Pre-Colonial America

The Great Awakening was a movement to what?

• Ban science

• A religious movement meant to bring people back to God

• Stop the revolution

• Reject religion

Montesquieu believed that government should have what?

• Social Security

• Ultimate power

• The control over the people

• Checks and Balances

John Locke believed that natural rights consisted of

• Death and taxes

• Life , liberty, the right to own property

• Speech, religion, and protest

• The right to bear arms, liberty, and the belief in God

What is "divine right"?

• The rights of the people could not be taken away

• That kings were divine

• The belief that kings ruled by the will of God

• The belief that people are allowed by god to overthrow their government if they were unhappy

What is a "social contract"?

• A contract between social groups

• An agreement between the people and the government (the people obey the government, the government protects the rights of the people)

• A contract between different government leaders

• A contract that is signed when someone becomes a citizen

What did Spanish "missions" include?

• A farm and a village

• A fort and trading post

• A church, small village, and fields for crops

• A trading post and shopping center

How were the Aztec and Inca empires defeated so easily?

• Poisonous gas

• Bombs

• Planes

• Disease

What did conquistadors set out to do?

• Find wealth

• Find new settlements

• Find oil

• Find new people

Who was the first to circumnavigate the globe? (or more accurately, who's crew?)

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Christopher Columbus

• Vasco da Gama

• Hernan Cortes

Who is “America” named after?

• Amerigo Vespucci

• America Columbus

• Hernan Amerigo

• Vasco de America