Native American History
The main cause of death for Native Americans following the arrival of Europeans
What is disease? (specifically Smallpox)
The economy of this colonial region was largely supported by the plantation system
What is the Southern Colonies?
The majority of agricultural and livestock exports come from this North Carolina region
What is the Coastal Plain?
Two struggles the Jamestown colonists faced was...
Crops that are grown for commercial use, rather than personal use
What are cash crops?
Most (but not all) Native American tribes lived as...
This region was known as the "bread basket" of colonial America because it grew the majority of America's wheat, oats, barley, and grains
What is the Middle Colonies?
This region is the most densely populated.
What is the Piedmont region?
Settlers arrived in Jamestown in this year
What is 1607?
In this economic system, a mother country gains wealth through the economic and political control of colonies
What is mercantilism?
Native Americans believed this about individual land ownership
What is Native Americans did not believe in individual land ownership?
The plantation system and cash crops thrived in the ________ colonies due to this region's...
What is fertile soil, warm weather, long growing seasons?
This region is the worst suited for large-scale agricultre.
What is the Mountain region?
The success of Jamestown can be accredited to this cash crop
What is tobacco?
The dominant country that controls a colony's government, economy, and more is known as a
What is a mother country?
Early humans (paleo-Americans) arrived in North and South America via the...
What is the Bering Land Bridge?
What is the New England colonial region?
The name of the Native American tribe that was located near Jamestown
A person who provides unpaid labor for 5-7 years in return for some personal/economic gain (passage to the New World, land, debt relief, etc) is known as a(n)...
What is an indentured servant?
Native American tribes tended to leave near rivers and waterways because...
What is transportation, trade, resources, agriculture?
The first permanent English settlement was located in this region
What is the Southern Colonies?
Mountain, Piedmont, Coastal Plain
The name given to the period of time in Jamestown from 1609-1610 in which settlers faced extreme hunger.
What is "The Starving Times"?
The economy of a region is largely controlled by the _________________ of that region