Homework #1 - Chapter 1 - Pre Columbian America Academic US History
Chapter 1 Read pages 4 to 13. Answer the questions completely and you must use sentences. Be prepared for a quiz
on this HW.
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How does National Geographic reporter, Thomas Canby describe North America at the end of the Ice Age?
What are the 3 cultures that created modern day US culture?
Why do you think it is needed to study Pre Columbian Indians?
When did the first Americans arrive in North America? How long ago?
How did they get here?
What did the ancient big game hunters prey upon?
Why did the end of the Ice Age change the First Americans from big game hunters to hunter gatherers?
How long ago did agriculture develop?
Which crop was the first to be planted?
How does agriculture enable First Americans to build stable and complex societies?
How long ago to First Americans form larger communities and build civilizations?
Determine the characteristics that separate the Olmec, Maya, Aztec, and Inca from each other.
In what way did Pre Columbian civilizations surpass the achievements of other cultures of the world?
What was the name of the ancient desert farmers?
Why did they build cities in canyons and on the side of cliffs?
What did the Mound Builders excel at?
Look on page 7. What made the Mayan pyramids more advanced than the Egyptian pyramids?
Which ancient Pre Columbian civilization is the most advanced? Why do you think so?
How did Kashaya Pomo keep the stories of her culture alive?
What do you think a big bird on the ocean describes?
How did the diverse environments of North America shape the diverse lifestyles of North Americans?
What did Kashaya Pomo mean when she said California was not one land but many lands?
In what ways can we see the influence of the sea on Northwest tribes such as the Kwakiutl?
What is a potlatch? Why is this very significant?
How did the Pueblo Indians of the Southwest tame the harsh desert climate?
At the time of Columbus arriving, what made tribes like the Eastern Woodland Iroquois the most versatile of all
North American Indians?
How did American Indian trade networks shape the people of North America?
How did Indians view the use of land?
How would you describe the religious beliefs held by American Indians?
What is a bond of kinship?
How did the young and old interact?
Describe the division of labor in the American Indian world?
What is the difference between an extended family and a nuclear family (just mom,dad,kids)?
What are the advantages of an extended family?
In what way is the American Indian family more democratic?
Homework #2 - Chapter 1 - West Africa, Europe, and Exploration Academic US History
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Based on the writings of Leo Africanus, how would you describe the great West African city of Timbuktu?
What increased the interaction between West Africa and Europe?
Why was the Sahara Highway important to the wealth of Timbuktu and West Africa?
What was brought to West Africa that transformed society?
When the Portuguese began trading in West Africa what were two important developments?
Why did Portuguese plantations require West African slaves?
What made the Songhai empire the most powerful in West Africa?
What limited Songhai’s expansion to the south?
What title to the ruler’s of Benin have?
How did Benin’s rulers achieve great wealth and progress in such a short time?
What is a striking feature of the Manikongo in the Kingdom of Kongo?
What is unusual about West African’s tracing lineage through the mother’s family?
What advantage did West African’s have marrying outside of their lineage group?
Why did elders hold the most authority in West Africa?
What part of the native West African religion enabled them to understand Christianity and Islam?
What economic activities did West Africans take up to sustain themselves?
What was different about West African slavery when you compare this to the way Europeans practiced slavery?
What was Prince Henry’s motivation for exploration?
Why do you think the Renaissance is essential to the time of exploration?
What is social hierarchy?
What is the positive and negative side of social hierarchy?
What is a nuclear family?
How did Europeans divide labor along the lines of gender?
What was a dominant force in European politics and religion?
How did Christians in Europe respond to Muslim invaders?
What led to the decline of church authority?
Why were the 1300s a tough time in European history?
How did the Crusades help the European economy?
How were monarchs able to concentrate so much power after the Crusades?
How did the spirit of the Renaissance shape exploration of the New World?
What enabled Portugal to take the lead in exploration?
Who sailed on the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria?
What does the expression of gold, god, and religion mean for Spanish explorers?
What was the difference between Columbus’s first visit and second visit?
What method did Europeans use to claim land in the New World and build colonies?
How did American Indians respond to colonization?
Why did American Indians fail to protect their lands?
What is the Columbian Exchange?
Why is the Columbian Exchange the most significant event perhaps in the last 1,000 years?
Why did the Treaty of Tordesillas fail to divide New World land between Spain and Portugal and maintain
peace?