Case 21 Study Guide

Native American Life (North American)

  • Where did Native Americans come from?
  • How did they adapt to their surroundings? Clothes, shelter, food, etc.
  • What did they do for food?
  • What was their relationship with Europeans?
  • What was their relationship with nature and with religion?

The Columbian Exchange

  • Why was this important for the world?

Explorers

  • What was their attitude towards Native Americans?
  • What were they searching for in the New World?
  • What was the Northwest Passage?
  • How did conquistadors conquer the Aztecs and Incas?
  • What did explorers bring to the “New World” that made many of the Native Americans die?
  • What group was the first to ship African slaves into the “New World?”
  • How important is control of waterways (ex.Rivers, streams, lakes)?
  • What was the first settlement in North America? What group did this?
  • What is mercantilism?
  • What event thrust Spain as the leader in exploration?
  • What was Portugal’s initial role during the exploration of the world?
  • What were both the Aztecs and Incas known for?

Colonies

  • What groups established each of the colonies?
  • What was each of colonies best economic commodity?
  • How was Jamestown able to survive?
  • What happened at Roanoke?
  • What were many religious groups searching for in the “New World” that drove them to leave England?
  • What is Triangular Trade and what was the main thing traded?
  • How did slavery come about in the colonies?
  • What are the differences in the 3 Colonial regions?
  • What was the Magna Carta? How did this effect the colonies?
  • Why did the Pilgrims leave England? What was the Mayflower Compact?
  • What was the first representative government in the colonies?
  • What role did women play in Colonial Life?
  • What was Bacon’s Rebellion?
  • Where did most towns and cities pop-up during colonial times?
  • What made the Southern Colonies an ideal place for planting?
  • What was the Great Awakening and how did this effect colonist?

History tools

  • How do people understand what happened in the past?
  • What did explorers make and use on their journeys?
  • What evidence do historians study to know the events we studies actually took place?