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Thursday, September 19, 2013

Unit One Exam Essential Questions

This portion below is a list of all of the essential questions that you need to know for the first exam, as well as covering the textbook chapters of information, in-class notes, and activities to be successful on the exam.

Indigenous People’s & Exploration
Theories of Arrival: Coastal Migration vs. Land Bridge.
In what ways were Native Americans the true founding fathers? (Address Mayan, Inca, & Aztec Contributions).
What motives did explorers have that brought them to the New World?
Who were Marco Polo, Ferdinand Magellan, & Christopher Columbus? Where did they go? Why?
How did each change world?
What were the consequences of contact between European and Natives?

Colonization & the Slave Trade
What is the difference between the Columbian Exchange and the Triangle Trade?
What was exchanged?
How did the Atlantic slave trade develop?
How did Native American treatment differ between the different European Nations that settled in the Americas (French v. Spanish v. English)?
Why was slavery adopted throughout the Americas instead of other forms of labor?
What is the difference between and indentured servant and a slave? What motives did colonists have for coming to the Americas?
How did geography affect the economic development of the three colonial regions? (i.e. Regions of Colonies & Purposes of Regions.)
What were the 13 Original Colonies, General Purposes for Settlement, Countries of Origin.
Why did conflict arise in North America between England and the American Indian Nations? (King Phillip's War)
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