Review Powerpoint 1 Benchmark Test 11 1 09

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SOL’S 1.2 THROUGH 1.5

S. GREY

Settled by people who were in debtor’s prison.

They wanted to make a new life and have economic freedom.

WHAT WAS THE GEORGIA COLONY?

Reasons for North America’s first colonies:

WHAT IS AN ECONOMIC VENTURE?

TOWN MEETINGS

WHAT IS THE MID-ATLANTIC COLONIAL REGION?

Worked the land according to the region

Relied on family members for labor

WHAT ARE FARMERS?

Lived primarily in the SouthRelied on indentured servants

and slaveryWere educated in some cases

Had rich social culture

WHAT ARE LARGE LANDOWNERS?

Worked as craftsmen in towns and the plantation

Lived in small villages and cities

WHAT ARE ARTISANS?

Worked as caretakers, house workers and homemakers

Could not voteHad few chances for an

education

WHAT ARE WOMEN?

Settled by the Puritans who wanted to avoid religious

persecution

What is the Massachusetts Bay Colony?

Economic venture by the Virginia Company of London

First permanent English settlement in North America

What is the Jamestown Settlement(1607)?

Economic—Gold, natural resources, and tradeReligious—Spread of

Christianity Competitions- for empire and

belief in superiority of own culture

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

Wrapped around Hudson Bay in a horseshoe shape

Where is the Canadian Shield located?

Located west of the Appalachian Mountains and

east of the Great Plains

Where is the Interior Lowlands region located?

Death Valley

What is the lowest point in North America?

Alaska and Northern Canada

Where did the Inuits live?

Poor maps and navigational tools

Disease/starvationFear of unknown

Lack of adequate supplies

What are the four obstacles to exploration

Samuel de Champlain

Who established the French settlement of Quebec?

The western part of Africa

Where did Portugal explore?

LandCompetition for trade

Differences in culturesDisease

Language difference

What were the areas of conflict between the American Indians

(First Americans) and the Europeans?

By controlling trade in West Africa

How did Ghana, Mali and Songhai become powerful?

Were captured in their native Africa and sold to slave traders,

then were shipped to the colonies where they were sold

into slaveryWere owned as property for life

with no rights

What are the characteristics of a slave during colonial times.