History Review Questions
Note 1
- The Indigenous people of the Americans and the Europeans
1. What is the name of the ice bridge they crossed and which ice age did this occur?
2. What were they following and where did they cross?
3. Outline their route.
4. Where was the original home for the Taino’s and Kalinago’s and where did they settle?
5. Which was the most advanced civilization and where did they settle?
6. State the general location and 3 countries where the Taino’s, Kalinago’s and Mayas settled.
7. What type of society were the Tainos?
8. Who was the leader of the Tainos and how was this position given?
9. What is the name of the nobles that helped the caique?
10. What is the name of the building the cacique stayed in as well as the stool he used.
11. What is the name of the god the Tainos worshipped and what was it made out of? As well as
what other things did they worship.
12. What did the Tainos do in religious ceremonies and why?
13. What is the name of the game the Tainos played and the poems they recited?
14. Name 3 things the Tainos did to survive and what type of farmers were they?
15. Name and explain the 2 methods of agriculture the Tainos practiced.
16. Name 3 crops the Tainos planted and what was their staple crop.
17. What type of area did the Tainos settle?
18. Name 3 sea animals the Tainos ate and 3 tools they used to catch them.
19. What animals did the Tainos used to hunt with, and name 3 animals they hunted.
20. What was the Tainos' favorite dish?
21. What is the name of the fruit the Tainos would not eat and why?
22. What was the shape of the Tainos' homes/
23. What type of society were the Kalinagos?
24. What were the shapes of the homes of the Kalinagos and what were they called?
25. Did the Kalinago men and women stay in the same huts and why?
26. What is the name of the red dye they used to paint their bodies?
27. What test did the Kalinago boys had to pass and at what age did they have to do this?
28. In terms of religion what did the Kalinagos believe and what did they offer?
29. What was the name of the Kalinago priest, the evil god, and medicine men?
30. Which god did the Kalinagos spend more time trying to please?
31. What is the name of the leader of a Kalinago village and how were they elected?
32. What are 3 functions of the Obutu
33. What type of farmers were the Kalinagos and which type of food did they rely on more?
34, What did the Kalinagos mainly raid the Taino village for?
35 What animals did the Kalinagos refuse to eat and why?
36, Name 3 things the Kalinagos crafted.
37. What was the name of the war canoes the Kalinagos built?
Note 2
- Mayas
1. What was the name given to the Mayans
2. Who carried news from one to the other in the Mayan society?
3. How did the Mayans organize their civilization?
4. What is the name given to the following in the Mayan society: - ruler, real / true man, council of
chiefs and priest, lesser priests and war chief?
5. What is the meaning of Ahua?
6. What was the role of the Halach Unic?
7. Who administered the city-states in the Mayan society?
8. What is the role of the batabobs?
9. How could one move up to a higher social class in a Mayan society?
10. What was the name given to the land the Mayas planted on?
11. Name 3 crops the Mayans planted?
12. What was the Mayan’s staple crop?
13. What type of area did the Mayans live in?
14. What did the Mayan’s use to store their food and when/why did they use it?
15. What did the Mayan’s use as money?
16. What were the Mayan merchants called?
17. In terms of religion what were the Mayans and what did that mean?
18. How many gods did the Mayans worship?
19. What was the name given to: the chief god, the sun god, the rain god, the corn god, the god of
earth and the priest.
20. What is an important element in the Mayan’s religious practices?
21. What was the Mayans famous ball game and what significance did it have?
22. In terms of religion what did the Mayan’s believe in?
23. Describe an average Mayan building.
24. What type of Mayan homes did the peasants live in and what type of homes did older males live
in?
25. What did the Mayan men and women wear?
26. Name 3 things that Mayan jewellery were made out of.
27. What was the first thing done to a Mayan baby when they were born?
28. What did the Mayans consider beautiful?
29. What was the Mayans form of writing?
30. What symbols did the Mayans use for the numbers: one, five and 0?
31. Describe the Mayan calendar.
32. What are 2 things the Mayans could do with the calendar?
33. What did each Mayan city have?
34. What was at the top of Mayan pyramids?
35. Describe the Mayan roads
36. Name 3 ways Mayans got access to water
37. What are cenotes?
38. Name 3 things the Mayans crafted
39. Why would the Kalinagos raid Tainos for their women?
40. How was trade done?
41. Name 3 things that were traded.
Note 3
- Europeans
1. Describe 5 reasons why the Europeans were interested in the new world.
2. What are maps/portolan charts?
3. Who is Ptolemy and what did he do?
4. What is cartography
5. What are 3 things Europeans used to protect themselves
6. Who created the first European printing press and when?
7. What year was Christopher Columbus born and what year did he die?
8. What month and year was Columbus granted funding for his explorations and by who?
9. What is the name of the 3 ships Columbus was given and which was his flag ship?
10. How long did the first voyage last?
11. When was the first voyage? State the years
12. When did Columbus leave for his voyage and how many men were on his crew?
13. Describe Columbus first voyage
14. How long was the second voyage? State the years
15. What are they searching for on their 2nd voyage?
16. Name 5 islands they visited on their 2nd voyage
17. What year did Columbus return to Hispaniola and what did he discover?
18. How long was the third voyage? State the years
19. When did Columbus leave for his third voyage?
20. When did Columbus discover Trinidad and what was it originally called?
21. After Columbus discovered Trinidad what are the three other islands he discovered?
22. How long as the 4th voyage. State the year
23. Where did Columbus sail to on his 4th voyage?
24. Name four islands he discovered on his 4th voyage
25. In what year, where and by who were the Aztec empire captured?
26. In what year, where and by who were the Inca empire captured?
Note 4
- Europeans exploration and settlements
1. What is the treaty of Tordesillas?
2. When was the treaty of Tordesillas issued?
3. What islands did the Spanish focus on and name 4 of these islands
4. Why were the Spanish interested in the islands of the greater antilles islands?
5. Why were the Spanish uninterested in the lesser Antilles islands.
6. Briefly state what the Spanish implemented in the following countries:
- La Navidad
- Hispaniola
- Puerto Rico
- Cuba
- Jamaica
- Trinidad
7. What was Columbus’ plan?
8. What are the 4 things Columbus promised the queen?
9. What are the 3 things the queen promised Columbus?
10. Elaborate on the religious aspects of Europe during the 15th century.
11. Elaborate on the societal aspects of Europe during the 15th century.
12. Elaborate on the trade aspect of Europe during the 15th century. Give three examples of items
they wanted.
13. Who founded a navigational school and when?
14. Name the 6 Maritime/Navigational Instruments and elaborate on each.
Note 5
- European rivalry and settlement in the Caribbean
1. What are three ways other European nations tried to secure a share of the Caribbean?
2. How did the Spanish try to keep the other European nations out of the Caribbean?
3. What are the three Northwest European nations that challenged spain?
4. What are three ways the French, dutch and English attacked spain?
5. What are the four ways in which Spain’s monopoly rights were challenged?
6. Who are privateers and what did they do?
7. What is the letters de marque and who was it issued by?
8. Name 2 famous French privateers and one famous British privateer
9. Who are pirates?
10. State 3 other names the pirates were called?
11. Who did the pirates attack and who did the buccaneers attack?
12. How did illegal trading come about?
13. What are 3 things the English illegally traded?
14. By the end of the 17th century who were the busiest illegal traders?
15. In what year did the English, French and dutch decide to focus on their colonial efforts in the
Caribbean?
16. Which parts of the Caribbean were the English, French and dutch going to focus on colonizing
first?
17. What were the 3 aims of the English French and dutch when colonizing the Caribbean?
18. Up until when did Britain challenge spain on the open seas?
19. What was the western design and its primary goal?
20. What would the lands acquired through the western design serve as?
Note 6
- Obstacles faced by the English and French in their efforts to settle in the Caribbean
1. Name 5 obstacles faced by the English and French in their efforts to settle in the Caribbean.
2. State 4 way the French and English overcame their problems?
3. What are 3 ways spain protected her interests in the Americas?
4. What is an Asiento?
Note 7
1. Who executed the first english attempt at colonizing Guiana and when?
2. Why was Guiana referred to as the Wild Coast?
3. What was St.Kitts and Nevis previously called and wh claimed it for Britain and when?
4. When did Britain acquire Nevis?
5. When did Britain acquire
Note 1
- The Indigenous people of the Americans and the Europeans
1. What is the name of the ice bridge they crossed and which ice age did this occur?
2. What were they following and where did they cross?
3. Outline their route.
4. Where was the original home for the Taino’s and Kalinago’s and where did they settle?
5. Which was the most advanced civilization and where did they settle?
6. State the general location and 3 countries where the Taino’s, Kalinago’s and Mayas settled.
7. What type of society were the Tainos?
8. Who was the leader of the Tainos and how was this position given?
9. What is the name of the nobles that helped the caique?
10. What is the name of the building the cacique stayed in as well as the stool he used.
11. What is the name of the god the Tainos worshipped and what was it made out of? As well as
what other things did they worship.
12. What did the Tainos do in religious ceremonies and why?
13. What is the name of the game the Tainos played and the poems they recited?
14. Name 3 things the Tainos did to survive and what type of farmers were they?
15. Name and explain the 2 methods of agriculture the Tainos practiced.
16. Name 3 crops the Tainos planted and what was their staple crop.
17. What type of area did the Tainos settle?
18. Name 3 sea animals the Tainos ate and 3 tools they used to catch them.
19. What animals did the Tainos used to hunt with, and name 3 animals they hunted.
20. What was the Tainos' favorite dish?
21. What is the name of the fruit the Tainos would not eat and why?
22. What was the shape of the Tainos' homes/
23. What type of society were the Kalinagos?
24. What were the shapes of the homes of the Kalinagos and what were they called?
25. Did the Kalinago men and women stay in the same huts and why?
26. What is the name of the red dye they used to paint their bodies?
27. What test did the Kalinago boys had to pass and at what age did they have to do this?
28. In terms of religion what did the Kalinagos believe and what did they offer?
29. What was the name of the Kalinago priest, the evil god, and medicine men?
30. Which god did the Kalinagos spend more time trying to please?
31. What is the name of the leader of a Kalinago village and how were they elected?
32. What are 3 functions of the Obutu
33. What type of farmers were the Kalinagos and which type of food did they rely on more?
34, What did the Kalinagos mainly raid the Taino village for?
35 What animals did the Kalinagos refuse to eat and why?
36, Name 3 things the Kalinagos crafted.
37. What was the name of the war canoes the Kalinagos built?
Note 2
- Mayas
1. What was the name given to the Mayans
2. Who carried news from one to the other in the Mayan society?
3. How did the Mayans organize their civilization?
4. What is the name given to the following in the Mayan society: - ruler, real / true man, council of
chiefs and priest, lesser priests and war chief?
5. What is the meaning of Ahua?
6. What was the role of the Halach Unic?
7. Who administered the city-states in the Mayan society?
8. What is the role of the batabobs?
9. How could one move up to a higher social class in a Mayan society?
10. What was the name given to the land the Mayas planted on?
11. Name 3 crops the Mayans planted?
12. What was the Mayan’s staple crop?
13. What type of area did the Mayans live in?
14. What did the Mayan’s use to store their food and when/why did they use it?
15. What did the Mayan’s use as money?
16. What were the Mayan merchants called?
17. In terms of religion what were the Mayans and what did that mean?
18. How many gods did the Mayans worship?
19. What was the name given to: the chief god, the sun god, the rain god, the corn god, the god of
earth and the priest.
20. What is an important element in the Mayan’s religious practices?
21. What was the Mayans famous ball game and what significance did it have?
22. In terms of religion what did the Mayan’s believe in?
23. Describe an average Mayan building.
24. What type of Mayan homes did the peasants live in and what type of homes did older males live
in?
25. What did the Mayan men and women wear?
26. Name 3 things that Mayan jewellery were made out of.
27. What was the first thing done to a Mayan baby when they were born?
28. What did the Mayans consider beautiful?
29. What was the Mayans form of writing?
30. What symbols did the Mayans use for the numbers: one, five and 0?
31. Describe the Mayan calendar.
32. What are 2 things the Mayans could do with the calendar?
33. What did each Mayan city have?
34. What was at the top of Mayan pyramids?
35. Describe the Mayan roads
36. Name 3 ways Mayans got access to water
37. What are cenotes?
38. Name 3 things the Mayans crafted
39. Why would the Kalinagos raid Tainos for their women?
40. How was trade done?
41. Name 3 things that were traded.
Note 3
- Europeans
1. Describe 5 reasons why the Europeans were interested in the new world.
2. What are maps/portolan charts?
3. Who is Ptolemy and what did he do?
4. What is cartography
5. What are 3 things Europeans used to protect themselves
6. Who created the first European printing press and when?
7. What year was Christopher Columbus born and what year did he die?
8. What month and year was Columbus granted funding for his explorations and by who?
9. What is the name of the 3 ships Columbus was given and which was his flag ship?
10. How long did the first voyage last?
11. When was the first voyage? State the years
12. When did Columbus leave for his voyage and how many men were on his crew?
13. Describe Columbus first voyage
14. How long was the second voyage? State the years
15. What are they searching for on their 2nd voyage?
16. Name 5 islands they visited on their 2nd voyage
17. What year did Columbus return to Hispaniola and what did he discover?
18. How long was the third voyage? State the years
19. When did Columbus leave for his third voyage?
20. When did Columbus discover Trinidad and what was it originally called?
21. After Columbus discovered Trinidad what are the three other islands he discovered?
22. How long as the 4th voyage. State the year
23. Where did Columbus sail to on his 4th voyage?
24. Name four islands he discovered on his 4th voyage
25. In what year, where and by who were the Aztec empire captured?
26. In what year, where and by who were the Inca empire captured?
Note 4
- Europeans exploration and settlements
1. What is the treaty of Tordesillas?
2. When was the treaty of Tordesillas issued?
3. What islands did the Spanish focus on and name 4 of these islands
4. Why were the Spanish interested in the islands of the greater antilles islands?
5. Why were the Spanish uninterested in the lesser Antilles islands.
6. Briefly state what the Spanish implemented in the following countries:
- La Navidad
- Hispaniola
- Puerto Rico
- Cuba
- Jamaica
- Trinidad
7. What was Columbus’ plan?
8. What are the 4 things Columbus promised the queen?
9. What are the 3 things the queen promised Columbus?
10. Elaborate on the religious aspects of Europe during the 15th century.
11. Elaborate on the societal aspects of Europe during the 15th century.
12. Elaborate on the trade aspect of Europe during the 15th century. Give three examples of items
they wanted.
13. Who founded a navigational school and when?
14. Name the 6 Maritime/Navigational Instruments and elaborate on each.
Note 5
- European rivalry and settlement in the Caribbean
1. What are three ways other European nations tried to secure a share of the Caribbean?
2. How did the Spanish try to keep the other European nations out of the Caribbean?
3. What are the three Northwest European nations that challenged spain?
4. What are three ways the French, dutch and English attacked spain?
5. What are the four ways in which Spain’s monopoly rights were challenged?
6. Who are privateers and what did they do?
7. What is the letters de marque and who was it issued by?
8. Name 2 famous French privateers and one famous British privateer
9. Who are pirates?
10. State 3 other names the pirates were called?
11. Who did the pirates attack and who did the buccaneers attack?
12. How did illegal trading come about?
13. What are 3 things the English illegally traded?
14. By the end of the 17th century who were the busiest illegal traders?
15. In what year did the English, French and dutch decide to focus on their colonial efforts in the
Caribbean?
16. Which parts of the Caribbean were the English, French and dutch going to focus on colonizing
first?
17. What were the 3 aims of the English French and dutch when colonizing the Caribbean?
18. Up until when did Britain challenge spain on the open seas?
19. What was the western design and its primary goal?
20. What would the lands acquired through the western design serve as?
Note 6
- Obstacles faced by the English and French in their efforts to settle in the Caribbean
1. Name 5 obstacles faced by the English and French in their efforts to settle in the Caribbean.
2. State 4 way the French and English overcame their problems?
3. What are 3 ways spain protected her interests in the Americas?
4. What is an Asiento?
Note 7
1. Who executed the first English attempt at colonizing Guiana and when?
2. Why was Guiana referred to as the Wild Coast?
3. What was St.Kitts and Nevis previously called and who claimed it for Britain and when?
4. When did Britain acquire Nevis?
5. When did Britain acquire Antigua and Montserrat?
6. What year did the Powell Brothers settle in Barbados?
7. What year did English settlers settle in Barbados?
8. What year were the first sugar mills built and by who?
9. When was Jamaica captured and how?
10. What is Cromwell’s Western or Grand Design?
11. When was Belize settle?
Note 8
1. When was the proprietary government active?
2. What was the purpose of the proprietary government?
3. What was the Navigation act?
4. What did D’Esnambuc gain for France?
5. Who took Tortuga and when?
6. What were the dutch more interested in?
7. What did the dutch establish in 1621?
8. What are 2 reasons the dutch were considered the “foster for fathers”?
9. Where did the dutch originally settle?
Note 9
1. What are the 3 reasons why the indigenous people decided to migrate?
2. Where is the Orinoco basin?
3. What are 3 things the Tainos were forced to do for the Spaniards?
4. What are 3 reasons for the rapid reduction on the taino population?
5. What ar 3 ways the indigenous people reacted to enslavement?
6. Who is Antonio De Montesinos?
7. When was the law of burgos created?
8. What is the law of burgos?
9. Who was Bartholomewl de las casas?
10. When was the New Laws issued?
11. What did the New Laws state?
12. What was Bartholemewl de las casas called?
13. What is infanticide?
14. What are 3 impacts of the indigenous people on the Europeans?
Note 10
1. What are 3 reasons for the change from tobacco to sugar production?
2. What are 3 social consequences of the change from tobacco to sugar
3. What are 3 economic changes of the change from tobacco to sugar?
4. What are 2 political changes of the change from tobacco to sugar?
5. What are 3 reasons for the enslavement of africans in the Caribbean?
6. What are 3 reasons for their being a few number of African slaves in the 1500’s
7. What are 3 reasons for the decrease in the importation of slaves after 1700?
8. What are 5 main places where slaves were sourced?
Note 11
1. When was the attraction for African slaves apparent?
2. What were African slaves usually employed as?
3. Which 3 countries did the trade system link?
4. What was the first leg of the slave trade?
5. Name 3 european sea ports.
6. What are 3 things traded for slaves?
7. What was the second leg of the slave trade?
8. What was transported from the African coast?
9. What was the third leg of the slave trade?
10. What are 3 things traded to the Europeans?
11. What are 4 steps to be considered when preparing to leave for Africa?
12. What are 3 ways slaves were taken from West Africa
13. How did the slave trading companies protect their slaves?
14. What was located at each fort?
15. What is another name for tee trading posts and what is the person in charged called?
16. What are barracoons?
17. What did the slaves march out in?
18. How long was the journey from west Africa to the Caribbean?
19. How were the slaves packed?
20. What was the space give to each slave?
21. What are 5 reasons why the captures were rebellious?
Note 12
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