Social Studies
This is the invisible line on a map that separates the Northern and Southern Hemispheres
Equator
Native Americans in this region built pueblo homes from adobe because there were no forests
Southwest
This was the first great West African kingdom
Ghana
This explorer sailed to the Bahamas in North America in 1492
Christopher Columbus
This was the first English settlement in America
Jamestown
This type of source was created by someone who witnessed the event firsthand
Primary source
Native Americans in this region hunted buffalo
Plains
Ghana was a successful center of commerce due to the prevalence of these two natural resources
Gold and salt
This navigation instrument used the height of the sun from the horizon to enable trans-Atlantic exploration
Astrolabe
These rules angered the colonists and pushed them toward revolution against the British
The Stamp Act, Intolerable Acts, and Townshend Acts
These three things are our core democratic values
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
Pacific Northwest Native Americans hunted primarily in this area
The ocean
People who journey for religious reasons to a specific site were going on a...
pilgrimage
Potatoes originated in America but went to Europe and Africa with travelers and explorers through what two-word process meaning exchanges of goods and ideas
The Columbian Exchange
The shot heard round the world was fired at what battle?
The Battle at Lexington and Concord
This item on a map gives information like scale, symbol meaning, and a compass rose
Legend or Key
The movement of a people from one area to another is called:
Migration
This African kingdom established slave trade with European nations
Songhai
Voyages searched for this shortcut between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
The Northwest Passage
The Southern colonies used what method of labor to farm large plantations for crops like cotton, rice, and indigo
Slavery
This is the study of choices people make in regards to opportunity, resources, and competition
Economics
Eastern Woodlands tribes formed the Iroquois ___________, an alliance of tribes with related interests in a similar region
Confederacy
This African kingdom was the largest of the three
Songhai
These documents, provided by the kings and queens of Europe, allowed explorers to take whatever liberties they wished with native people and lands
Patents
To protect human rights (the Bill of Rights)