Friday, September 2, 2011

USH. Reading Assignment 1


Food for thought: Don't write these down.
The Columbian Exchange Helped the Native Americans. Yes or Now.
The GEOGRAPHY of the southern states made them more useful for plantations and slaves.
Geography made new england better for subsistence farming, fishing, lumber, and trade.
Weather and Geography made the middle and southern states better for CASH CROPS because....
Tobacco and Cotton growth helped encourage slavery because...


Read half of Chapter 1, Section 1, and Answer questions 1-12
Chapter 1 section 1 Questions (due tomorrow in class)

1. When did people move to the US first?
2. What is a civilization?
3. What are the early civilizations in the Americas?
4. What are Cultures?
5. Pick 5 Native Cultures, and list the region of the country they lived in?
6. What drove Europe to explore west?
7. Who is Columbus?
8. Who is Leif Ericcson?
9. What is the treaty of Tordesillas?
10. Hernan Cortes?
11. Francisco Pizzarro?
12. How did the Culture change when the Spanish arrived?
13. Where was new France?
14. What is a joint-stock company
15. What is Jamestown?
16. Who are the pilgrims?
17. What were the values of the New England Puritans?
18. What is the difference between subsistence farming and Cash Crops?
19. What is Bacon’s rebellion?
20. What are the results of Bacon’s rebellion?
21. What is triangular trade?
22. What are slave coldes?
23. Where did the European immigrants come from?

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