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| Who were the 1st known Europeans to visit the New World? | Vikings |
| What is the science of determing a ship's course? | navigation |
| Where di Vasco de Gama sail around to reach Asia? | Africa |
| Where did Marco Polo begin his journey? | Europe |
| How did England take control of the seas in 1588? | defeating Spanish Armada in a geat navl battle |
| Why is Magellan's exploration important? | he proved it was possible to sail around the world "circumnavigate" |
| Who founded a school to train ship captains? | Prince Henry |
| What were the earliest explorers of the New Wrold looking for? | a shorter passage to the Indies |
| Where did the first explorers of New York State come from? | France and holland |
| When was a land bridge exposed between Siberia in Asia and Alaska in North America? | the last Ice Age |
| how was the Pacific Ocean discovered? | Balboa's exploration |
| Why did the Spanish explore the New World? | 3 G's -gold, God, and glory |
| Who made strong friendships with the Indians and were involved in fur trading? | the French |
| What is a person who works fro a master in retun for payment of passage to the New World? | indentured servant |
| Where was the first permanent settlement (English) in the New World? | Jamestown |
| When did the Southern colonies turn to slaves? | in the mid 1600's |
| How did the triangular trade system work? | products were sent from the West Indies to New England colonies, Sugar and molasses were used in New England to make rum. Rum, guns, and gunpowder were sent to Africa from New England and traded for slaves. Slaves were brought to W.Indies where they were trraded from more sugar and molasses. |
| Why was the first document of self-government in the colonies written? | the Pilgrims drew up the Mayflower compact because they needed rules for their new home. |
| Who won the French and Indian War? | British or English defeated the French |
| Who lost most of their land in the New World? | France lost most of its territory in the New World |
| What was main economic way of life in the 1600's and 1700's ? | farming |
| Where was the earliest form of local self-government in the colonies? | The House of Burgesses in Virginia |
| Where did both England and France want to control? | O hio River Valley |
| How did the first Americans get here from Asia? | Land Bridge |
| Why did the early colonists settle near water? | Water allowed them to plant, fish, and to travel by boat |
| Where was the most important city in 1775? | Boston, Massachusetts |
| What was the major cash crop of the Southern colonies? | tobacco |
| Where was the population made up of English debtors? | Georgia |
| Name the 13 original colonies | New England: New Hampshire,Massachusetts,Connecticutt,and Rhode Island, Middle Colonies:New York,New Jersey,Pennsylvania,Delaware,Southern Colonies: Maryland, Virginia, Georgia, N.Carolina, S.Carolina |
| What act taxed paper documents? | Stamp Act |
| What stated that the colonies had to sell certain items to England? | Navigation Act |
| Where were writs of assistance used? | to search any home or place of business in the colonies |
| When does a person refuse to buy or use goods? | when you're boycotting |
| How was the Interable Acts used? | as punishment |
| Why did the English start taxing the colonists? | to pay for the French and Indian War debt |
| Who was the English prime minister who encouraged a tax onpaint,lead,paper,and tea? | Charles Townshend |
| What did the Sons of Liberty work against? | the Stamp Act |
| Where did Ben Franklin travel to ask Parliament to repal the Stamp Act? | Great Britian |
| When was t he Declaration of Independence signed? | 1776 |
| How was th e Committees of fCorrespondence started? | By Sam Adams to protest Britrish policies |
| Why did the colonists feel Colonial Legislatures has the right to tax them and not Parliment? | "No taxation without representation" |
| Who controls a royal colony? | a king |
| What did Thomas Paine write? | Common Sense |
| where di the Proclamation of 1763 say the colonists could not settle? | west of the Appalachian Mountains |
| When did manutfacturing take place in colonial households? | in early colonial times |
| How did British control colonial trade? | mercantilism |
| Why did Parliament change its colonial policy after 1763? | to gain greater economic benefits from the colonies |
| Who was Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army? | George Washington |
| What was the turning point of the Revolutionary War? | Battle of Saratoga |
| Where did the Revolutionary War end? | Battle of Yorktown |
| When did the American Revolution officially end? | in 1783 when the Treaty of Paris was signed |
| How was mercantilism a cause of the American Revolution? | Mercantilism is a theory that says colonies exist for the benefit of the mother country |
| Why did the U.S. have problems after the war? | Lack of money and no power to t ax |
| Who was the main writer of the Constitution? | James Madison |
| What is federalism? | the division of powers between state and central governments |
| Where was the first capitol of the U.S.? | New York |
| When was the Articles of Confederation used? | 1781-1789 |
| How was the issure of slavery in the Constitution settled? | by 3/5 Compromise |
| why was the central government weak under the Articles of Confederation? | it had no power to tax people to raise money |
| Who made up the Cabinet under Pres, Washington? | Secretaries of State, treasury and war, and attrorney general |
| What type of gov't did Pres. Jefferson want? | strong state gov'ts, strict interpretation of the Constitution |
| Where did the 3 agent s come from in the XYZ affair? | France |
| When does a 1st time event become an example to be followed? | a predent is set |
| How does a person live in a country and not be a citizen of that country? | by being an alien |
| Why did people in t he Northeast want high protective tariffs? | to protect their products (factory made) from competition from foreign countries |
| Who opposed the National Bank? | Thomas Jefferson |
| what document warned Europeans that the Americans were closed to future colonization? | Washington's Farewell Address |
| Where did the idea of the Presidential Cabinet come from? | Washington |
| Wehn did the policy of isolationism begin? | Washington's Farewell Address |
| How was the Louisiana Purchanse made? | When pres. Jefferson agreed to pay $15 million dollars to the French |
| Why wasthe principle of judicial review established? | In the case of Marbury v.Madison under the Supreme Court Chief Justice Marshall |
| Who established a doctrine to keep Europeans out of South America? | President Monroe |
| what were the goals of Henry Clay's American System? | To build roads and canals and have high trarriffs on imports |
| Where did the USA expand to under Manifest Destiny? | to the Pacific Ocean |
| When did the change to machin methods occur? | The Industrial Revolution |
| How did the U.S.A. gain frespect from Europe? | as a result of the War of 1812 |
| Why was Henry Clay's American system not passed by Congress? | Southern opposition |
| Why did cotton become "King" of the South? | the invention of the cotten gin |
| Who called for low cost government land? | westerners |
| What is suffrage? | voting privileges |
| Where was a belief in total equaltiy stressed? | Utopian communities |
| What was the spread of democracy partly responsible for? | growing sectional differences |
| how did voters become a part in selecting the presidential candidates? | development of national nominating conventions |
| Why could more Americans participate in the government in the 1820's? | suffrage ( voting privileges) expanded |
| Who is the person who wanted to end slavery? | An abolitionist |
| What is a war between the citizens of the same country? | civil war |
| Where did the Emancipation Proclamation free the slaves? | in rthe southern states that were rebelling |
| When did we get the idea of tax-paid public education? | Horace Mann |
| How did sectionalism develop? | Over the issue of slavery, differences between the North, South, and West. |
| Why was Harriet Tubman famous? | She was an abolitionist who worked on the Underground Railroad |
| What is suburban? | areas outside the city ex. Long Island |
| Who is a scientist who studies things left behind by ancient civilizations? | archaeologist |
| What is not taking either side in a disagreement called? | neutrality |
| What is the right of a state to disobey a law called? | nullification secession |
| when does commerce take place? | when buying and selling goods |
| How do we describe the way a group of people live? | culture |
| Why does a friend help another in times of trouble or need? | they're allies |
| Who ran Iroquois society and were very important in society? | females |
| what were the members of the Iroquois confederacy? | Oneidas, Mohawks, Seneca, Onondagas, Cayugas |
| Where did the Incas live? | Peru |
| Where did the Iroquois extended family live? | the grandmother , mother, aunts, cousins, brothers, and sisters lived in a longhouse |
| How did the Iropuois set up a democratic government? | Iroquois Confederacy |
| Why do Iroquois believe that good and evil live side by side? | Iroquois Creation Myth |
| Who is a lawmaking body? | legislature |
| What is a legislature made up of 2 houses called? | bicameral |
| Where was theelastic clause used? | to form the Electoral College |
| When od people decide what to do through representatives? | In a democratic government |
| How does a bill get approved? | It's ratified by the Senate and House of Representatives |
| Why does our govrnment have a system in which each branch of government has some power over the other branches? | Checks and Balances |
| Who has the power to pass laws? | Congress |
| What amendment gives you freedom of speech, relighion, press, and assembly? | 1st Amendment |
| When do you workout terms to come to an agreement? | When you negotiate a compromise( an agreement in which each side gives up something) |
| How old do you have to be to be President? | 35 years old |
| Why was it necessary to write the Constitution? | There were too many weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation |
| Who has the right to veto? | Executive Branch |
| What branch can approve treaties and make tax law? | Legislative Branch |
| Where is a Cabinet? | Executive Branch |
| When caN the Legislature override the President's veto? | With a 2/3 majority |
| How long are Supreme Court judges appointed for? | Life |
| Why can the Judicial branch declare a law unconstitutional? | Judicial Review |
| Who is the city of Oneida named after? | Iroquois |
| what type of topography is Long Beach/ | lowland |
| Where do you find an isthmus? | 2 large land masses connected by small one |
| Where is the farthest point east on Long Island? | Montauk Point |
| How is New York State bordered? | By north Canada, west New Jersey and Pennsylvania, east Conneticut, Massachuttes, and Vermont |
| Why is New York City not a rural area? | It is urban(city) and industrial (businesses) |
| Who studies the culture of ancient people? | anthropologist |
| What is a group of people who settle a distant land and are ruled by the government of their native land called? | a colony |
| What is a ruler who has complete power? | dictator |
| What kind of government is ruled by a queen or king? | monarchy |
| What is a narrow strip of land ? | isthmus |
| What is a piece of land that is surrounded by wate on three sides? | peninsula |
| Where did the Mayans live? | Mexico and Central America |
| Where did the Aztecs live? | The Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean |
| Who conquered the Aztec empire? | Cortes |
| What is capital of New York state? | Albany |
| Lines that measure north and south from the equator are called? | Lines of latitude |
| What are the lines that run north and south between the 2 poles and measure distances east and west fro m the Prime Merician? | Lines of Longitude |
| What was the orginial Dutch name for New York City? | New Amsterdam |
| What explorer entered what today is New York Harbor in his ship the Half Moon? | Henry Hudson |
| Who were the English settlers that sailed on the Mayflower and landed in Massachusetts? | Pilgrims |
| What did the Pilgrims name their colony? | Plymouth |
| What is the act of forcing people into service ? | impressment |
| What were the name of the 3 laws that Parliment passed in order to punish the people for the Boston Tea Party? | Intolerable Acts |
| What did the colonists send to Britian to try to patch up the quarrel? | Olive Branch Petition - declared their loyalty to King George and asked him to repal the Intolerable Acts |
| In what revolutionary war battle did the British defeat the colonists and take New York? | Battle of Long Island |
| Who were the people who felt Britian was treating the United States as if it were still a colony and were willing to go to war ? | War Hawks |
| Who are people who are opposed to war ? | Dove |
| How did the Dred Scott decision turn over the Missouri Compromise? | Slavery was legal in all the territories |
| In which speech did Lincoln say that the Civil War was a test of whether or not a democratic nation could survive ? | Gettysburg Address |
| In what proclamation did Lincoln declare slaves free in t he rebelling states? | Emancipation Proclamation |
| How was naval warfare changed during the Civil War? | The invention of ironclad ships |
| What law required all citizens to help catch runaway slaves? | the Fugitive Slave Law |
| What was the name of the Act that let settlers living in Kansas and Nebraska to decide the issue of slavery by popular sovereignty? | Kansas-Nebraska Act |
| When the proslavery bands from Missouri battled the anitslavery forces in Kansas , they called this? | "Mini Civil War" |
| Laws that limited the rights of free blacks after the Civil War were | Black Codes |
| What was set up after the Civil War to give food, clothing, and jobs to former slaves? | Freedmen's Bureau |
| Who became president when Lincoln died? | Andrew Johnson |
| The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments are called ? | Civil War Amendments |
| This was the site where the Civil War began? | Fort Sumter |
| The first president of the Confederat States of America? | Jefferson Davis |
| Commander of the Confederate Army | Robert E. Lee |
| Led the Union to victory | Ulysses S. Grant |
| President of America during the Civil War | Abraham Lincoln |
