APUSH
Unit 1 Comps
“Discovery and Settlement of the New World”
AP: 1/SOLs: 11.1; 2; 3
Directions: Answer each chapter review question in brief paragraph format with a topic sentence and include at least 3 sentences of solid, logical support from the textbook. Write neatly in dark blue or black ink on the front and back of lined notebook paper. Be sure your handwriting is LEGIBLE. *Good responses will clearly indicate all parts of the question and include concrete evidence from the readings. *Even if the question asks for your opinion do NOT use “I” in your response. (Reading Vocabulary will be kept in a separate composition notebook, labeled by CHAPTER, date and PAGE number assignments. I will check them off the day you take your QUIZ.)
For Vocab Analysis: Number and explain the ultimate significance of the term IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CHAPTER.**You should read the assigned section FIRST, then go back and explain the term.
Chapter 1:
1. How true is the following statement: "The Great Ice Age shaped more than the geological history of North America. It also contributed to the origins of the continent's human history." ??? Decide and discuss with evidence from the textbook.
2. How true is the following statement: "Columbus's sensational achievement obscures the fact that he was one of the most successful failures in history."???? Decide and discuss with evidence from the textbook.
3. Describe both the positive and negative effects of the Columbian Exchange on the New and Old World.
4. Describe the impact of Europeans on Native American (Indian) cultures and the impact of native cultures on Europeans. Then explain why it was, or was not, a good thing that European culture prevailed.
5. Are the conquistadores to be considered villains or heroes for their actions in the Americas?
Ch:1 Vocab Analysis
1. Incas
2. Aztecs
3. Cahokia
4. Middlemen
5. Caravel
6. Plantation
7. Columbian Exchange
8. Treaty of Tordesillas
9. Capitalism
10. Mestizos
11. Pope’s Rebellion
12. Ferdinand and Isabella
13. Christopher Columbus
14. Francisco Coronado
15. Francisco Pizarro
16. Bartolome de Las Casas
17. Hernan Cortes
18. Moctezuma
19. Givanni Caboto (John Cabot)
20. Robert de La Salle
Chapter 2:
6. In many ways, North Carolina was the least typical of the five plantation colonies. Describe the unique features of colonial North Carolina, and explain why this colony was so unlike its southern neighbors.
7. Write your own definition of progress. Then use this definition to demonstrate that the discovery of America did or did not lead to progress in human history.
8. Analyze the contribution to European expansion by two of the following developments:
· Renaissance thought
· Search for new trade routes
· New development in technology
9. Compare and contrast the ways in which tobacco and sugar affected the social and economic development of colonial America.
10. Discuss English treatment of the Irish and its consequences.
Chapter 2 Vocab Analysis:
1. Protestant Reformation
2. Spanish Armada
3. Primogeniture
4. Join-stock company
5. Charter
6. Powhatan wars
7. Act of Toleration
8. Barbados slave code
9. Squatters
10. Buffer
11. Iroquois Confederacy
12. Henry VIII and Elizabeth I of England
13. Sirs Drake and Raleigh
14. James I
15. Captain John Smith, Pocahontas, Powhatan and John Rolfe
16. Lord De La Warr
17. Lord Baltimore
18. Oliver Cromwell
19. James Oglethorpe
20. Hiawatha
Chapter 3:
11. Compare and contrast the motives of their founders, religious and social orientation, economic pursuits, and political developments of each of the early colonial settlement areas. (South, New England and Middle).
12. Analyze the extent to which the government of Massachusetts Bay was simultaneously (at the same time) theocratic, democratic, oligarchic, and authoritarian. Define each term,(look them up if you don’t know them) then explain how the colony fits or does not fit the definitions.
13. State and explain whether or not political authority should be used to enforce a particular view of morality. Then finish this sentence and explain with good reasoning: “Banishing Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson from Massachusetts Bay was justified because…(or was NOT justified because…”)
14. Construct your OWN definition of Puritanism using the concepts of predestination, calling, covenant, Protestant ethic, and conversion.
15. In your opinion, which three of the twelve colonies founded in the seventeenth century made the most significant contributions to the perennial American values of democratic self-government, educational opportunity, religious toleration, social plurality, and economic materialism? Explain your choice (and be ready to discuss in class)
Chapter 3 Vocab Analysis:
1. Calvinism
2. Puritans and Separatists
3. Mayflower Compact
4. Antinomianism
5. Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
6. Pequot War
7. King Philip’s war
8. English Civil War
9. Dominion of New England
10. Navigation Laws
11. Glorious Revolution
12. Salutary neglect
13. Blue laws
14. William Bradford
15. John Winthrop
16. Anne Hutchinson
17. Roger Williams
18. Metacom
19. Sir Edmund Andros
20. Peter Stuveysant
Chapter 4:
16. Why did colonial masters first adopt the institution of indentured servitude rather than Indian or black slavery to meet their demands for labor? Why, then, did black slavery replace indentured servitude?
17. Identify the main cause of Bacon's Rebellion: resentment felt by backcountry farmers, Governor Berkeley's Indian policies, or the pressure of the tobacco economy? Justify your choice.
18. Assess the validity of the following statement, "democracy in church government led logically to democracy in political government."
19. Assess the validity of the following statement, "slavery might have begun in America for economic reasons, but by the end of the seventeenth century, it was clear that racial discrimination also powerfully molded the American slave system."
20. Compare and contrast the status of women in the South with that in New England.
Chapter 4 Vocab Analysis:
1. indentured servants
2. freedom dues
3. white slaves
4. headright system
5. Bacon’s rebellion
6. Royal African Company
7. Middle passage
8. Slave codes
9. Ringshout
10. New York slave revolt
11. South Carolina slave revolt (Stono River)
12. Congregational Church
13. Jeremiad
14. Half-way covenant
15. Salem witch trials
16. Leisler’s Rebellion
17. William Berkeley
18. Nathaniel Bacon
19. “Dukes don’t emigrate”
20. “FFVs”
Unit Quiz Vocab to learn for FIB and analysis on the quiz. (Copy the APUSH vocab file from the public drive here at school for definitions. Read the entire description for best results. IF you can’t “find” it use your textbook or the internet)
1. Mayflower Compact
2. William Bradford
3. Pilgrims and Puritans (you will put ONE on the quiz not both)
4. John Winthrop
5. Calvinism
6. Anne Hutchinson
7. Roger Williams
8. Half-way covenant
9. Thomas Hooker
10. Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
11. Sir Edmund Andros
12. Joint stock company
13. Headright system
14. John Smith
15. John Rolfe
16. Virginia House of Burgesses
17. Cavaliers
18. James Oglethorpe
19. John Locke
20. William Penn
1-20 will be on the CH:1/2 Quiz on the first day of school
21. Magna Carta, 1215
22. Petition of Right, 1628
23. English Bill of Rights, 1689
24. Five Nations
25. Great Awakening
26. Jonathan Edwards
27. George Whitefield
28. Maryland Act of Religious Toleration
29. Deism
30. Huguenots
31. Mercantilism
32. Navigation Acts
33. Admiralty courts
34. Salem Witch trials
35. Primogeniture
36. Robert Walpole
37. Salutary neglect
38. The Enlightenment
39. Virtual representation
40. Town meetings
21-40 will be on the CH:3/4 Quiz
Reading Assignments: You should preview the comprehensive questions BEFORE you read.
You should be reading and drafting an outline for your nonfiction critical analysis before August.
X 8/1 p. 2-11
F 8/2 p. 11-18
M 8/5 p. 18-25
T 8/6 p.27-33
W 8/7 p.33-40
X 8/8 p.40-44
F 8/9 Finish paper
MONDAY AUGUST 12th: Deliver your 8/12 Critical Analysis Essay to my mailbox in the office at Fort Defiance High School by 3 PM on Monday, August 12th. You will be UN-REGISTERED for APUSH if you have not turned in your paper.
M 8/12 through F 8/16: (READ) Review proper format, prepare Comps-review questions, analyze CH:1 & 2 vocab (in separate composition book) for submission on the first day of school, and study for CH:1/2 QUIZ.
Assignment: Tentative In-Class activity:
M 8/19 p. 46-52 CH:1/2 Quiz CH:1 & 2 COMPS and VOCAB DUE (Completion AND Quality grades)
T 8/20 p. 52-58 Discussion of Unit 1 topics and Background History
W 8/21 p.59-65*CH:3 Comps Native Americans, Europeans and Culture Clash
X 8/22 p.68-71 Compare and Contrast colonial areas
F 8/23 p. 72-81 Slave Trade/Southern & NEngland
M 8/26 p.82-86 CH:4 Comps Religion, Society & Economics
T 8/27 Unit 1 SOL review info WS Culture & Legacy of Colonialism
W 8/28 Review CH: 1-4 Material CH:3/4 QUIZ CH: 3 & 4 Comps and VOCAB DUE
X 8/29 p. 88-92*start Review/Discuss
F 8/30 p. 92-97 Unit 1 SOL/APUSH TEST
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