History 1301, Exam 1-Chapters 1-5
Matrilineal - (correct Answer) - Based on or tracing the family through the mother. Prevalent in Na tive
American cultures.
Renaissance - (correct Answer) - "rebirth"; following the Middle Ages, a movement that centered on the
revival of interest in the classical learning of Greece and Rome
Prince Henry - (correct Answer) - Sent others to explore for him, made very first explorer school, first
person to value exploring
Pilgrims - (correct Answer) - English Puritans who founded Plymouth colony in 1620. Fled England to
avoid persecution.
Mercantilism - (correct Answer) - An economic system (Europe in 18th C) to increase a nation's wealth by
government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests
Continental Congress - (correct Answer) - Response to the Intolerable Acts, representatives from 12 of
the 13 colonies met to discuss the colonial troubles and complaints in 1774.
Proclamation of 1763 - (correct Answer) - A proclamation from the British government which forbade
British colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains, and which required any settlers
already living west of the mountains to move back east.
Battle of Concord - (correct Answer) - April 19, 1775 - The British leave Lexington and head to Concord to
take the weapons and gunpowder from the colonists. The British were burning the town when the
colonists began firing on soldiers. The British were chased out of town turning the road into a 20 mile
battlefield. Colonists win this battle.
Southern Agriculture - (correct Answer) - Soil perfect for farming, cash crops, plantations
Glorious Revolution - (correct Answer) - A reference to the political events of 1688-1689, when James II
abdicated his throne and was replaced by his daughter Mary and her husband, Prince William of Orange.
Stamp Act - (correct Answer) - 1765, A tax that the British Pariliament placed on newspapers and official
documents sold in the American Colonies
English Settlements - (correct Answer) - Political instability, reformation, overpopulation. Establishment
of colonies on east coast.
French Settlements - (correct Answer) - Along Mississippi river (Detroit, St. Louis, New Orleans), Canada,
trading posts in India. Canada. Friendly with natives.
LaSalle - (correct Answer) - French explorer who claimed Louisiana and Mississippi river mouth for
France (1643-1687)
Timbuktu - (correct Answer) - Mali trading city that became a center of wealth and islamic learning
Age of Exploration - (correct Answer) - A period from about the 1400's-1600's in which European
Matrilineal - (correct Answer) - Based on or tracing the family through the mother. Prevalent in Na tive
American cultures.
Renaissance - (correct Answer) - "rebirth"; following the Middle Ages, a movement that centered on the
revival of interest in the classical learning of Greece and Rome
Prince Henry - (correct Answer) - Sent others to explore for him, made very first explorer school, first
person to value exploring
Pilgrims - (correct Answer) - English Puritans who founded Plymouth colony in 1620. Fled England to
avoid persecution.
Mercantilism - (correct Answer) - An economic system (Europe in 18th C) to increase a nation's wealth by
government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests
Continental Congress - (correct Answer) - Response to the Intolerable Acts, representatives from 12 of
the 13 colonies met to discuss the colonial troubles and complaints in 1774.
Proclamation of 1763 - (correct Answer) - A proclamation from the British government which forbade
British colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains, and which required any settlers
already living west of the mountains to move back east.
Battle of Concord - (correct Answer) - April 19, 1775 - The British leave Lexington and head to Concord to
take the weapons and gunpowder from the colonists. The British were burning the town when the
colonists began firing on soldiers. The British were chased out of town turning the road into a 20 mile
battlefield. Colonists win this battle.
Southern Agriculture - (correct Answer) - Soil perfect for farming, cash crops, plantations
Glorious Revolution - (correct Answer) - A reference to the political events of 1688-1689, when James II
abdicated his throne and was replaced by his daughter Mary and her husband, Prince William of Orange.
Stamp Act - (correct Answer) - 1765, A tax that the British Pariliament placed on newspapers and official
documents sold in the American Colonies
English Settlements - (correct Answer) - Political instability, reformation, overpopulation. Establishment
of colonies on east coast.
French Settlements - (correct Answer) - Along Mississippi river (Detroit, St. Louis, New Orleans), Canada,
trading posts in India. Canada. Friendly with natives.
LaSalle - (correct Answer) - French explorer who claimed Louisiana and Mississippi river mouth for
France (1643-1687)
Timbuktu - (correct Answer) - Mali trading city that became a center of wealth and islamic learning
Age of Exploration - (correct Answer) - A period from about the 1400's-1600's in which European
