SEMESTER 1 EXAM | United States History

Many historians have theorized that the first people to inhabit North America come from

Indigenous people may have used _________________ to cross over from Northern Asia to Alaska and Canada

This tribe is located in the south-western and western region of the United States.

This is the largest Indian Reservation in the United States

The _______________ built more than 500 miles of irrigation canals to enable them to grow three major crops: Maize (corn), Beans, and Squash.

A loose confederation of five northeastern North American tribes, the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas, and Senecas.

Eventually, the _______________ settled in the Great Plains, with a massive territory spanning the modern states of North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and Nebraska. They were masters of horseback riding and dominated the Great Plains region for centuries, hunting bison (buffalo) and living a nomadic life.

Typically, who was responsible for hunting and warfare?

Typically, who was responsible for cultivating crops?

Plantation agriculture was mostly found in

The most important southern crop was

Which economic system encourages the colonial export of raw goods to benefit the mother country?

Spanish soldier who explored Central and South America and defeated the civilizations there

The mixing and spread of the world’s plants, animals, and microorganisms between the Old World (Europe, Africa, and Asia) and the New World (North and South America) in the late 15th and early 16th centuries.

A settlement of people living in a new territory, linked with a parent country by trade and direct government control.