Social Studies Study Guide Q1/4Th

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Social Studies is the study of a people's

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Culture

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Our great-grandparents are our

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Ancestors

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Before the Industrial Revolution, most people worked

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At home

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The making, selling, and buying of goods that creates jobs is called

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An economy

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The French and Indian war was fought because the French and British wanted

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The same land

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People who come from far away to settle in a new land are called

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Immigrants

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Early American settlements were started by people from other countries who wanted the land for their own countries. These settlements that belonged to another country were called

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Colonies

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The first Thanksgiving was celebrated by the

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Pilgrims and Indians

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A person who loves his country so much that he is willing to die for it is called a

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Patriot

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By the time the Revolutionary War started, all thirteen colonies were owned by

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The British

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The Revolutionary War was fought because the British forced the Americans to follow

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Unfair rules or laws

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The set of laws that now rule our country is called

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The Constitution

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A system of leaders, laws and rules by which a nation lives is called a

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Government

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Our freedom of religion and freedom of speech are two of ten freedoms listed in the

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Bill of Rights

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Another word for farming is

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Agriculture

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Capital of New Hampshire

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Concord

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Capital of Rhode Island

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Providence

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Capital of Vermont

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Montpelier

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Capital of Connecticut

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Hartford

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Capital of Maine

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Augusta

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Capital of Massachusetts

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Boston

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Christopher Columbus

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Discovered America in 1492.

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Catholics were _____ in England for not following the Church of England.

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Persecuted

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Before 1776, America was a collection of 13____

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Colonies

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Because of unfair laws and taxes, colonists ___ and the Revolutionary War began.

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Revolted

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Colonists wanted to ____ or vote for their leaders.

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Elect

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Name the 3 branches of government

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Executive, legislative, judicial

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The 6 New England states are:

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Maine, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, rhode island, Vermont

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Connecticut was the first colony to have a set of rules called

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The fundamental orders

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Nathan Hale was a ___because he was willing to fight and die for country

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Patriot

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This American Revolutionary War general betrayed his friebds and joined the British

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Benedict Arnold

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An industrial state is one in which the people work in ____

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Factories

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Thus kind priest started the Knights of Columbus

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Fr Michael McGivney

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What 2 words did the Knights of Columbus add to the pledge of allegiance?

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"Under God"

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What 2 countries fought over the same American land in the 1750's?

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France and England

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What English explorer discovered Maine?

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John Cabot

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Who lost most of their land in unfair treaties?

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Native Americans

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Which mountains cross the state of Maine?

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Appalachians

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What French priest brought the Catholic faith to the Abenaki tribe?

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Fr. Sebastian Rale

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What did pilgrims learn from the Native Americans?

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To grow crops and hunt animals

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American patriots dumped British tea in the harbor at___

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The Boston Tea Party

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Who galloped his horse through town to warn that the British were coming ?

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Paul Revere

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This young slave was educated and set free by her owners and became a great poet

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Phillis Wheatley

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America's first bishop was

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John Carroll

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A political party that hated immigrants and Catholics, and set fire to Catholic churches and schools was called the

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Know-Nothings

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Freedom of Speech and religion are two rights listed in the

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Bill of Rights

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Who was kicked out of the Massachusetts Bay Colony because he spoke in favor of religious freedom?

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Roger Williams

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French explorer who discovered Vermont

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Samuel de Champlain

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Who gathered the Green Mountain Boys together to form an army to fight the British?

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Ethan Allen

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What are the 3 Mid-atlantic States?

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New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey

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What country first colonised New York?

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The Dutch (Holland)

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What was New York first named?

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New Netherland

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This man-made waterway connected Lake Erie with rivers and lakes in New York

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Erie Canal

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The colony of Pennsylvania was named after this man, who allowed people of any religion to settle in his colony

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William Penn

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Flat lands are called

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Plains

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Pennsylvania's southern border is also a kind of boundary line separating the North from the South. This borderline is called the

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Mason-dixon line

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Arguments between the states in the North and South exploded into the

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Civil War

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During the Civil War, he was president

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Abraham Lincoln

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This Founding Father was the inventor who experimented with electricity

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Benjamin Franklin

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Which 2 Pennsylvania saints ministered especially to Native and African Americans?

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St. John Neumann and St. Katherine Drexel

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The 5 East North-Central states are

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Wisconsin Illinois Michigan Indiana Ohio

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The 5 Great Lakes are

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Superior Erie Huron Ontario Michigan

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Native American tribes trapped animals and took their ____ to French traders

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Fur

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A piece of land surrounded by water on 3 sides, but still connected to the mainland is a

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Peninsula

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This priest found the first European settlement in Michigan

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Fr. Jacques Marquette

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This man joined Fr. Marquette in exploring up and down the Mississippi River

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Louis Joliet