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History Semester Test 1
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10th Grade
12/19/2009

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Renaissance
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Known as rebirth started a quest for knowledge about the world.
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Agriculture Revolution
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helped make up for the food loss when bigger animals like the mammoth became extinct.
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Qur'an
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The book of Islam
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Disease
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Spread by Native Americans trading European goods.
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Slavery
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This existed in Africa prior to being introduced to Europe in the Middle Ages.
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Portugal sailed South, and Spain sailed West
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Which countries started the exploration age, and which direction did they sail?
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A land Bridge
Definition
Asia wand Alaska were once connected by what?
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Paleo Indians
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The name given to the first Americans
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Nomad
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A person who traveled from place to place without a permanent settlement
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Marco Polo
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The first European explorer who encountered Asian culture and traveled across land.
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Crusades
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The war fought between the Christians, and the Muslims
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Vasco de Gama
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The explorer from Portugal that sailed to India and back.
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Bartolomeu Dias
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The explorer from Portugal to the Cape of Good Hope and returned to Portugal.
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Prince Henry the Navigator
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The leader of Portugal that setup navigation schools for Portuguese sailors.
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Roanoke Island
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"The Lost Island"
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Mission
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The place where natives were converted to Christianity.
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Conquistador
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A Spanish conqueror.
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Drake
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The first British explorer to sail around the world.
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Beaver
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One of the most killed animals by the natives for trade with the French.
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Moctezuma
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The leader of the Aztecs.
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Pizarro
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The Spanish conquistador who conquered the Incan Empire.
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St. Augustine
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The oldest city in the United States that Europeans created.
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Ferdinand Magellan
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This man was rejected by the Portuguese, but sailed for the Spanish, and got credit for circling the world.
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Balboa
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The Spanish explorer who crossed the Isthmus of Panama. Discovered the Pacific Ocean.
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John Rolfe
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He married Pocahontas.
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The Fountain of Youth
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Ponce de Leon explored for this, but was never able to find it.
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Indentured Servant
Definition
They worked for 7 years in America to gain freedom.
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Cortes
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The person that conquered the Aztecs, and they believed he was a god.
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Women, and Africans
Definition
The two groups of people brought to America for the first time to stabilize the Virginia Colony in the 17th Century.
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John Adams, Henry Lauren, and John Jay.
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The delegates sent to Paris to negotiate peace after the Revolutionary War.
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Most of the land East of the Mississippi
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The land granted to the United States after the Revolutionary War.
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Yorktown
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The battle that effectively ended the Revolutionary War.
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Mississippi river still used by England and America, all British troops removed, and the British gave land east of the Mississippi river to the Americans, except Florida.
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The agreements made at the peace meeting in Paris, France.
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New York
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The British's base state during the Revolutionary War.
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George Washington
Definition
The leader of Commander of the Continental Army.
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Lexington and Concord
Definition
The towns where the Revolutionary War started.
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Saragota
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The battle that was the turning point of the Revolutionary war.
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Trenton
Definition
The city of Washington's surprise attack.
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Proclamation of 1763
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The British law that did not allow settlement west of the Appalachian Mountians.
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Popular Sovereignty
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The agreement to be governed as long as you have a say on how you are governed.
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Samuel Adams
Definition
The leader of the Sons of Liberty, who labeled the Boston Massacre.
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Hessians
Definition
Washing defeated them at the Battle of Trenton.
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Subsistence Farming
Definition
Producing just enough food for your family.
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Abolitionists
Definition
People who opposed slavery and wanted to put an end to it in America.
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Balance of Trade
Definition
Having more exports than imports.
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Middle Passage
Definition
The route from Africa to America.
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Tobacco
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The most important crop in the Chesapeake and Virginia.
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The New England Way
Definition
Refers to the cooperation between church and state.
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Anne Huchinson
Definition
The lady that was banished from the Puritan colony and helped setup Rhode Island, and Connecticut.
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Netherlands
Definition
The country the Pilgrims left to come to America.
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Massachusetts Bay
Definition
The Puritans setup this colony in America.
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All Land East of the Mississippi
Definition
The British received this land after the French and Indian war.
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Fort Duquesne
Definition
The fort that the French held on the Ohio river that was taken by the English and renamed Pittsburgh.
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England
Definition
The country where the puritans were originally from.
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The Treaty of Paris
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Treaty that was signed at the end of the French and Indian War.
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Navigation Acts
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These acts put English in control of the carrying and selling of colonial products.
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Quakers
Definition
The group that settled in Pennsylvania with William Penn as their leader.
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William Penn
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The man that was given land by the king to setup Pennsylvania.
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Roger Williams
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He setup Providence, Rhode Island after being banished by the Puritans.
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The Articles of Confederation
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This was originally drafted as our laws of government in 1781 and created a weak central government.
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New Jersey Plan
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This plan was supported by small states ,and Anti-federalists.
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Virginia Plan
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This plan was supported by large states and Federalists.
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Checks and Balances
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A system that doesn't allow one branch of government to become too powerful.
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Confederation
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An alliance of states.
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George Washington
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The leader of the Constitutional Convention.
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James Madison
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The "Father of the Constitution"
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Gouvenuor Morris
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He hand wrote the Constitution, and gave the most speeches during the convention.
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Alexander Hamilton
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the person given most credit for writing "the Federalists" essays to help get states to ratify the Constitution.
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Benjamin Franklin
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The oldest delegate at the convention in Philadelphia.
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Daniel Shays
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The leader of the armed rebellion in Massachusetts.
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Three(3)
Definition
The number of branches of government that were created by the Constitution.
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Thirty-nine(39)
Definition
The number of delegates who signed the Constitution.
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Thomas Paine, Patrick Henry, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson
Definition
Name two of the important people that were not present at the convention.
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Women, and African Americans
Definition
The two groups that did not have a say how the Constitutional Convention voted.
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Hamilton
Definition
Th American who turned the debt of the Revolutionary was into strength for the United States by making it National Debt.
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France
Definition
The country that we purchased land from in 1803.
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Pittsburg
Definition
The city manufacturing iron, and glass by 1800.
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Aaron Burr
Definition
The Vice-president that was arrested for treason.
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Fort McHenry
Definition
The battle in the eastern United States that ended in British attempting to take the area.
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Loose Construction
Definition
Interpreting the Constitution to allow government go go beyond what's laid out in laws.
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Francis Scott Key
Definition
He wrote the words to "The Star Spangled Banner"
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Strict Construction
Definition
Interpreting the Constitution to allow government to do only things outlined in this document.
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James Monroe
Definition
Jefferson sent this man to buy the Louisiana Purchase from France.
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George Washington
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The president who set a precedent for all other American presidents.
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Judicial Review
Definition
The power of federal courts to declare an act of Congress unconstitutional.
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John Adams
Definition
Thomas Jefferson was vice president to this man in 1796 (he was the 2nd president)
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Capitalism
Definition
The economic system in which private businesses run most industries, and competition determines prices.
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The Bill of Rights
Definition
Added to the Constitution that guarantees citizens specific rights.
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Treaty of Ghent
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The treaty that ended the war of 1812.
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Sectionalism
Definition
Showing loyalty to a particular part of the nation.
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Aaron Burr
Definition
This man killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel.
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Impressment
Definition
The word for the British kidnapping American soldiers and making them British soldiers.
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