INCAS MAYANS AZTEC

UNIT 1 STUDY GUIDEU.S. HISTORY

Objective: The story of our nation begins with geography. Lesson 2 of American History revisits North American geography and discovery. This will include mapping of American landforms and European exploration of the new world.

1. Geography is :_________________________________________________________ Human/environmental interaction—____________________________________

***Using Maps-- PowerPoint 2. Natural Resource: _____________________________________________________

Renewable: _____________________________________________________ Non-renewable: _________________________________________________

3. What is a tributary? _________________________________________________

4. On your world map (on back of States Map)- 1, TRACE the path showing the way most scientists believe that the first people reached the Americas.

5. Label the South American empires:-- Create Key. Put key words Incas_______________________________________________________

Mayans_____________________________________________________Aztec ______________________________________________________

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MAP KEY

************************************* Exploration:There are many events that lead to European exploration:

6. Fall of Rome: __________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________

7. Middle Ages: ___________________________________________________ Hierarchy: Top -- _______________ _____________________ _____________________ Bottom ____serfs & peasants___

*Black Death ___________________________________________________

8. Crusades: ____________________________________________________

9. Renaissance: __________________________________________________*******************************************************************************************

Mark the European Countries- make a key

10. Explain the significance of Prince Henry of Portugal. ______________.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Portugal England France Netherlands Spain Italy

MAP KEY

11. Justify how the voyages of Christopher Columbus differed from earlier voyages to the Americas. ______________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________

12. Columbian Exchange - ____________________________________________________

13. Circumnavigate __________________________________________________________

**WORLD MAP ACTIVITIES-- *attached page

14. Define “authentic”: give an example:

15. Define bias—give an example

16. Western European nations sent explorers in search of a __________________________to ____________________________________.

17. Both the French and the Dutch brought many customs from Europe to America, but a bitter rivalry developed between the two nations. What did they fight about?____________________________________________________________________________

18. How did European exploration and settlement of the Americas affect Native Americans? (page 86) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________19. Which group of people benefited the least from the Age of Exploration? _______________ __________________________________________________________________________

American History Bell Work Assignments

NAME___________________________ Lesson 2– Geography, Early Civilizations, and

ExplorationDate: _____________________ YOU MUST WRITE QUESTION AND ANSWER.

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