1st Nine-Weeks Benchmark Review - Social Studies

1. REVIEW TIME SOL’S 1.2 THROUGH 1.5 S. GREY

2. Settled by people who were in debtor’s prison. They wanted to make a new life and have economic freedom.

3. WHAT WAS THE GEORGIA COLONY?

4. Reasons for North America’s first colonies:

5. WHAT IS AN ECONOMIC VENTURE?

6. TOWN MEETINGS

7. WHAT IS THE MID-ATLANTIC COLONIAL REGION?

8. Worked the land according to the region Relied on family members for labor

9. WHAT ARE FARMERS?

10. Lived primarily in the South Relied on indentured servants and slavery Were educated in some cases Had rich social culture

11. WHAT ARE LARGE LANDOWNERS?

12. Worked as craftsmen in towns and the plantation Lived in small villages and cities

13. WHAT ARE ARTISANS?

14. Worked as caretakers, house workers and homemakers Could not vote Had few chances for an education

15. WHAT ARE WOMEN?

16. Settled by the Puritans who wanted to avoid religious persecution

17. What is the Massachusetts Bay Colony?

18. Economic venture by the Virginia Company of London First permanent English settlement in North America

19. What is the Jamestown Settlement (1607)?

20. Economic —Gold, natural resources, and trade Religious —Spread of Christianity Competitions - for empire and belief in superiority of own culture

21. What were the three motivations for exploration of the new world?

22. Wrapped around Hudson Bay in a horseshoe shape

23. Where is the Canadian Shield located?

24. Located west of the Appalachian Mountains and east of the Great Plains

25. Where is the Interior Lowlands region located?

26. Death Valley

27. What is the lowest point in North America?

28. Alaska and Northern Canada

29. Where did the Inuits live?

30. Poor maps and navigational tools Disease/starvation Fear of unknown Lack of adequate supplies

31. What are the four obstacles to exploration

32. Samuel de Champlain

33. Who established the French settlement of Quebec?

34. The western part of Africa

35. Where did Portugal explore?

36. Land Competition for trade Differences in cultures Disease Language difference

37. What were the areas of conflict between the American Indians (First Americans) and the Europeans?

38. By controlling trade in West Africa

39. How did Ghana, Mali and Songhai become powerful?

40. Were captured in their native Africa and sold to slave traders, then were shipped to the colonies where they were sold into slavery Were owned as property for life with no rights

41. What are the characteristics of a slave during colonial times.