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US History Unit 1
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History
7th Grade
09/10/2011

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What are the five themes of Geography?
Definition
Location, Place, Interaction, Movement, and Region
Term
The trade of corn is an example of:
Definition
Movement
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The Statue of Liberty is at 43 degrees latitude and 23 degrees longitude.  This statement is an example of:
Definition
Location
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Irrigation is an example of:
Definition
Interaction
Term
What are the five Great Lakes?
Definition
Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario
Term
Lines that measure east to west are lines of:
Definition
Longitude
Term
Lines that measure north to south are lines of:
Definition
Latitude
Term
What is the longest River system in North America?
Definition
Mississippi and Misssouri River
Term
Give an example of a primary source?
Definition
Eyewitness accounts such as diaries, offical documents, and public speeches
Term
Give an example of a secondary source?
Definition
Biographies, books or encyclopidias written by Historians, andtexbooks
Term
What is a Bias?
Definition
A leaning toward or against a certain person, group, or idea
Term
What is Authenticity?
Definition
Whether or not the source is actually what it seems to be
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Christopher Columbus was an ______ but he sailed from _____
Definition
Italian; Spain
Term
His three ships were:
Definition
Santa Maria, Pinta, and Nina
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The first Spanish Colony was called:
Definition
Hispaniola
Term
What is a colony?
Definition
A group of people who settle in a distant land but are still ruled by the government of their native land
Term
Columbus discovering the Americas was the ____________ or a decisive change in history
Definition
Turning Point
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What is the Columbian Exchange?
Definition
When the eastern and western hemispheres met and exchanged goods
Term
Conquistadors is the Spainish word for _______
Definition
Conquerors
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What are the five reasons the Spanish were successful in deafeating the Aztecs and Incas?
Definition
1.) Better Equipment
2.) Horses
3.) Thought Spainards were gods
4.) Weak from fighting each other
5.) Died from disease
Term
What was the first Presidios?
Definition
Forts where soldiers lived
Term
What is the Northwest Passage?
Definition
Waterway through or around North America
Term
Martin Luther started the ____________ ___________
Definition
Protestant Reformation
Term
__________ founded the Hudson river for the Dutch.
Definition
Henry Huson
Term
_____________ founded the first French seetlement called Port Royal.
Definition
Samuel de Chapin
Term
French profited from:
Definition
Fishing, trapping and trading
Term
Jamestown was turned around by this person's slogan "You have to work to eat."
Definition
John Smith
Term
Define Burgess:
Definition
Representatives for the government
Term
Define Charter:
Definition
A leagle document giving certain rights to a person or company
Term
Define Representative Government:
Definition
Voters elect representatives to make laws for them
Term
The pilgrams won a charter to settle in _________, but instead they landed in __________
Definition
Virgina; Massachusets
Term
Before they left the boat they signed the _________________
Definition
Mayflower Compact
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William Bradford was the governor of Plymouth for ____ years
Definition
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Term
When the pilgrams had a great harvest they set aside a day called ___________
Definition
Thanksgiving
Term
__________ was the first person to circumnavigate the world
Definition
Ferdinand Magellan
Term
The study of people and their environments, and their resources is
Definition
Geography
Term
Who was Barolome Las Casas
Definition
A priest for New Spain that wanted to help the Indians
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