Social Studies Review 1

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  1. 2. The Mississippians at this major settlement built mounds as platforms for temples and the homes of the most powerful people in their society.
  2. 4. Spanish conquistador whose expedition spread smallpox to the Aztec, then returned to conquer them.
  3. 7. Known as the father of New France, founder of Quebec, mapped the St. Lawrence River and the Great Lakes
  4. 9. The name for when colonists killed large numbers of Native Americans
  5. 11. 0 degrees longitude
  6. 12. 0 degrees latitude
  7. 14. measures parallel lines north and south of the equator, up to 180 each direction
  8. 17. governor of the failed Roanoke colony
  9. 20. Taught the colonists to farm in the New World, were trade partners, and sometimes military allies
  10. 22. Sailed into Florida, first European to see the Mississippi River
  11. 23. Viking who was in Greenland
  12. 24. First Constitution written in the New World, stated powers and limits of government, representatives, established that government power came from people, and that men could vote regardless of their religion
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  1. 1. French explorer who named Canada
  2. 3. Measures degrees east and west of the Prime Meridian, which intersect at the north and south pole
  3. 5. Said that everyone would follow the same laws for the good of the colony, first document to establish self-government in the New World, set the stage for self-government and democracy
  4. 6. French colonists came to the new world to trade these.
  5. 8. A resource that caused a lot of conflict between Native Americans and colonists
  6. 10. Was looking for a city of gold, first European to see the Grand Canyon
  7. 13. Italian who convinced King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella that you could sail West to get east, landed in the New World in 1492.
  8. 14. The Viking who landed in Newfoundland
  9. 15. sailed into the Newfoundland area, found plentiful codfish
  10. 16. Norse conquerers who sailed in longboats and raided villages, the first Europeans to land in North America.
  11. 18. Tried to find the Northwest passage, has several waterways named after him
  12. 19. Along with other riches, explorers and colonists thought they would find this resource in the new world
  13. 21. These ancient Puebloans lived in the Southwest and were known for their cliff homes, kivas (round chambers for meetings), and pottery