History - Module 2 & 1 Vocabulary | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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This is a vocabulary and key term review for modules 1 and 2 of the US History Book

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#Natives #colonization #jamestown #Plymouth #pilgrims #pennsylvania #salutary neglect

Prince Henry

Portuguese Prince known as "the Navigator" who sponsored voyages to explore the West of Africa in search of a route to Asia

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Renaissance

Period of European history (1400-1600) that brought renewed interest in art, study, individuality and innovation

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Hierarchy

Social ordering by rank or class

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What caused most cultural differences between Native Americans?

Climate and Geography

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List 3 similarities between Native communities.

Religion, trade, social organization, importance of family (kinship)

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List 3 differences between Native communities

Location, food, clothing, housing

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Crusades

Christian military expeditions to intended to drive Muslims from the Holy Land.

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Protestant Reform

religious movement growing from the desire to reform the Roman Catholic Church, leading to the establishment of protestantism

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Columbian Exchange

Transfer of goods, beginning with Columbus's voyage, of plants, animals and disease between Hemispheres (western and eastern)

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Treaty of Tordesillas

1494 - Treaty which Spain and Portugal agreed to divide the lands of the Western Hemisphere between them

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What activities were Christopher Columbus's main goals in the new world?

Search for GOLD, claims new LANDS for Spain, plant the CROSS (christianity)

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What were the first three main colonies?

Jamestown, Plymouth (Massachusetts), Pennsylvania

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John Smith

English Colonist who helped found the Jamestown Colony

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Joint-stock companies

a business which investors pool their wealth for a common purpose

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Jamestown

First permanent English colony in North America

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Headright System

Virginia Co.'s policy of granting 50 acres of land to each settler who paid for their trip/someone else's to the new land

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