.
Italy, Russia, Poland, Hungary.
Why is the Battle of Hastings important and when did it happen?
1066, the date of the last successful invasion of England, the year in which William, Duke of Normandy (France), defeated England's Saxon army, killed the king, Harold, and seized the throne.
Portentous (lag en norsk definisjon)
Et øyeblikk, en hendelse, eller tegn på noe som kommer til å skje eller ha betydning i fremtiden.
"Probably no ship in modern history has
carried a more portentous freight. Her cargo? Twenty slaves."