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Social Studies Unit 2 Unit Test Study Guide Key
-5'h
(Beginning to 1620)
Africa
European,
and
Western
Three Worlds Meet The Americas, Western
GLE's 4,27,28,29
Part A: Triangular Trade
1. The Triangular Trade Route is the name given to the trading route used by European merchants who
exchanged goods with the Africans for slaves, shipped the slaves to the Americas, sold them and brought goods
from the Americas back'to Europe.
2. lt was called the Triangular Trade because of the trianoular shape that the 3 leqs of the ioumev made.
3. The first leg was the joumey fronn Eurooe to Africa where goods, which included pots, pans, guns, and
alcohol, were exchanged for slaves.
4. Mali and Ghana were two of the major African kingdoms that were part of the Triangular Trade Route.
5. The Second leg was the transportation of slaves to the Americas. lt was nicknamed the "Middle Passaoe."
6. The first African slaves were brought to the Americas to work on Portuquese suqar plantation.
7. The third and final leg of the journey was the transport of ooods. such as sugar, cotton, rum. tobacco. and
coffee. back to Europe.
8. The two most important crops that the Europeans got from the lndian were corn and potatoes.
9. Positives impacts of Europeans coming to America:
'1. lndians
were introduced to a varietv of livestock. manv plants, and new technoloqy.
2. . European technoloqv included the plow. axe heads. knives, ice chisels, and muskets. This allowed
the lndians to qet more fur and improve tradino opportunities.
3. The horse.
10. Name two ways the horse had a positive impact on the Native Americans:
1. the Great Plains lndians no lonser had to hunt buffalo and qame on foot.
2. it helped the lndians gain the freedom to travel oreater distances in a shorter period of time.
11. Negatives impacts of Europeans coming to America:
1.
The Europeans brouoht manv diseases.
2. The Europeans took lndians as slaves.
3. The Europeans took African as slaves.
Part B: Native American Tribes
1.The Crows, the Cheyenne, the Kiowa, and Comanche lived in the Great Plains and were nomads , which
means to move from place to place.
2. The buffalo second only to water as the Plains lndians most important resource.
3. The lroquois League which consisted of the Seneca, Cayuga, Onondagas, Oneidas, and Mohawks were
known as The Five Nations.
4. When the Plains lndians were not hunting, they were farming. Their crops were mainly
beans. corn, squash, and sunflowers.
5. The lndians of the Northwest Coast were River Traders. One of the greatest trading centers located on the
Columbia River was called The Dalles.
6. The Makah and the Kwakiutls are from the Arctic.
7. The Makah and Kwakiutls were the same in all these ways.
A. They both hunted whales
B. Thev both built canoes.
C. Thev both lived in wooden
houses
8. The two tribes that were known as Pueblo People were the Zunis and Hopis
9. The staple, or main, foods of the Pueblos were com, beans, and squash.
10. The Algonquians lived in shelters called wiqwams. which were bark covered shelters grouped around a
village common.
Part C: Constructed Response:
Compare and contrast the types of houses of two of the tribes you have leamed about. Using two of the
examples below, describe how they may have been different and how they were alike. How did where the tribes
live influence their choice of shelters.
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Algonquians-longhouses
The Great Plains Nomads-tepees
Navajos-hogans
lroquois-wigwams
Chinooks-pit houses
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Be able to locate landforms on a map.
Looking back: Review of Map Skills-longitude and latitude and locate places on a map using both
--use a map or distance scale
-draw a compass rose with intermediate and cardinal directions
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