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Mr.B Study Notes Unit 1
Unit 1
38
History
7th Grade
09/11/2011

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The five themes of Geography:
Definition
Location, movement, place, region, and interaction.
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The trade of corn is an example of: (the answer is one of the five themes)
Definition
It is an example of movement.
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The Statue of Liberty is at 43 degrees Latitude and 23 degrees Longitude. This statement is an example of: (one of the five themes)
Definition
This is an example of location.
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Irrigation is an example of: (one of the five themes)
Definition
It is an example of interaction.
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What are the five Great Lakes?
Definition
They are Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario.
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The Study of people, their environments, and their resources:
Definition
The study is Geography.
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What are the lines that measure east to west?
Definition
These lines are called longitude.
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What are the lines that measure north to south?
Definition
These lines are called latitude.
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The longest river system in North America:
Definition
The Missouri River.
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What is an example of a primary source?
Definition
An example is a journal, a photo, eyewitness accounts, or public speeches.
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What is an example of a secondary source?
Definition
An example is a text book, newspaper, teacher, biography, TV, or World Wide Web.
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Define Bias:
Definition
A leaning toward or against a certain person, group, or idea.
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What is Authenticity?
Definition
It refers to whether or not the source is actually what it seems to be.
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Christopher Columbus was an ________, but he sailed for _________.
Definition
Christopher Columbus was an Italian, but he sailed for Spain.
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What were Christopher Columbus's three ships?
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The Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria.
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The first Spanish Colony was:
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It was named Hispaniola.
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What is a colony?
Definition

A group of people that settle in a distant land but are still ruled by the government of their native land.

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The turning point is a:
Definition
It is a decisive change in history.
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The first person to circumnavigate the world was:
Definition
Ferdinand Magellan
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What is the Columbian Exchange?
Definition
It was when the Eastern and Western Hemispheres met, and they exchanged goods and ideas.
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Conquistadors is the spanish word for:
Definition
Conquerors
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The five reasons the Spanish were successful in defeating the Aztecs and Incas were that:
Definition
They had better equipment, they had horses, they thought spaniards were gods, they were weak from fighting eachother, and died from disease.
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De Soto and Champlain explored:
Definition
They explored in Florida.
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Who was Barolome Las Casas?
Definition
He sought justice for the indians by talking to the king.
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Presidios were:
Definition
Forts where soldiers lived.
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The Northwest Passage was:
Definition
A waterway through or around North America.
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Martin Luther began the:
Definition
He began the Protestant Reformation.
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The person who founded the Hudson River:
Definition
Henry Hudson founded it.
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The person who founded the first French settlement called Port Royal:
Definition
Samuel de Champlain founded it.
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What did the French profit from? 
Definition
They profited from fur trading, and also fishing and trapping.
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"The Lost Colony" is called:

 

Definition
It is called Roanoke
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Jamestown was altered by this person's saying, "You have to work to eat".
Definition
John Smith said this.
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Burgess:
Definition
representatives to government.
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Representative government:
Definition
voters elect representatives to make laws for them.
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William Bradford was the governer of Plymouth for _______ years.
Definition
He was the governer for 36 years.
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When the pilgrims had a great harvest they set a day called:
Definition
Thanksgiving was the day they set aside.
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A bias is:
Definition
A leaning toward or against a certain person, group, or idea.
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What is a charter?
Definition
It is a legal document that gives certain rights to a person or company.
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