Physical Features
Name one POSITIVE effect of flooding near the Mississippi River?
Fertile farm land
define indigenous
Living or occurring naturally in an area
What were the "3 G's" of Spanish Imperialism
God, Gold, and Glory
For what reason were the New England colonies primarily founded?
religious freedom (puritans and pilgrims)
What document granted the US legal independence?
Treaty of Paris- 1783
Name on NEGATIVE effect of flooding along the Mississippi River?
Home damage, wildlife disruption
Define Colonialism
Establishing colonies to spread culture and influence, to exploit resources
What were the "3 F's" of French Imperialism
Fur, Friends, and Fish
Two parter! What is a cash crop and what were the main 3 crops grown by the Southern colonies?
1. agricultural products grown for trade and sale rather than personal consumption
2. tobacco, rice, indigo
Define Manifest Destiny
US belief in their God given right to occupy westward lands to bring progress (education, assimilation, religion)
What is a tributary?
Smaller rivers that flow into larger rivers
Define Imperialism
a movement to acquire land and control movements
Define Mercantilism
An economic system seeking to maximize exports and minimize imports to as to create a positive trade balance...make the mother country rich!
What was the first British settlement in North America (name and date please!)
Jamestown, VA 1607
Define Ethnocentrism
Belief that one's own culture and customs are superior to other cultures
Why did settlers choose to live along the Mississippi River?
Trade, transportation, and industry. Fertile farm land.
How did Native Americans Interact with their environment (bonus point: what letter of Mr. Helps is this question related to?)
shelter, food, tools, trade- Native Americans heavily valued native resources and their environment
List three things the old world brought to the new world through the Columbian Exchange
Rice, wheat, sugar, diseases (small pox!)
What event served as the catalyst for the Intolerable Acts?
What was the trail of tears?
Name the 3 major tributaries leading into the Mississippi River.
Ohio River, Arkansas River, Missouri River
St. Augustine, FL 1565
List three things the New world gave to the old world through the columbian exchange
Potatoes, corn (maize), tomatoes, cacao, syphilis
What is a proprietary colony? (give at least one example!)
Colony where ownership was granted to an individual by the king of England.
Duke of York- New York & New Jersey
William Penn- Pennsylvania
In John Gast's painting American Progress he includes symbolism to represent manifest destiny. Name three symbols or concepts he included in his painting!
Light (East) to Dark (West), natives as wild and uncivilized, angel leading the way (divine right), education book (progress through assimilation), technology (steam engine)