Social Studies Study Guide

Exploration in North America:

Vocabulary/Unit Terms:  Columbian Exchange, causeway, conquistador, astrolabe

1.  What was the major accomplishment of each of the following explorers and who funded their explorations?

• Ponce de Leon: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________
• Vasco Balboa ________________________________________________________________________________________________________
• Jacques Cartier ________________________________________________________________________________________________________

• Henry Hudson ________________________________________________________________________________________________________

1.  What were negative affects did Europeans had on Native Americans?

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2.  What positive influence did the Native Americans have on the Europeans?

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4.  Why did explorers look for a Northwest passage?

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________*Be prepared to explain the most important results of European exploration in the 1400’s and the 1500’s.

European Settlements:

Vocabulary:  Armada, Charter, Mayflower Compact and Tolerance

1.  How did the Virginia Company raise money to buy ships and supplies to start a settlement in North America? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. _____________ is also known as the “Lost Colony”, because when _______________ returned from England the colonist had ___________.

3. ____________ was the first successful English settlement in America.

4.  ________________ was the leader of Jamestown.

5. Compare and Contrast the motivations to leave England for the Puritans and Pilgrims?

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New England Colonies: pgs. 159 - 179

Vocabulary:  Growing Season, Town Meeting, Dissenter, Industry, free market economy, legislature, representative, treaty, indentured servant, and artisan

1.  How did the climate and geography affect life in the 13 colonies?

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2.  What beliefs did Thomas Hooker, Anne Hutchison, William Penn have in common?

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3.  ________________ was a dissenter who wanted more _________ __________.

4.  Why was the Atlantic Trade route known as the Triangular Trade route?

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5.  Why did the Middle Colonies have such a diverse population?

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6.  The colonies of New York and New Jersey were once part of _______ _______________.

7.  What was the main reason James Oglethorpe founded the colony of Georgia?______________________________________________

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8.  What famous citizen of Philadelphia wrote “Poor Richards Almanac”?

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9.  What colony had the largest population of enslaved people? ___________________________________________________

10.  What knowledge did enslaved Africans brink to South Carolina and Georgia?

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