APUSH

New World Beginnings

Chapter 1 Homework Questions from Pageant DUE TEST DAY

Homework Questions - Responses should be thorough but concise, and the length of the responses will vary by the questions. In general you should assume that about two to three standard typed pages per chapter will be required.

The Big Question: What forces led to the collision of the “Old World” and the “New World” and what were the outcomes for the major groups of each?(Europeans, Natives, Africans, etc.) Yes- you answer this too- the “Big Q should be a bigger answer in general- 1-2 paragraph

Thought Provokers

  1. Discuss the variety of social, political and economic structures of the North American native populations prior to the arrival of the Europeans. Identify at least 3 native populations to discuss

Tribe / 1. / 2. / 3.
Political
Economic
Social
  1. Which crop spread from Mexico to the American Southwest? What effect did it have on the societies in this area? What about the areas that lacked this crop? Give examples of how these societies adapted?
  2. Explain how and why people moved within the Americas (before contact) and to and within the Americas (after contact)?
  3. How did the arrival of Europeans in the W. Hemisphere in the 15th & 16th centuries trigger extensive demographic and social changes on both sides of the Atlantic?
  4. Analyze the effects that migration, disease and warfare had on the American Indian population after contact with Europeans?
  5. Explain how the introduction of new plants, animals and technologies altered the natural environment of N. America? How does exchanging commodities, people and ideas around the Atlantic World develop after European contact?
  6. Describe the early Spanish settlements in current day New Mexico and California.
  7. What changes are felt in Europe politically, religiously, socially and economically as a result of exploration and expansion?
  8. How are worldviews of American Indians, Africans and Europeans challenged as a result of contact and expansion? Compare cultural values and attitudes of different European, African American and native peoples in this period. How do native peoples and attempt to maintain their political and cultural autonomy?
  9. What is the “black legend”? Why does your textbook fault the common understanding of it? Do you agree or disagree with the textbook and why?

Key people and terms: (Concisely identify what/who/why significant)

Three-sister farming

Pope’s Rebellion (1680)

Treaty of Tordesillas

Encomienda

Casta system

mulatto