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Chapter 2 Lesson 1 Review

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  • Descendants of the early people are called ______________.
    Native Americans
  • What were some foods that came from Europe?
    Beef, milk, chicken, oranges, wheat
  • Who lived in America 300 years after Columbus?
    It was a melting pot of Native Americans, Europeans, and Africans.
  • Why did Native Americans develop into different cultures?
    They had different ways of life depending on where they lived and what they ate.
  • Why did European traders bring men and women from Africa?
    They brought them to work. Farmers depended on their labor.
  • People from long ago who hunted animals and gathered plants for food.
    Hunter-gatherers
  • How might the idea of self-government lead the colonists to want freedom from the King of England?
    They would have to gain freedom from the King if they wanted to have a true self-government.
  • What were Columbus and other explorers looking for when they happened upon the Americas?
    They were looking for a direct route to Asia so they could trade spices and other goods.
  • What are some examples of culture in Native Americans?
    In some places, Native Americans farmed and lived in small villages or large communities. Other groups moved from place to place following their food.
  • How did the Columbian Exchange change the lives of Native Americans in a good way?
    Native Americans could eat a more diverse diet and use horses for work and transportation.
  • What is the planting and growing of crops for food?
    agriculture
  • Why did Columbus call the people on the island “Indians”?
    He thought they were in the Indies which were islands near Asia, so he called them “Indians”.
  • A person who is ____________ is not free.
    enslaved
  • Why did the Pilgrims come and settle later?
    They were looking for religious freedom.
  • What did the pilgrims name their community?
    Plymouth in Massachusetts.
  • What were some foods that were given to Europe?
    Corn, tomatoes, turkey, potatoes, pumpkins
  • How did agriculture change the way many people lived?
    Once people learned how to farm, they could stay in one place.
  • An object made by humans that tell a lot about the history of a place and its people.
    artifact
  • Colonists were allowed to create the House of Burgesses. What is that?
    A type of self-government where communities elected representatives to make laws for the colony.
  • A person who studies artifacts and sites to learn about ancient people.
    Archeologist
  • What was the first colony settled by the English?
    Jamestown, Virginia
  • Who is a descendant?
    A descendant is a person’s child, grandchild, great-grandchild, and all the children that follow.
  • What was the Columbian Exchange?
    It was an exchange of goods between the Western Hemisphere and the Eastern Hemisphere.
  • What is the way of life of a group of people?
    culture
  • Who are people who study the past?
    historians
  • What is a belief or custom handed down through generations?
    tradition
  • Where did the Spaniards settle?
    St. Augustine, Florida
  • What year did Columbus discover America?
    1492
  • How did the Columbian Exchange change the lives of Native Americans in a bad way?
    Thousands died from new diseases such as smallpox
  • Where were the first Americans from and how did they get here?
    Thousands of years ago they came from Asia back when Asia was connected to the Americas. Because they were hunters, they followed their food.
  • A settlement ruled by another country.
    colony
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