7th Grade SS Final
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- culture
- entire way of life of a group of people
- politics
- government & control people have over the government
- economics
- the production, distribution & consumption of goods & services
- geography
- study of people, their enivronments & resources
- anthropology
- study of human beings
- psychology
- study of the mind & behavior
- history
- accounts of what has happened in the lioves of other people
- sociology
- relationships between people in different cultures
- religion
- practice of worship of god
- art
- form of expression using
- language
- form or style of verbal expression
- society
- relationship of humans in a culture
- political science
- study of government
- customs
- traditions in a culture
-
primary source
secondary source -
1* - original source, first hand
2* - not original source, 2nd hand info -
primary document
secondary document -
1* doc. - original doc
2* doc - copy of original doc - Early Migration - how did they get to North America?
- Land Bridge Theory - believed to have crossed over one large piece of land - the Bering Sea
-
Aztecs, Incas, Maya
describe their cultural advances -
Aztecs:365 day calendar,math,
astronomy
Incas: farmers & engineers
Maya: books, calendar - What were the cultural patterns of the Iroquios society?
-
climate
agriculture
seasons - How is the Iroquois society similar or different to the ALgonquin society?
-
Iroquois =chief succ govt
=hated algonquis
SAME: both in NYS
good farmers, envirom.
Algonquins = patriarchy govt
= hated iroquios - What were the causes & results of exploration?
-
Causes: In hope to find the spice islands
Results: spain became world dominating power, land claims were made in the new world, native american population rapidly decreased - Mercantilism
- economic theory that a nations strength would increase if trade was expanded & its gold supply increased
- How was NY settled?
-
-Dutch at first- New Amsterdam
-After French and Indian war, all of French land given up
-Europe got New Amsterdam
-Gave it to the Duke of York
-That is how it got its name - Where did Spain, France & England settle the new world?
-
Spain- California, most islands in the carribean, Florida, Mexico, 80% of S. America excluding Brazil
England- Maine to Georiga
France- Canada, land above St. Lawerence and Great Lakes, New France, Louisanna Territory, along the Mississippi River - What were the major products of the New England?
- grain, cattle, fish, lummber, whales, furs, ships, iron, rum
- What were the major products of the Middle colonies?
- grain, cattle, fish, lummber, rum, iron
- What were the major products of the Southern colonies?
- rice, indigo, cattle, grain, tobacco, fish, lummber, iron, rum
-
French & Indian War
What were the causes & results of the French & Indian war? -
Causes- Spanish threats
-French threats
-conflicts Ohio River Valley
Results-native americans chose sides, British win, French power ended in N America -
French & Indian War
On which side did the natives americans fight? -
Iroquois fought with England
Algonquins fought with France -
American Revolution
Stamp Act - law that taxed legal documents such as newspapers, dice, cards
-
American Revolution
Boston Massacre - shooting of 5 Bostonians by British soilders on March 5, 1770 after verbal insults from the colonist
-
American Revolution
Tea Act - law the taxed tea
-
American Revolution
Intolerable Acts - law to punish the results of the Boston Tea Party
- What was the purpose of the Declaration of Independence?
- ensure equal rights, gain independence from Britain, & list the British wrongs
- What were the key ideas included?
- British wrongs, everybody should have equal rights, all taxes removed and they would be an independent nation
- What were the key battles of the American Revolution?
-
Bunker Hill Saratoga
York Town Lexington
Concord Valley Forge - Explain foreign involvement in the war:
- France allied with the patriots (people who supported independence)
- Results of the American Revolution:
- Patriots had divised a plan which cornered Gen Corwallis in Chesapeak Bay & in Yorktown is where the Gerneral surrendered to the patriots. Treay of Paris is signed, the patriots & Americans are an independent nation & all taxes are removed.
- What were the weeknesses & strenghts of the Articles of Confederation?
-
WEEKNESSES- each state had to make their own money, inflation, no executive of juducial branch
STRENGTHS:they had to act independently, only state could regulate trade w/other states - Constitutional convention compromises
-
Declaraton of Independence
Bill of Rights
Constitution -
Key principles of the constitution
Checks & Balances - system set up by the constitution in which each branch of federal govt has the power to check or control the action of other branches
-
Seperation of Powers
(3 Branches and what do they do) -
Legislative - law making
Executive - Carries out laws
Judicial - Fed Court system - Federalism
- Division of power between the states and national govt
- The Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution to...
- ensure that everyone had equal rights
- What are some similatities between the US government and the NYS government?
-
both have Supreme Court
both help enforce laws
both have power to make laws - What were G. Washington's goals & precedents?
-
Goals: set precedent, set-up cabinet, set-up federal court system
Precedent:no 3rd term in office, set up cabinet, federal court system - In Marbury v Madison, the Supreme Court established judicial review...what is it? pg.270
- written:
- What were the differences between the Federalist & Republican parties?
-
Federalist:
Republican: - How did the Lousiana Purchase change the U.S.?
-
doubled the size
cost a lot of $$$
stronger now - How did the American's way of life change in the 1800s (industrial revolution)
- machinery replaced hand tools, economies shifted from farming to manufacturing, new tech.
- What was the Monroe Doctrine?
- a foreign policy that stated that the US will not interfere with the affairs of European nations/colonies in the Americas and they awrned the European not to interfere w/ Latin America
- Why go to the West?
- gold in California also more jobs
- What was the Manifest Destiny?
- a belief that the US had the right to extend its borders from the Pacific to the Atlantic
- What was the major impact of the Erie Canal?
- cheaper & faster transportation, also for goods
- What were the key issues associated with Andrew Jackson's presidency?
- Formed a kitchen cabinet, vetoed and closed the national bank
- abolitionist
- person opposed to slavery
- womens rights movement
- call for women to be able to have the right to vote
- temprence
- movement to ban the slae and use of alcohol
- Causes of the Civil War...
- slavery
-
Advantages of the Civil War
North -
South- -
North: could manufacture goods, more RRs, more food
South: military school, food
skill with weapons - Results of the Civil War...
- Slavery ended, south came back to the union, the north won, Lincoln proved himself a strong president