APUSH
Mr. Dunn
Chapter 1 Study Guide
The Meetings of Cultures
1300’s-1600’s
Important terms, people, ideas
Inca
Maya
Aztec
Algonquin
Iroquois
Matrilineal
Impact of agriculture
Prince Henry the Navigator
Christopher Columbus
Conquistadors
Impact of small pox
Catholic Missions
St. Augustine
Encomiendas
Spanish in NM
Agricultural exchange
John Cabot
Richard Hakluyt
John Calvin
Puritan Separatists
Spanish Armada
Sir Humphrey Gilbert
Sir Walter Raleigh
Roanoke
Coureurs de bois
Seigneuries
Henry Hudson
New Netherlands
Civilizations of the South
Name
Location
Major Cities
Cultural achievements or lack of achievements
Inca
Maya
Aztec
1. Describe the economy of all of the Civilizations of the South.
Civilizations of the North
Name
Describe their economy
Nomadic or permanent: explain
Eskimos
Pacific
Northwest
Far West
Great
Plains
Woodland
2. Name the three largest language groups living east of the Mississippi.
3. How united were these language groups?
4. Describe how agricultural advancements impacted the North American Indian tribes.
Explorers
Name
Prince Henry
the Navigator
Bartholomeau
Dias
Vasco de
Gama
Pedro Cabral
Christopher
Columbus
Ferdinand
Magellan
Country
Accomplishments
The Spanish in the New World
5. Identify the land conquered/explored by the following Spanish conquistadors.
Hernando Cortes:
Francisco Pizarro:
Hernando de Soto:
Francisco Coronado:
6. What was the motivation for the conquistadors?
7. Describe the motivation and impact of the Catholic Missions.
8. St. Augustine
Where:
When:
Why:
Significance:
9. Describe the Spanish use of encomiendas.
10. Describe the Spanish success in New Mexico.
11. Describe the cause and result of the Pueblo Revolt of 1680.
12. How did the Spanish solve the problems with the revolts?
13. How did the Spanish men solve the problem of a lack of Spanish women to marry?
14. How far did the Spanish Empire reach by the end of the 16th Century?
15. Describe the impact of the Spanish Royal control.
16. How were the Spanish colonizing efforts different than the English, Dutch, and French?
Biological and Cultural Exchanges Between the Europeans and Natives
Disease:
17. List the European diseases that devastated the Natives.
18. Describe the conquistador policy of subjugation and Extermination.
Agriculture:
19. List the new crops and livestock introduced by the Europeans.
20. What did the Natives teach the Europeans?
21. List the Native crops introduced into European culture.
22. Describe the impact that intermarriage had on the Spanish settlements.
The English in the New World
23. John Cabot
When:
Who sponsored him?
Where:
What was his goal?
24. Explain Richard Hakluyt’s reasons for supporting colonization in the New World.
25. Describe the beliefs of John Calvin.
26. Name two of the groups produced by the ideas of John Calvin.
27. Describe the beliefs of the Puritan Separatists.
28. Describe the outlook that Sir Humphrey Gilbert, Sir Walter Raleigh, and Sir Richard Grenville
derived from their experience in Ireland. How did the impact colonization in the New World?
29. Explain the impact of the English victory over the Spanish Armada in 1588.
30. Describe the failure of Sir Humphrey Gilbert.
31. Describe the failure of Sir Walter Raleigh.
The French and Dutch in the New World
32. Describe the reasons why the French exercised an influence in the New World disproportionate to
their numbers.
33. Who were the coureurs de bois and what was their impact?
34. Name three reasons why the French were able to compete with the more numerous British.
35. Where did Henry Hudson explore and what did it lead to?
36. New Netherland
When:
Where:
Define patroon:
Name and give the location of the principal town: