pre-ap us history Flashcards
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5724835793 | beringia | land bridge that the earliest native americans crossed | 0 | |
5724869845 | maize | turned nomads into farmers | 1 | |
5724875800 | 365 day calendar | mayan priests' interest in astronomy led to the creation of | 2 | |
5724887618 | tenochtitlan | aztec empire | 3 | |
5724891108 | religion | maya and aztec organized societies around | 4 | |
5724904914 | inca | largest early american civilization | 5 | |
5724908501 | hopewell | people in ohio valley who built huge burial mounds | 6 | |
5724920846 | a weak voice in government | iroquois women did not have what in their communities | 7 | |
5724942105 | inca | civilization that built stone paved roads | 8 | |
5725020814 | salmon | main food of the people on the northwest coast | 9 | |
5725031377 | juan ponce de leon | first spaniard to land on the mainland of north america | 10 | |
5725039681 | bartholomeu dias | the explorer who first sailed around the southern tip of africa | 11 | |
5725051610 | bartolome de las casas | publicly condemned the cruel treatment of native americans by the spanish | 12 | |
5725061210 | northwest passage way to asia | england, france, and netherlands hoped to discover this | 13 | |
5725070527 | de champlain | explorers crew who founded quebec | 14 | |
5725075649 | timbuktu | city became an important center of islamic art and learning | 15 | |
5725188872 | vasco de gama | explorer that discover the long awaited eastern sea route to asia | 16 | |
5725195217 | hernando de soto | traveled as far west as oklahoma | 17 | |
5725202097 | john cabot | voyage was used by england as the basis for its claims to north america | 18 | |
5725355465 | false | vasco de gama and bartholomeu dias were early european explorers who sailed around africa - true or false | 19 | |
5725373339 | false | taxing of native americans by the spanish led to improved living conditions of the native americans | 20 | |
5725516224 | false | new york and pennsylvania grew cash crops | 21 | |
5725539463 | true | most of the german immigrants who came to america during the colonial period settled in what is now new york | 22 | |
5725562514 | true | south carolina and georgia had the fastest growing economies in the colonies because or their large tobacco plantations | 23 | |
5725573948 | cash crop | type of farming practiced in new york | 24 | |
5725582670 | militia | a group of civilians trained to fight in emergencies | 25 | |
5725832108 | plantation | tidewater | 26 | |
5725834150 | small farms | back country | 27 | |
5725872311 | writ of assistance | a british customs officer presented this to search a colonists house | 28 | |
5725882135 | patrick henry | persuaded the house of burgesses to take action against the stamp act | 29 | |
5725898168 | declaratory act | act that gave the British parliament the right have taxation without representation | 30 | |
5725912506 | propaganda | colonial leaders used the boston massacre as what | 31 | |
5725920666 | lexington and concord | "the shot heard around the world" | 32 | |
5725927554 | john adams | george washington was chosen commander of the continental army upon the recommendation of who | 33 | |
5725954621 | false | when the congress printed millions of dollars worth of paper money, with little gold and silver to back it up, the price of goods in the colonies dropped | 34 | |
5725965187 | true | in the late 1770's, the british concentrated their attacks in the south, where there were many loyalists | 35 | |
5726029763 | false | border states such as virginia remained in the union but were divided over which side to support in the civil war | 36 | |
5726085919 | false | president lincoln's main goal in the civil war was to eliminate slavery in all territory controlled by the united states | 37 | |
5726247541 | battle of antietam | the bloodiest day of the entire Civil war | 38 | |
5726265914 | gettysburg | what battle began when the union cavalry surprised the rebel infantry raiding the town for shoes | 39 | |
5726274730 | to reunite the country | the main goal of the north at the beginning of the war was | 40 | |
5726289808 | the first battle of bull run | general p g t beauregard fought against general irvin mcdowell at | 41 |