Colonies
3 G's
Gold
God
Glory
What is the cause of most Native American deaths?
Disease
What is absolute location
Exact coordinates or address of a site on Earth
A settlement in a new area
Colony
This region is nicknamed The Bread Basket
Middle Colonies
Name each region of the 13 colonies
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
Giving animals human characteristics is called
Personification
The study of earth's physical and cultural characteristics
Geography
How you view a person, place, or event in history
Perspective
What crop helped save Jamestown
Tobacco
First successful English colony
Jamestown
Who conquered the Aztecs and who conquered the Incas
(must name both for full points)
Hernan Cortes (Aztecs)
Francisco Pizarro (Incas)
Give an example of human-environment interaction
Skiing, construction, air pollution from an industrial plant, hurricanes, banana farm environment scientists collecting data
In order for the colonists to move onto a piece of land and create a colony they need this
Charter
What do all Native American tribes have in common?
Story Telling
What happened to the Roanoke colony?
John White left for 3 years and when he returned there was nobody left.
Some theories include starvation, split up and left, moved to Croatan Island, died to disease, attacked by Natives/Spanish
Define a natural barrier and give an example of why they're important
Physical features in the environment that restrict movement and give protection
Give an example of relative location
Definition: where a site can be found in relation to another site
Define cash crop and give an example
Crops sold for profit. Includes tobacco, rice, indigo, cotton, and sugar
Give an example of an item from the Columbian Exchange and its impact
What were the 2 main reasons people made the journey to America
Religious Freedom
Economic Wealth
What is the controversy around Christopher Columbus?
(Give a pro and a con)
Pros-
Discovered new lands, Allowed for new goods to be traded, Made three trips which were very hard, Inspired other explorers
Cons-
Brought diseases that killed natives, Enslaved natives, treated the natives horribly
Name all 13 colonies
Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
Define mercantilism
An economic policy where countries try to make money by creating colonies
Give a similarity of Puritans and Quakers and give a difference for each
Puritans
- Strict, no women leadership positions, John Winthrop, Massachusetts
Quakers
- Equality, Anti-violence, William Penn, Pennsylvania