I.S. 239 NAME: ______
7A ___ - ID ____ DATE: ______
S.S. Exam #1 – Review Sheet
Topics the Exam will cover:
1. Primary vs. Secondary sources (USH pg H3-H5)
2. The Earliest Americans (USH 6-9)
3. The Middle Ages and the Renaissance (USH 22-27)
4. The Beginnings of European Exploration (USH 38-45)
5. Spain in the Americas (USH 46-51)
6. The Race for Empires (USH 52-57)
Key Terms & Words:
Primary source
Secondary source
Bering Land Bridge/ Beringia
Migration
Paleo-Indians
Hunter-gatherers
Nomads
Olmec
Maya
Aztec
Inca
Mesoamerica
Theocracy
Terracing
Vikings
Feudalism
The Crusades
The Holy Land
The Renaissance
Monarchs
Cultural Diffusion
Joint-stock companies
Caravels
Line of Demarcation
Treaty of Tordesillas
Circumnavigate
Columbian Exchange
Conquistadors
Encomienda system
Protestant Reformation
Protestants
Spanish Armada
Northwest Passage
Charter
Key Historical Figures:
Michelangelo
Leonardo da Vinci
Marco Polo
Johannes Gutenberg
Erik the Red
Leif Eriksson/Ericson
Henry the Navigator
Bartolomeu Dias
Vasco da Gama
Ferdinand & Isabella
Christopher Columbus
Amerigo Vespucci Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Ferdinand Magellan
Hernan Cortes
Francisco Pizarro
Montezuma II/ Moctezuma II
Quetzalcoatl
Juan Ponce de Leon
Hernando de Soto
Bartolome de Las Casas
Martin Luther
John Cabot
Giovanni da Verrazano
Jacques Cartier
Henry Hudson
Sir Walter Raleigh
John White
Samuel de Champlain
Louis Jolliet
Jacques Marquette
Rene-Robert de La Salle
Concepts/Ideas to Understand
1. Why did Paleo-Indians migrate to the Americas?
2. Why did Europeans become interested in other lands during the Middle Ages?
3. How did the Renaissance change European culture?
4. Why did European nations want to find a sea route to Asia?
5. Why did Columbus embark on his voyages of exploration?
6. What was the impact of Columbus crossing the Atlantic?
7. What early societies developed across Mesoamerica and South America?
8. What happened when the Europeans and the Early Americans met?
9. How did the Columbian Exchange affect the economies and people of Europe, Africa, and the Americas?
10. What motivated explorers? What are the “Three G’s”?
11. How have maps changed over time?
12. Why was Spain able to establish a large empire in the Americas?
13. In what ways did other European nations begin to challenge Spain in the Americas during the 1500s?