Chapter 1 Questions (8/28/09)

Please answer the following questions in complete sentences. Your answers should be as detailed as possible and should be HANDWRITTEN on your own sheet of paper. Due Tuesday, 09/01/09.

1. Explain how Ice Age hunters may have crossed the Bering Straits and began settling North America.
2. Discuss the sophistication of the cultures of the Mayans, Aztecs, Toltecs, and Algonquians and show the impact of the Columbian Exchange on the Native Americans.
3. Explain why the Norse discovery of America was ineffective.
4. List the changing social conditions and new scientific discoveries that resulted in European voyages of discovery.
5. Describe the economic, political, social, and religious factors of the Spanish colonial system, as well as the impact of this system on the Native peoples.
6. Compare the motives, elements, problems, and impact of the French colonial empire in North America with that of the Spanish.
7. Show the similarity between the British treatment of the Irish in the latter part of the sixteenth century and treatment of the slaves and Native Americans during the Colonial Era.
8. Discuss the early English attempts at planting colonies, including the work of Sir Humphrey Gilbert and Sir Walter Raleigh.

Student Info Sheet

Please print the student info sheet below and return it completed and signed by you and a parent or guardian. Thank you.

Student Info Sheet

Course Syllabus

Welcome to AP United States History! Below is the syllabus for the course. Please print it and keep it in your binders. I will post the form for parent signature right after. See you tomorrow.
AP United States History Syllabus 09-10 for Students

Syllabus

We will go over the syllabus in class tomorrow. You will need to go home and print it out. I look forward to seeing all of you. Get a good night's sleep.