American History

Ch 1 Worksheet

Sec 1

  1. From what continent do scientists think the earliest Americans came from? How did they get here?

 

 

  1. Where did the early arrivals live? Why? Why did this change?

 

 

 

  1. What group made up the first civilization in America? What did they do? In what region did they live?

 

 

  1. What accomplishment did the Mayas do?

 

 

  1. How did the Aztecs create an empire? What was their city?

 

 

  1. Where did the Hohokam live? What did they accomplish?

 

 

  1. Where did the Anasazi live? What are they famous for building?

 

 

  1. What are the Mississippians and Hopewell famous for building? What was the largest Mississippian city?

 

 

Sec 2

  1. Why do you think slavery would increase dramatically in the years after Columbus?

 

 

Sec 3

  1. Where does it appear the first Europeans in American came from?

 

 

  1. What did Ptolemy’s calculations lead Columbus to believe?

 

 

  1. What country gave Columbus the $ to sail? Why? Where was he going?

 

 

  1. What did Columbus call the people he “discovered” on the island he ran into? Why?

 

 

  1. Who is America named after? What did this person do?

 

 

  1. What did de Leon find? What was he looking for?

 

 

  1. What was Balboa the first European to see?

 

 

  1. What 2 things did Magellan do that were significant?

 

 

  1. What two key crops did the natives introduce to the Europeans?

 

 

  1. What happened to the population of Hispaniola in the 50yrs after Columbus? Why?

 

Sec 4

  1. What two countries came to dominate the Americas?