Short Answer and Period 1

 Today we will discuss Howard Zinn chapter 1, the test coming up tomorrow (or Thursday) for Unit 1, and finally you'll have some time to work on SAQs below (one of them will be on the test).

What do you need to know? 

1.1: Before the arrival of Europeans, native populations in North America developed a wide variety of social, political, and economic structures based in part on interactions with the environment and each other.

1.2: European overseas expansion resulted in the Columbian Exchange, a series of interactions and adaptations among societies across the Atlantic

1.3 Contacts among American Indians, Africans, and Europeans challenged the worldviews of each group.

 

Terms: Be able to explain causation. What caused Europeans to explore the Americas? 

Also know the following: Cahokia, three-sister farming, Columbian exchange, Treaty of Tordesillas, encomienda, Black Legend, Pope's Rebellion, Battle of Acoma, Bartolome de Las Casas. Columbus' Letter and "From A Brief Account of the Devastation of the West Indies" 

Note – Short Answer (SAQ) are not essay questions

 

Answer using a three to four-sentence format:

 

A)    Clearly answer the question (use part of the prompt) – this should include a generalization as far as your answer

B)    CITE a specific piece of evidence to support your answer. The more specific, the better.

C)    Expand your answer by providing further analysis or historical context

 

C) can be 1-2 sentences

For period 1 - make sure you know Columbian Exchange, how Native Americans interacted with their environment, Pope's Rebellion, and the Spanish Encomienda System

Short Answer:

 

1. Use your knowledge of US History to answer parts a, b and c.

 

a. Briefly explain ONE way in which North American Indians adapted to their environment.

b. Briefly explain how this was different than another indian group in North America.

c. Briefly explain ONE way in which Native Americans responded to Europeans.

 

2. Use your knowledge of US History to answer parts a, b and c.

 

a. Briefly explain ONE motive for European exploration.

b. Identify ONE piece of technology that helped Europeans conquer the new world.

c. Briefly explain why technology was not the main reason that Europeans conquered the new world.

 

 

“I want the natives to develop a friendly attitude toward us because I know that they are a people who can be made free and converted to our Holy Faith more by love than by force.  I therefore gave red caps to some and glass beads to others.  They hung the beads around their necks, along with some other things of slight value that I gave them….I warned my men to take nothing from the people without giving something in exchange.”

 

3. Using the excerpt, answer a, b, and c

 

a.  Briefly explain the point of view expressed by Columbus in the excerpt

b. Briefly explain what powerful group in Spain, other than the monarchy, Columbus would be appealing to in the above passage?

c. Provide an example of contact between Europeans and the first inhabitants of America that is not consistent with the above passage.

 SAQ Rubric