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US1 SOL STUDY GUIDE & REVIEW PACKETName: ________________________________Date: _________________________________Period: _________________________________Name the seven continents in alphabetical order. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Two continents form one large landmass. That landmass is known as what? ________________________________________________________________________Name the five oceans in alphabetical order. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Name the 8 geographic regions of North America. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________What body of water served as a highway for explorers, early settlers, and later immigrants? ____________________________________________________________What body of water was an early exploration destination? ______________________________________________________________________Name the seven major rivers of North America. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Inland port cities grew up in the Midwest around what bodies of water? ______________________________________________________________________Which is usually larger: a gulf or a bay? ______________________________________The recovery of material evidence from long ago is known as what? ______________________________________________________________________Why is this scientific field of study important? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________The oldest archaeological site, Cactus Hill, VA is located near what body of water? ________________________________________________________________________Scientists ______ ________ ____ ________________________ as to when and how people entered the western hemisphere. Cactus Hill dates back ______________________ years plete the following table.TribeWhere did they settle?Environmental descriptionInuitPacific-NorthwestLakotaDry grasslandsPresent-day SW; NM & AZHeavily forestedComplete the following table.ResourcesDefinitionExamplesNaturalPeople working to produce a good or serviceCanoes, bows, spearsName three areas of cooperation between explorers and Native Americans.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Name the five areas of conflict between explorers and Native Americans.______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Name the three motivating forces for exploration.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Name the four obstacles faced by explorers.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Name three accomplishments of explorer._________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Complete the table below.CountryExplorerRegion exploredSpainChamplainMississippi River ValleyEnglandName the three West African Kingdoms.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________These three countries controlled trade from _____________ to ___________________.Describe the resources of the New England colonies. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Describe the geography and climate of the New England Colonies. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Name the three areas of specialization in the New England colonies_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________New England depended on the __________________________ colonies for raw materials such as ________________________ and on the Mid-Atlantic colonies for ________________________ and __________________.New England ___________ ___________ consisted of village and _______________ as the center of life. Community was made up of Religious ___________________ and ________________. Political life was centered on ______________ meetings.Describe the resources of the Mid-Atlantic colonies. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Describe the geography and climate of the Mid-Atlantic Colonies. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Name the three areas of specialization in the Mid-Atlantic colonies_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Mid-Atlantic colonies traded with both the __________________________ and ______ ___________________colonies for things they could not ______________________.Mid-Atlantic ___________ ___________ consisted of villages and _______________ and the community was made up of people with ___________________ lifestyles and diverse ________________. Political life was centered on ______________ towns.Describe the resources of the Southern colonies. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Describe the geography and climate of the Southern Colonies. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Name the four areas of specialization in the Southern colonies.___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Southern colonies depended on the __________________________ colonies for __________________________ goods, including _________________ and equipment.Southern social life consisted of _______________, mansions, indentured __________________, few ____________ and few _____________, people attended the Church of ______________as the center of life. Political life was centered on ______________.Complete the table below.Roanoke IslandSettled as an ___________________ _______________________.First _____________ English settlement in North America, 1607, Virginia Company of _________________PlymouthSettled by __________________ from the Church of England who wanted to avoid religious ___________________.Settled by Puritans who wanted to avoid religious persecution.PennsylvaniaSettled by ________________ who wanted freedom to practice their faith without _____________________.Settled by people in debtors’ prisons that wanted to experience __________________ freedom in the New World.Who lived in the South, relied on indentured servants and slaved, educated in some cases, and had a rich social culture? ________________________________________________________________________Farmers worked the land and relied on whom from labor? ________________________________________________________________________Which men were found in towns and on plantations? ________________________________________________________________________If you were able to own land, could work, and decide how to spend your money, but not allowed to vote you would be what social class? ________________________________________________________________________If you could not pay your way to the New World and had to rely on someone else to get you there, you could expect to be their ___________________ ____________________.Enslaved African Americas were __________________ in Africa, sold to slave traders, shipped to colonies, owned as ____________________ for life with no ____________, children of enslaved African Americans were _________________ into slavery.Why did Great Britain impose strict control over trade? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Why did Great Britain tax the colonies after the French and Indian War? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Name the five reasons for colonial dissatisfaction._________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Name the four key philosophies expressed by the Declaration of Independence. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Who ruled over Great Britain during the American Revolution? ___________________________________________________________________Name the British general that surrendered at Yorktown. ___________________________________________________________________Who was commander of the Continental Army? ___________________________________________________________________Who championed the cause of independence? ___________________________________________________________________Who is the major author of the Declaration of Independence? ___________________________________________________________________Which member of the House of Burgesses said “Give me Liberty, or give me Death!”? ____________________________________________________________________Who was a prominent member of the Continental Congress, helped frame the Declaration of Independence, and gained French support during the war for American Independence? __________________________________________________________Which former Enslaved African American wrote poems and play supporting American independence? __________________________________________________________Which member of the Sons of Liberty made a daring ride to warn colonists of British arrival? ________________________________________________________________List the events of the American Revolution in order.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Name the three colonial advantages in the American Revolution._________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Name the five reasons the Articles of Confederation DID NOT work.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Complete the table below.PresidentAccomplishments_______________________________-Established a federal court system, had the Bill of _______________ added to the Constitution, helped develop plans for ___________________________D.C.John AdamsHelped create a ________ - ______________ system.______________________________-Bought the Louisiana Purchase from _________________________, hired ___________________ and Clark to explore between the Mississippi River and the ____________________ Ocean.James MadisonCaused European nations to gain _________________ for the United States after the War of __________________.______________________________Introduced the _______________ doctrine warning European nations not to ________________ in the Western Hemisphere.Who was the African American astronomer and surveyor hired by President Washington to help plan the nation’s capital? ________________________________________________________________________The Constitution of the United States of America is a federal system of government based on ________________________ being shared between ________________ and _______________ governments.Where was the Constitutional Convention held? ________________________________________________________________________Who was elected president of the convention? ________________________________________________________________________Delegates debated over what TWO things? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________The new structure of the federal government includes three branches, name them.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Great Compromise decided how many _________________ each state had in the __________________________ and the _________________ of Representatives._______________ out of ________________________ states had to vote in favor of the Constitution before it could become a law. This process is also known as _________________________________.The Bill of Rights is based on what TWO documents? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The first ten amendments to the Constitution provide a written guarantee of our individual rights. These first ten amendments are also known as what? ____________________________________________________________________Name the four factors that influenced westward migration.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Complete the table below.TerritoryHow was it acquired?Louisiana PurchasePurchased by ______________________Purchased from ____________________Explored by ________________________________________________________Given by Spain through a treaty.________________________________Added after it became an __________________________ republic.Oregon TerritoryDivided between the United States and ________________________________________________________________War with ____________________ resulted in California and the SW territory becoming part of the US.What is an inventor? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________What is an entrepreneur? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Complete the table below.InventionPerson (s) responsible_________________________Invented by ________________________ and increased the production of cotton and the need for ________________ labor.ReaperInvented by ________________________ and _______________________________ (a slave), increased productivity of the American _________________________._____________________________Improved by ________________________, provided faster _______________ transportation and connected ____________________ plantations to _____________________ industries and western territories.Steam LocomotiveProvided faster _________________ transportation.Leaders of the suffrage movement worked to gain _________________________ the right to ____________________.Who was the suffragist that was a former enslaved African American and advocate for equality and justice? ________________________________________________________________________Susan B. Anthony was an advocate to gain __________________ rights for _____________________ and ___________________ rights. Which suffragist played a leadership role in the women’s rights movement? _______________________________________________________________________Leaders of the abolitionist movement believed that slavery was :_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ led hundreds of enslaved African Americans to freedom along the ______________________________________________________.__________________________________________ wrote the Liberator and worked for immediate ______________________________________ for all enslaved African Americans.___________________________________ wrote the North Star and worked for rights to better the lives of ________________________ Americans and _________________.Complete the table below.Issues dividing the NationNorthernersSouthernersSlavery________________________ slavery, should be abolished for ________________ reasons._________________________ slavery, abolition would destroy the regions _____________________.Cultural_____________________ society, people held jobs in towns/cities.____________________ society, people lived in small villages and on farms and _________________________.EconomicManufacturing, favored _________________ to protect factory owners/workers from __________________ competitionAgricultural, _______________________ tariffs, feared ______________________ would stop buying cotton.Constitutional_________ nation, could not be ___________________, supported a ______________________ central government.Had the power to declare any national law ______________________, they had freely joined and could freely _______________ the Union, supported _____________________ rights.Name the three compromises created to maintain the peace between North and South prior to the Civil War.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Following Lincoln’s election ____________________________ states seceded from the Union, ______________________________ forces attacked _________________________ in South Carolina marking the beginning of the _______________________________________________. Complete the map below. Label the 35 states with the correct TWO-LETTER postal abbreviation, and shade the UNION states BLUE, CONFEDERATE states RED, and BORDER states GREEN.This Civil War leader was President of the Confederate States of America. _____________________________________________________________________This Civil War leader would not fight against his home state of Virginia. ______________________________________________________________________This Civil War leader earned his nickname at the Battle of Bull Run. _______________________________________________________________________This Civil War leader was General of the Union army. _______________________________________________________________________This Civil War leader said the Civil War was to preserve a government “of the people, by the people, and for the people.” _______________________________________________________________________This Civil War leader escaped to the North and became an abolitionist. _______________________________________________________________________President Lincoln issued what document officially ending slavery in the Southern states? ________________________________________________________________________In November 1863, President Lincoln went to the site of the “Turning Point” in the war to deliver a speech. What was the name of that speech? ________________________________________________________________________Put the major Civil War battles and events in the order they occurred._________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________ and ___________________________ influenced critical developments during the war. The Union _______________________ of southern ports such as Savannah, ______________________, and New Orleans. Control of the _______________________________ river, battle locations were influenced by the struggle to capture ________________________ cities. Control of the ___________ ________________ at Gettysburg helped to repel Lee’s invasion of the North.__________________________ and ____________________________ were pitted against one another.Southern troops were increasingly _____________________________ and poorly equipped.________________________ was a major bat was brutal and _______________ to _________________.This Civil War nurse created the American Red Cross. ______________________________________________________________________How was left to run businesses, farms, and plantations during the war? ______________________________________________________________________When the Confederacy collapsed, Confederate money was _____________________________________________________________________African Americans fought in both ____________________ and ___________________________ armies.The Confederacy often used _______________________ African Americans as naval ________________ members and _______________________.The Union moved to ________________________ African American sailors early in the warAfrican Americans were paid _______________ than white soldiers.African Americans were _____________________________ against and had to serve in ________________________________ units.This Union Naval Captain, became a congressman after the war. ______________________________________________________________________ ................
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