Notgrass Exploring America Unit 1 through 5

indulgences

A questionable practice of the medieval Catholic Church was the selling of what?

Amerigo Vespucci

For whom were the Americas named?

"condemned to repeat it"

George Santayana said that people who cannot remember the past are what?

Poor Richard's Almanack, Benjamin Franklin

Identify the work and author: "Be slow in chusing a Friend, slower in changing."

The Federalist Number 10, James Madison

Identify the work and author: "By a faction, I understand a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or a minority of the whole, who are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion, or of interest, adverse to the rights of other citizens, or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community. There are two methods of curing the mischiefs of faction: the one, by removing its causes; the other, but controlling its effects."

The Crisis, Thomas Paine

Identify the work and author: "These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman."

Poor Richard's Almanack

In what publication did Benjamin Franklin print secular proverbs?

1787

In what year did the Constitutional Convention meet?

indentured servants

People who sold themselves into service to another for a period oftime were called by what name?

prooftexting

Taking a verse out of context to support an already existing belief or practice is known by what term?

mercantilism

The economic and political philosophy that government should actively assist business is called what?

divine right of kings

The idea that kings are placed on their throne by God and therefore cannot be questioned is called by what name?

Louisiana

Where did many French refugees from Acadia (Nova Scotia) go?

The First Amendment

Which amendment guarantees freedom of religion and freedom of speech?

Congress

Which branch of the Federal government did the Founders expect to dominate the government?

Patrick Henry

Who gave the speech that said, "Give me liberty, or give me death"?

Parliament

Who invited William and Mary to rule on the English throne?

Thomas Paine

Who is the author of "Common Sense" and "The Crisis"?

the vice president of the United States

Who is the president of the Senate?

Daniel Boone

Who led thousands of settlers through the Cumberland gap?

John Cabot

Who sailed to Newfoundland for England in 1497?

Great Britain

Who won the French and Indian War?

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Who wrote "Paul Revere's Ride"?

Roman Catholic Church

What was the most powerful agent for control in medieval Europe?

Protestant

What was the religion of William and Mary

Saratoga

What was the turning point of the Revolutionary War?

a city on a hill

What Biblical phrase did John Winthrop use to describe what he wanted the Massachusetts Bay colony to be?

General Cornwallis

What British general surrendered to Washington at Yorktown, Virginia?

Henry VIII

What English king broke with Rome because he wanted to obtain a divorce?

Spain

What European country was dominant in the western hemisphere until about 1600?

Martin Luther

What German priest and scholar challenged certain practices of the Catholic Church?

The Bill of Rights

What are the first ten amendments to the Constitution called?

District, Appeals, Supreme

What are the three levels of the Federal court system?

Aztec

What civilization developed in Mexico around 1300?

George Washington

What colonial officer tried to push the French out of Fort Duquesne?

Maryland

What colony was begun as a haven for English Catholics?

Spanish Armada

What did the English defeat in 1588 that increased English power in the world?

adultery

What did the scarlet letter that Hester Prynne wore stand for?

Roger Williams

What dissenter founded the colony of Rhode Island

The Federalist Papers

What do we call the series of essays published in support of the ratification of the Constitution?

Mayflower Compact

What document speaks of forming a "civil body politic"?

one-third

What fraction of the Senate is elected every two years?

Puritans

What group founded Massachusetts Bay?

Separatists (or Pilgrims)

What group founded Plymouth?

committees

What groups of representatives and senators consider bills that have been introduced in Congress?

2 years

What is the length of a representative's term?

6 years

What is the length of a senator's term?

4 years

What is the length of the president's term?

Renaissance

What is the name given to the period of intellectual inquiry, exploration, and artistic expression in Europe following the Middle Ages?

ethnocentrism

What is the tendency of cultures to think that their way of doing things is best?

veto

What is the term for the president sending a bill back to Congress without his signature?

95 Theses

What is the term given to the points of debate posted by Luther in Wittenberg in 1517?

how states would be represented

What issue did the Great Compromise settle?

how slaves would be counted

What issue did the Three-Fifths Compromise address?

colleges

What kind of institutions were begun in America for the training of ministers?

checks and balances

What phrase describes how each branch of government limits the powers of the other branches?

Roanoke

What was the first attempt by the English to establish a colony in North America

The Articles of Confederation

What was the first governing document for the United States?

Jamestown, 1607

What was the first permanent English settlement in North America, and when was it founded?

St. Augustine

What was the first permanent European settlement in what would become the United States?