Early History Terms
Colonization Vocab
Why Study The Past
Indigenous Groups
MISCELLANEOUS
100
What does a historian do?
Studies & writes about the past.
100
What is a missionary?
Someone who travels to new places and tries to get people to convert to their religion.
100
What does it mean to have or develop empathy?
To feel what others felt, to "walk in someone else's shoes"
100
How do you pronounce the following term?
HAUDENOSAUNEE
HOE-DEE-NO-SHOW-NEE
100
How many stripes are on the US flag, and what do they represent?
13; original 13 colonies.
200
What does it mean to put something in chronological order?
Put them in the order in which they occured.
200
A colony is a settlement or territory under the control of _____________________.
A colony is a settlement or territory under the control of a government or country in a different land.
200
Which of the four reasons of "Why we Study the Past" do the following sentences most align with?
We study the past because it's exciting, fun, and holds our attention. It has compelling stories and facts.
We study the past because IT IS INTERESTING.
200
What types of crops did the Haudenosaunee plant and farm?
corn
beans
squash
sunflowers
tobacco
200
Name 4 US presidents
300
What is bias?
A personal leaning or preference about a topic.
300
Name at least two items/goods/products that were transferred back and forth between continents during the Columbian Exchange.
- humans (slaves)
- plants/vegetables (corn, potatoes, squash)
- diseases
- animals
300
Explain what it means when we say "history teaches us to avoid errors of the past" ?
- don't repeat the bad stuff
- not make the same mistakes again
- learn from our mistakes
300
What large animal was prolific (plentiful) across the Great Plains and provided food, tools, and clothing for the Indigenous people there (Crow, Sioux, Comanche)?
Sad Fact: These animals almost became extinct once white colonizers arrived and over hunted them.
Bison
300
Approximately how long ago did humans first arrive in North America?
~15,000-20,000 years ago
400
What important information do we look at or examine in order to make an inference?
EVIDENCE!
400
Which word more closely aligns with the work of conquistadors?
A) missionary
B) colonizer
B) colonizer.
Conquistadors worked with Spanish ship captains to violently take land and resources from Indigenous people.
400
Briefly describe what occurred during the Trail of Tears.
Indigenous groups (Cherokee, for example) were forced to re-locate westward to new "Indian territory" while the US government stole their traditional homelands.
400
What year was the Declaration of Independence signed?
1776
500
Explain the difference between a primary source and a secondary source.
Primary source was made during the event being studied.
Secondary source was made after the event being studied.
500
Which of the four reasons of "Why we Study the Past" do the following sentences most align with?
- We are able to make informed decisions about the future.
- We are able to meaningfully examine evidence
- We can look at different points of view
History makes us BETTER THINKERS.
500
Indigenous groups of the Southeast (Chickasaw, Choctaw, Cherokee, Seminole) were known for building many earthen __________, which likely served as burial sites.
Mounds
500
America's CIVIL WAR was between the Northern states and Southern states. What issue/topic was the Civil War about?
Slavery