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Social Studies EC-6 Texes 391 ExamQuestions and Answers
Stephen F. Austin - Answer --father of texas
-served as secretary of state for the republic of texas
Sam Houston - Answer -president of the republic texas
-served as a senator and governor too
-strong military leader
Ann Richards - Answer -Female governor of texas
Eastern woodland tribes - Answer -Iriquois and Pequot
Eastern woodlands geography - Answer -fertile wooded lands with rivers and streams
eastern woodlands impact on tribes - Answer --fishing
-early contact with Europeans
-inland farming or coastal farming
southeast tribes - Answer -Cherokee, Creek, Seminole, Chickasaws, Choctaws
Southeast geographical features - Answer -humid and fertile
southeast impact on tribes - Answer -agriculture and small permanent villages
-mound building
great plains trbes - Answer -Sioux, Pawnee, Cheyennes
Great Plains Geographic Features - Answer -wide-open grassland
great plain impact on tribes - Answer -settled farmers
-became more nomadic using teepees
southwest tribes - Answer -Hopi
Apache
Navajo
,Southwest Geographical Features - Answer -hot and dry desert
southwest impact on tribes - Answer -primarily farmers
-temporary mud homes and adobe abrick tier homes
great basin tribes - Answer -Shoshone
Ute
Great Basin geographic features - Answer -flat, rocky soil and desert climate
great basin impact on tribes - Answer -nomadic hunters and gatherers
arctic tribes - Answer -Inuit
Aleut
arctic geographical features - Answer -cold harsh environment
arctic impact on tribes - Answer -hunted caribou and sea animals through ice
Olmec civilization - Answer -The first Mesoamerican civilization.
invented long-count calendar
remembered for excellent stone carvings
Teotihuacan Civilization - Answer -west of the olmec area and known for its
monumental pyramids temples and roads
Toltec Civilization - Answer -known for skill in metal work and pottery
Mayan Civilization - Answer -known for stair-step temples and detailed carvings
advanced writing and mathematics
Christopher Columbus - Answer -He mistakenly discovered the Americas in 1492 while
searching for a faster route to India.
Jaques Cartier - Answer -first European to describe and map the Gulf of Saint Lawrence
Columbian Exchange - Answer -The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and
technologies between the Americas and the rest of the world following Columbus's
voyages.
Mercantilism - Answer -economic belief that a country's wealth is measured by its gold
reserves and that countries should export more than they import to build the wealth of
the nation
, Triangular Trade - Answer -A three way system of trade during 1600-1800s Africa sent
slaves to America, America sent Raw Materials to Europe, and Europe sent Guns and
Rum to Africa
mayflower compact - Answer -1620 - The first agreement for self-government in
America. It was signed by the 41 men on the Mayflower and set up a government for
the Plymouth colony.
House of Burgesses, 1619 - Answer -The first elected lawmaking body in North
America, established by the Virginia Company to allow representative government in
Virginia.
Indentured Servitude - Answer -A worker bound by a voluntary agreement to work for a
specified period of years often in return for free passage to an overseas destination.
Before 1800 most were Europeans; after 1800 most indentured laborers were Asians.
French and Indian War - Answer -(1754-1763) War fought in the colonies between the
English and the French for possession of the Ohio Valley area. The English won.
-also known as 7 years war
Treaty of Paris 1763 and 1783 - Answer -The Peace Treaty of Paris 1763 ended the
French Indian War (aka the Seven Years War) The Peace Treaty of Paris 1783 formally
ended the War for Independence.
Monroe Doctrine - Answer -A statement of foreign policy which proclaimed that Europe
should not interfere in affairs within the United States or in the development of other
countries in the Western Hemisphere.
Andrew Jackson - Answer -7th president of the US; successfully defended New Orleans
from the British in 1815; expanded the power of the presidency
-seen as common man
Texas's six flags - Answer -1. The Kingdom of Spain
2. The Kingdom of France
3. THe Mexican Federal Republci
4. The Republic of Texas
5. The Confederate States of America
6. The United States of America
Jumano Indians - Answer -- West Texas
-Mountains and Basin
-Farming and Hunting
- Mostly sedentary and built homes of adobe
Lipan Apaches - Answer -Native Americans who lived in the Hill Country
-tipis
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