Jake SS Chapter 5
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- What is a craftsman?
- A person who has learned a special skill.
- What is a port?
- A place along a river or a coast where ships deliver and receive goods.
- What is raw material?
- Something that is taken from the earth to be made into something else.
- What is trade?
- An exchange of goods.
- Pine trees were used to make what?
- Masts for ships
- Why are pine trees popular for mast making?
- They are stronger and all in one piece.
- People explored the Northeast in search for beavers... why?
- They heard about a Great Lake where beavers lived by the millions.
- Who moved to the Northeast to work in shipyards?
- Craftsmen
- How did settlers in the Northeast get manufactured goods?
- By trading raw materials.
- West Indies people traded what with the European settlers?
- sugar, coffee and molasses
- The Northeast traded their raw materials with whom?
- West Indies and Europe
- What is a region?
- an area having one or more features in common that set it apart from others
- 5 regions in the US are...
- Northeast, Southeast, West, Midwest and Southwest
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After many years of trapping there were no longer many beaver pelts left in the NE - 5
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European settlers settled along the coast of the NE - 1
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Trading posts grew into settlements - 4
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Settlers went in search of more beavers. They searched for the "great lake". - 6
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Trade began between the Native Americans, European settlers and Europeans. - 2
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Trading posts were set up along rivers - 3
- How did beaver trade affect the lives of people in the Northeast?
- they traded pelts for manufactured goods with they needed from Europe
- Why would people build trading posts along rivers?
- it was an easy place to load and unload beaver pelts from boats
- 2 ways the Indians were skilled hunters:
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They knew every animal trail.
They knew the animals habits. - Where did most European settlers live when they came to the NE?
- On the coast or at the edge of the forests.
- What were the European settlers interested in that the Indians had?
- beaver fur
- Why did European settlers want the beaver pelts?
- So they could get valuable goods with the pelts and to make hats.
- What did the Indians get FROM the Europeans (trade)?
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cloths, biscuits and tools
(manufactured goods) - What did the Europeans get FROM the Indians (trade)?
- beaver pelts
- Why was the NE a good area to build ships?
- There were lots of pine trees in the area.
- What 2 important uses did settlers find for ships?
- fishing and trade
- What does a blacksmith do?
- makes iron nuts, bolts and braces
- What does a sailmaker do?
- sews miles of sails
- What does a carpenter do?
- cuts and shapes wooden boats
- What does a rigger do?
- climbs high to set the sails on boats
- What does a master shipbuilder do?
- carve the wooden model of a hull and the ships body
- what are the 11 NE region states?
- NY, Penn, CT, Mass, Vermont, Maine, NJ, NH, Maryland, Delaware and RI
- What is a river valley?
- The land through which a river passes.
- What colonies were best for farming?
- Penn, NJ and NY
- What were the German farmers in Penn. called?
- Pennsylvania Dutch
- Describe the Pennsylvania Dutch farmers.
- neat and clean farmers