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1st Nine-Weeks Benchmark Review - Social Studies
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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.
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