Chapter 1
What Spanish conquistador conquered the Aztec Empire in the early 1500s?
Hernan Cortes
Roanoke
William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania, was a member of what religious group?
Quakers
George Washington and the British constructed which fort to defend themselves from the French while retreating from Pennsylvania?
Fort Necessity
What were the three sisters?
Corn, Beans, and Squash
What was the name of the land bridge between the Americas and Asia, which allowed early migrants to the Americas to cross?
Beringia
What was the name for the exchange of diseases, ideas, food, etc. across the Atlantic from the Old World to the New World?
Columbian Exchange
What colony was created for English Catholics coming over across the Atlantic?
Maryland
What was the name of the acts that made it so colonists could only buy and trade with British merchants and ships?
Navigation Acts
During what Rebellion in Jamestown did rebels attempt to overthrow Governor William Berkeley, and almost destroyed the colony?
Bacon's Rebellion
What was the name of the centuries-long conflict between Christians and Muslims in Spain?
Reconquista
What crop was harvested in large amounts in and around Jamestown?
Tobacco
What was the name for the trek in slave ships across the Atlantic for Millions of Africans who were bought and sold into slavery?
Middle Passage
What treaty ended the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War in 1763?
Treaty of Paris
What was the name of the network of Spanish churches and religious outposts designed to spread Christianity and convert the native populations?
Mission System
What system was used by the Spanish to extract forced labor from Native Americans in Central and South America?
Encomienda System
The Caravel, a new and improved sailing ship, was introduced by what country?
Portugal
During what conflict did a Native American alliance fight against English colonists in Massachusetts in 1675?
King Phillip's War
Who delivered the Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God sermon?
Johnathan Edwards
What was the name of the wall that split the slave ship in two?
Barricado
What treaty was signed in 1494, split the world in two between Spain and Portugal?
Treaty of Tordesillas
James I established what trading colony in 1607 to secure colonies in North America?
Virginia Company
What type of slavery treated humans as property that can be bought and sold and forced to work without pay?
Chattel Slavery
What was the name of the largest slave revolt in the southern colonies that occurred in South Carolina?
Stono Rebellion
The British defeated the French in North America by capturing what city in 1760?
Montreal