As you read the chapter, jot down your notes in the middle column. Consider your notes to be elaborations on the Objectives and Main Ideas presented in the left column. When you finish reading the section and taking notes, process and analyze what you read by answering the question in the right hand column. You do not need to write in complete sentences. Cultures pp 2-5 Key Concepts & Main Ideas Notes Analysis 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. As settlers migrated and settled across the vast expanse of North America over time, they developed quite different and increasingly complex societies by adapting to and transforming their diverse environments. Cultures of Central and South America… Cultures of North America… Language… Southwest Settlements… Northwest Settlements… Great Plains… Midwest Settlements… Northeast Settlements… Atlantic Seaboard Settlements… In what ways did native peoples transform North American environment before European colonization? (list) a. b. c. d. Identify one key similarity and one key difference between societies that developed in Central and America to those that developed in North America. Similarity: Difference: Explain the significance of the difference between Central /South America and North America. Europe Toward Exploration, pp 5-6 Key Concepts & Main Notes Analysis New technology, new knowledge, and new goals spurred European exploration. Improvements in technology… Religious conflict… Identify the key difference between Viking voyages of the 12th century to that of Columbus in the 15th century. How did new technology enable Christopher Columbus to dominate the “New World?” What was the impact of the Catholic victory in Spain and the European Reformation on North America? Expanding Trade, pp 6-7
Key Concepts & Main Ideas Analysis Economic motives exploration, and “discovery” altered the European, African, and America economically, politically, and culturally. New Routes… Slave Trading… African Resistance… Developing Nation-States… List three main effects of Europe’s expanding trade in the 15th century. a. b. c. effect was most significant? Explain your answer. Early Explorations, pp 7-10 Key Concepts & Main Notes Analysis European overseas expansion resulted in the Columbian Exchange, a series of interactions and adaptations societies across the Atlantic. The arrival of Europeans in the Western Hemisphere in the 15th and 16th centuries triggered extensive demographic and social changes on both sides of the Atlantic. European expansion into the Western Hemisphere caused intense social/religious, political, and economic competition in Europe and the promotion of empire building. Christopher Columbus… Columbus’s Legacy… Exchanges… Dividing the Americas… Spanish Exploration and Conquest… English Claims… French Claims… Claims… How did European expansion impact European society? How did European expansion impact Native American society? of these consequences were the most significant? Explain your answer. Spanish Settlements in America, pp 10-11
Key Concepts & Main Ideas Notes Analysis European expansion into the Western Hemisphere caused intense social/religious, political, and economic competition in Europe and the promotion of empire building. Florida… New Mexico… Texas… California… What were three chief features of the Spanish empire in America? a. b. c. Identify one cause and one effect of Spanish settlement in North America. Effect: European Treatment of Native Americans, pp 11-12 Key Concepts & Main Ideas Analysis Contacts among American Indians, Africans, and Europeans challenged the worldviews of each group. European overseas expansion and sustained contacts with Africans and American Indians dramatically altered European of social, political, and economic relationships among and between white and nonwhite peoples Spanish Policy… English Policy… French Policy… Native American Reaction… Identify major consequences of European contact with American Indians? a. b. c. Which of these were the most significant? Explain your answer. In what ways was English policy toward Native Americans different from those of France and Spain? Different from France in that… Different from in that… How effective were Native Americans in overcoming the negative aspects of European policies? Historical Perspectives: Was Columbus a Great Hero? p.13 Key Concepts & Main Ideas Notes Analysis