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A.P. U.S. History
Summer Work Instructions 2015
Text: Chapter 1 and 2 from “America’s History, 8th ed”.
 Pick up reading packet from Mr. Diehl (room 809) or Mrs. Moyd/Saloy (room 607)
Chapter Notes Requirements
For both chapters, take detailed notes in either Outline form or Cornell form. Chapter notes are to be:
 Clearly labeled (each heading and subheading you use)
 Detailed with information from each sub section
 Hand written in pen and neatly organized
 Include a 4-6 sentence summary of the chapter at the end of the notes
 Chapters 1 and 2 can be picked up in room 607 or 809
Identification Requirements
Identifications are terms that you will define. Some identification terms will be found in your text, some in
your outside readings, and some you will need to look up in other resources. You can choose to complete IDs
as notecards OR as a 3 column chart.
DEFINE each term AND write a 1-2 sentence SIGNIFICANCE of the term. The significance may come
after reading about a term/concept in on several different pages of the text.
Required IDs will be provided to you for each chapter by your AP teacher. IDs for Chapter 1 and 2 are on
page 2 of this document. YOU MUST INCLUDE ALL 3 REQUIRED ELEMENTS FOR IDS TO
EARN FULL CREDIT!
Identifications: Notecard Method—Choose ONE method but include all 3 elements!
Identification: Side 1
Side 2
Definition: household under no obligation to a
landlord, owned land, and could support its
family comfortably
Term
Yeoman Family
(Pg 14)
Significance: European families yearned for the
opportunity to be Yeomen farmers, which would
give them social mobility. This desire helped to
fuel European colonization in the new world as
land was scarce in places like Great Britain.
Identifications: 3 Column Method
Term
Definition
household under no obligation to a
Yeoman Family
landlord, owned land, and could
support its family comfortably
Significance
European families yearned for the
opportunity to be Yeomen farmers, which
would give them social mobility. This
desire helped to fuel European colonization
in the new world as land was scarce in
places like Great Britain.
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A.P. U. S. HISTORY Term List – Chapters 1-2
Key:
< > Not found in the book, use alternative research method
Bold = Specifically mentioned as a detail in the College board Concept outline
Task:
1. Define – Explain what term means. Establish Place and Time in definition!
2. Significance: show connection or relevant importance to time period
CHAPTER ONE
Needs to know:
1. Tribute (8)
2. Hiawatha (13)
3. Matriarchy (15)
4. Animism (17)
5. Patriarchy (18)
6. Primogeniture (18)
7. Peasant (18)
8. Republic (19)
9. Civic Humanism (20)
10. Renaissance (20)
11. Guild (20)
12. Christianity (21)
13. Heresy (22)
14. Martin Luther (22)
15. Islam (22)
16. Crusades (22)
17. Predestination (22)
18. Protestant Reformation (22)
19. Counter Reformation (22)
20. Trans-Saharan trade (23)
21. Mansa Musa (29)
22. Reconquista (31)
23. Vasco de Gama (31)
24. Christopher Columbus (31)
25. Herman Cortes (34)
26. Moctezuma (34)
27. Pedro Alvares Cabral (35)
CHAPTER TWO
1. Chattel Slavery (40)
2. Neo-Europeans (40)
3. Encomienda (40)
4. Racial Mixture (42)
5. Columbian Exchange (43)
6. Phillip II (44)
7. Outwork (45)
8. Mercantilism (45)
9. Francis Drake (45)
10. New England (48,56,60-66)
11. House of Burgesses (52)
12. Royal Colony (52)
13. Opedhancanough (52)
14. Lord Baltimore (52)
15. Tobacco (54)
16. Freeholds (53)
17. Headright system (54)
18. Indentured servants (54)
19. Pilgrims - “separatists” (60)
20. Puritan (61)
21. John Winthrop (61)
22. Joint-Stock Corporation (62)
23. <Chesapeake Colonies>
24. Roger Williams (62)
25. Ann Hutchinson (62)
26. Predestination (62)
27. Toleration (62)
28. Covenant of Works (62)
29. Covenant of Grace (62)
30. Town Meeting (64)
31. Metacom (67)
32. <Pueblo Revolt >
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