Early Exploration
This land bridge connected Asia to North America, allowing the first peoples to migrate to the Americas
What is the Bering Land Bridge?
Europeans often viewed Indigenous peoples as inferior because of differences in this aspect, including religion and customs
What is culture?
Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island were part of this colonial region
What are the New England Colonies?
The Middle Colonies were known as the 'breadbasket' because they grew large amounts of these crops
What are wheat and grains?
The horrific journey that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean was called this
What is the Middle Passage?
In 1492, this Italian explorer sailed for Spain and reached the Caribbean, believing he had found Asia
Who is Christopher Columbus?
The original inhabitants of the Americas are called by these two terms
Who are Native Americans or Indigenous peoples?
Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, and Delaware made up this diverse colonial region
What are the Middle Colonies?
This cash crop became the foundation of Virginia's economy
What is tobacco?
Enslaved Africans were brought to the Americas primarily to work on these large agricultural estates
What are plantations?
The exchange of goods, diseases, plants, and animals between the Old World and New World is called this
What is the Columbian Exchange?
Geographic regions like forests, plains, and deserts had this effect on how Indigenous civilizations developed
What is they shaped their lifestyles, food sources, and culture?
Maryland and Virginia were the main colonies in this region, also called the Chesapeake colonies
What are the Southern/Chesapeake Colonies?
The New England Colonies' economy relied heavily on the ocean for these two industries
What are fishing and shipbuilding?
The Columbian Exchange brought diseases, crops, and animals between these two hemispheres
What are the Old World and New World (or Eastern and Western Hemispheres)?
This factor associated with the ice Age likely enabled early humans to migrate across the Bering Land Bridge
What are lower sea levels?
As Europeans traveled to the Americas, this was the result on the indigenous population
What is a declining indigenous population
The New England economy was based on shipping, fishing, and small farms due to this geographic feature
What is rocky soil (or harsh climate/short growing season)?
The Middle Colonies had this type of economy, producing both crops and manufactured goods
What is a mixed economy (or diverse economy)? A combination of both New England and Southern
The Middle Passage was part of this triangular trade system connecting three continents
What is the Triangular Trade (Europe, Africa, and the Americas)?
This term refers to Europe Africa and Asia before contact with the Americas
What is the Old World?
This was the reason the Europeans were easily able to conquer Native groups
The Southern Colonies developed large plantations growing tobacco and rice, requiring this form of labor
What is enslaved labor (or slavery)?
Southern colonies economy relied on these large plot of land
What is a Plantation
The economic system where colonies existed primarily to benefit the mother country through trade and resources is called this
What is mercantilism?