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Pre-Exploration
Renaissance and Exploration
Trade Systems
Colony Life
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What role does geography play when studying history?
It is important to know geography when studying history to know where things are located on a map, and to be able to travel from one place to another. Geography also plays a role in culture which is another thing to understand when studying history.
100
What ideas influenced European thought and learning during the Renaissance?
The ideas that influenced European thought and learning during the Renaissance were the Arts, religion, and education. People were becoming more educated and focusing more on the beauty of life (the arts). When people became more educated they also sought religion of different types (leads to the want of religious freedom).
100
How did the new trade system impact the colonies?
The new trade system impacted the colonies because it brought new goods to the colonies. However, it also brought diseases such as small pox which killed many Native Americans.
100
How did English set up colonies in the "New World"?
Left England for religious and political freedom. Came over on ships by either paying for voyage or being an indentured servant.
200
Why is it important to understand different cultures when studying history?
It is important to understand different cultures when studying history because each culture develops a specific way of life for a group of people. Therefore, this way of life effects how a specific group of people will handle situations (religion,war,etc.).
200
How did the search for a water route to Asia affect both Europe and the Americas?
The search for a water route to Asia affected both Europe and the Americas because it brought more people to America.
200
How did slavery develop in the colonies and affect colonial life?
Slavery developed in the colonies by bringing slaves to the colonies through the triangle trade on the middle passage. This affected colonial life because the colonists now had someone to do the work for them without having to pay for the work being done (slavery).
200
How did religious beliefs affect colonies in the New World?
Colonists were grouped and formed colonies with other people of similar religions.
300
How will the ideas of the Magna Carta effect the upcoming American government?
The ideas of the Magna Carta will effect the upcoming American government because the Magna Carta limits the king's power, and it also gives more power to the people. Therefore, if the people are receiving power that lays the foundation for democracy, a type of government in which the people have power.
300
How did Spain establish an empire in the Americas?
Spain established an empire in the Americas by paying for Christopher Columbus's voyage to the Americas multiple times. Each time Columbus landed he took more land from the Native Americans, thus creating an empire.
300
How did the new trade system impact the Europeans countries and the Americas?
columbian exchange- new goods, diseases, indians die triangle trade- brings slaves, start of slavery.
300
Why did location cause the colonies to have differences?
Different locations offer different resources- soil,fishing, etc.
400
Why is history important?
History is important because people have to understand the past in order to not make the same mistakes again in the future. Also, people have to understand the past to understand where they are coming from, and to appreciate the freedom that people receive on a daily basis.
400
What impacts did the ongoing changes in the European countries have on the unsettled Americas?
The ongoing changes in the European countries made more people want to travel to the Americas.
400
How did colonial life take shape?
Took shape by farming, fishing, whaling, religious and political freedom.
500
What impacts did the ongoing changes in the European countries have on the unsettled Americas?
The ongoing changes in the European countries lead to many different impacts on the unsettled Americas. One is that people were getting educated in the Europeans countries which made people curious about what else was beyond their own country. This ultimately made Europeans want a better life, and leave their country on a search for one. This impacts the Americas because people start traveling to the Americas for a better life.
500
How did English start colonies with distinct qualities?
location makes differences in the qualities each colony has to offer.