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Hernan Cortes Spanish explorer who marched across mexico and conquered the aztecs - from spain Hernando de Soto -explored deep in USA -first to cross and disocer Miss. River -claimed for Spain Jamestown -First permanent English settlement -Starving time (1609-1610 80% died) -1619: first slave ship of africans - 1640: modern concept of slavery was established in US Why did colonists come to the New World? Religious freedom profit adventure...etc. William Pe...

WGU C255 Intro to Geography 1. The five terms of Geography: Location, Place, Human/environmental interac- tion, Regions, Movement 2. tropical: A warm air mass that forms in the tropics and has low air pressure 3. Longitude: the distance in degrees east or west of the prime meridian 4. Latitude: distance north or south of the Equator, measured in degrees 5. Meridian: An arc drawn on a map between the North and South poles. 6. Which of the following is the science of mapmaking?: Cartography ...

Hernan Cortes Spanish explorer who marched across mexico and conquered the aztecs - from spain Hernando de Soto -explored deep in USA -first to cross and disocer Miss. River -claimed for Spain Jamestown -First permanent English settlement -Starving time (1609-1610 80% died) -1619: first slave ship of africans - 1640: modern concept of slavery was established in US Why did colonists come to the New World? Religious freedom profit adventure...etc. William Pe...

HISTORY 100 APUSH Study Guide APUSH Study Guide Period 2 1607-1754 • 3 different colonies (English): o Corporate: operated by joint-stock companies (Jamestown) o Royal: under direct authority of king’s government (Virginia after 1624) o Proprietary: under authority of individuals granted charts of ownership by king (Maryland + Pennsylvania) • English brought representative government to colonies unlike French and Spanish colonists • Spanish Armada defeat 1588 gave England reputation of n...

Human Geography: People, Place, and Culture, 11th Edition Chapter 03 Testbank: Migration Multiple Choice 1. The “Lost Boys” were refugees from which country? a) Ethiopia b) Sudan c) Pu erto Rico. d) Cuba 2. In 2013, an estimated illegal immigrants live in the United States. a) 100,000 b) 8,500,000 c) 11,700,000 d. 75,000,000 3. What percentage of Haiti’s GDP comes from remittances sent by Haitians living in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean? a) 1 b) 15 c) 10 d) 30 4. The vast maj...