Plymouth
Where was the Plymouth Colony located?
Massachusetts
Where was the Jamestown colony located?
Virginia
Where were the Spanish colonies in the Americas located?
South and Central America, the Caribbean Islands
What is the Columbian Exchange?
A trade network that connected Europe, Africa and the Americas. Named after Columbus
Labubu dolls are from which country?
Taiwan
Why was the Plymouth Colony founded?
Religious Freedom
Why was Jamestown founded?
Profit Colony - to make money
Where were the French Colonies located?
Canada and Haiti
What is Mercantilism?
An economic philosophy (way of thinking) where nations should export/sell more value than what they import/buy.
How many World Series have the Yankees won?
What does religious freedom mean?
People are free to practice their religion however they feel without being bothered
How did the Jamestown colony make its money?
Growing cash crops, mostly tobacco
How did the French treat Native Americans? Why did they treat them in this way?
Define raw materials and finished goods
Raw materials = resources you can get from the earth (plants, metals, animals). Finished goods = products manufactured by people (chairs, guns, tables)
Which rapper is credited with starting the 67 meme?
Skrilla
Identify 2 key industries (aka how people made money) in the New England/Plymouth colonies
Whaling, fishing, mining for iron, making iron tools, limited agriculture
Cash crops are plants that are grown and sold with the expressed purpose of making money, NOT feeding people. Examples: Tobacco, cotton, indigo, sugar
Who had power in the Encomienda System? Who did not?
People from Europe and European ancestry had the most power. Mixed raced people had some but not much power. Slaves and Native Americans had the least amount of power.
Why did European colonists want to buy slaves from the African kingdoms?
Native American workers were dying from disease and large plantations and mines in the South needed to replace that labor
How much sugar (measured in percentage of daily recommended amount) is in a 12 oz. bottle of Coke
39 Grams (78% - will accept 75 to 85%)
What was happening in England that made the Pilgrims want to leave that country?
England was in the middle of a Civil War and was experiencing religious conflict over which form of Christianity was best. The Pilgrims did not want to get involved and asked the king for permission to leave
Why was the colony of Georgia founded?
It was a penal colony. British prisons were too crowded so criminals were sent to Georgia to work on plantations instead of going to jail.
Identify one key resource in the Spanish and French colonies
Spain = Silver and Sugar
France = Beaver pelts
Why did slavery not happen in the Northern colonies?
Religious reason = Many found it against the teachings of Christianity to enslave other people.
Economic = Whaling was dangerous and relied on people being able to trust each other. Only people of equal status can trust each other completely.
How many days has the government been shut down?
23 (Hand up - Mr. Leonard thought this would be over by now. My bad)