APUSH Review Sheet #1
Europe Invades the Americas
As with all review sheets, you should have a strong understanding of the following items.
A strong understanding means being able to explain who, what, when, where, and the
significance of the following items, as well as being able to explain their relation to each
other. Keep this review sheet, as it will provide assistance in preparing for the Advanced
Placement Exam.
The Native Americans
Circular thought patterns
Age of Discovery
The Noble Savage vs. The Bloody Savage
Reasons for European exploration
Spain in the New World
Conquistadores
The Mission System
Mixing of cultures
The Virgin of Guadalupe, La Llorona
Plate Fleets
A Very Brief Recital of the Destruction of the Indies
Bartoleme de las Casas
The Black Legend
Global Exchange
France in the New World
Les Coureurs des Bois
Protestant Reformation
The French and the Native Americans
Religion, politics, and the quest for power
Martin Luther
Henry VIII
Elizabeth I
Sea Dogs
Joint Stock Companies
Roanoke
Sir Francis Drake
The Spanish Armada
Chesapeake Bay
Powahatan and the Pamunkey
Richard Hakluyt
The Virginia Company
Jamestown
The English and the Native Americans
John Smith
The Starving Time
Sir Thomas Dale
Land Allocations
John Rolfe
Tobacco
Slavery
The House of Burgesses
The natural aristocracy
Development of Southern society
Development of the American character
Topics to Consider:
What effects did geography have on the cultures of the Native Americans throughout the
Americas? What effects did this have on the Europeans who settled in those areas?
What caused the Europeans to arrive in the Americas and not the Native Americans to
arrive in Europe?
What similarities and differences did the Spanish, French, and English exhibit in their
dealings with the Native Americans and vice-versa? What were the reasons for this?
APUSH Chapter 1 Questions
1. Describe the general characteristics of Native Americans in North, Central, and
South America.
2. Describe the factor that encouraged the Age of Discovery.
3. Describe the exchange of products, diseases, and culture that took place between
the Old and New World.
4. Describe in general terms Spanish settlements of the Americas. What factors
influenced the characteristics of the Spanish in America?
5. Describe in general terms French settlements of the Americas. What factors
influenced the characteristics of the French in America?
6. Describe the culture and social characteristics of the English prior to their
colonization of the Americas. Explain how these characteristics would influence
the English in the Americas.
7. Explain what was meant by The Black Legend, and how this legend would
influence English settlement in the Americas.
Essay Prompt:
Analyze the culture and economic responses of two of the following groups to the Indians
of North America before 1750.
British
French
Spanish
APUSH Chapter 2 Questions (Part 1)
1. Identify John Smith by explaining his significance.
2. Identify Sir Thomas Dale by explaining his significance.
3. Explain the effects of land allocation and tobacco on society in Virginia.
4. Explain the effects of slavery on Southern society.
5. Explain what is meant by the “natural aristocracy”.
APUSH Chapter 2 Questions (Part 2)
1. Explain the factors that encouraged English settlement in the Americas.
2. Explain how religious movements in England affected the North American
Colonies.
3. Explain the resources for Separatists settlement at Plymouth.
4. Explain the purpose of the Mayflower Compact.
5. Explain the reasons for Puritan migration to the Americas.
6. Describe Massachusetts’ society circa 1670 and the reasons for these
characteristics.
7. Identify Roger Williams by explaining his significance.
8. Identify Anne Hutchinson by explaining her significance.
Essay Prompt:
Assess the validity of this statement.
Throughout the colonial period, economic concerns had more to do with the settling of
British North America than did religious concerns.