Unit 1 Study Guide
American History: A Survey, (Ch. 1-3)
Ch. 11. Meeting of Cultures?
2. Incas
3. Mayans
4. Aztecs
5. Civilizations in the North v. South
6. Where Historians Disagree?
7. Agricultural Revolution
8. Black Death
9. Commerce and Nationalism
10. Prince Henry the Navigator
11. Columbus
12. Religious Motives
13. Magellan
14. Conquistadors
15. Cortez
16. Pizzaro
17. Spanish America
18. Catholic Missions
19. Onate
20. Pueblo Revolt of 1680
21. Spain’s Empire
22. Royal control
23. Biological exchanges
24. cultural exchanges
25. New crops
26. Agricultural techniques
27. Racial Hierarchy
28. Intermarriage
29. labor systems
30. Ghana and Mali
31. Benin, Congo and Songhay
32. African Slave Trade
33. Cabot
34. Enclosure Movement
35. Chartered Companies
36. Mercantilism
37. Hakluyt
38. Protestant Reformation
39. Luther
40. Calvin
41. Predestination
42. English Reformation
43. Henry VIII
44. Church of England
45. RELIGIOUS HURRICANE (handout)
46. Puritans (Separatists and discontent)
47. Subjugation of Ireland
48. Plantation Model
49. French and Dutch in America
50. de Bois
51. Hudson
52. New Amsterdam
53. Spanish Armada
54. Gilbert
55. Roanoke / This study guide only includes Chapter 1, because, if you fall along with the book, everything from this study guide is taken in order from the history book.
You can just repeat the following for the next 2 chapters.
Now, more importantly, you need to realize how to use this study guide in preparation for the Unit 1 Test.
With a term like the Meeting of Cultures or Religious motives, you don’t only want to know WHAT it is? (ex. Africans, Europeans and Indians. (or as one author refers to it as the meeting of America = Red, White and Black.) You also want to know WHY (they met)? How did the meet? Who had more power? Why did they have more power? etc.
As for terms like Cortez, you need to know, Who he conquered? Where he was from? How he conquered the Aztecs? What advantages did he have? What disadvantages did the Aztecs have? Why was he able to conquer them? etc.
When you have a term, ,like the Pueblo Revolt of 1680, you want to know What caused it? Why were they revolting? Who was revolting? Was it successful? why/why not? (hint: think about the term “revolt/rebellion” v. revolution?)
So, when you’re studying for the unit tests, you might want to create flash cards, or highlight your outline, or fill in a study guide sheet. Really, figure out what works best for you or what has worked in the past.