American Pageant Chapter 1 Study Guide
Chapter 1 Summary
Millions of years ago, the two American continents became geologically separated from the
Eastern Hemisphere land masses where humanity originated. The first people to enter these continents came across a temporary land bridge from Siberia about 35,000 years ago. Spreading across the two continents, they developed a great diversity of societies based largely on corn agriculture and hunting, In
North America, their societies were less numerous and urbanized than in South America, though some peoples like the Pueblo and Iroquois developed complex social orders.
The impetus for European colonization came from the desire for new trade routes to the East, the spirit and technological discoveries of the Renaissance, and the power of the new European national monarchies. The European encounters with America and Africa, beginning with the Portuguese and
Spanish explorers, convulsed the entire world. Biological change, disease, population loss, conquest, slavery, cultural change, and economic expansion were just some of the consequences of the commingling of two ecosystems.
After they conquered and then intermarried with Indians of the great civilizations of South America and Mexico, the Spanish conquistadors expanded northward into the northern border territories of Florida,
New Mexico and California. There they established small but permanent settlements in competition with the French and English explorers who were also venturing into North America
Identification Chapter 1
1. Extended period when glaciers covered most of the North American continent
2. Staple Crop that formed the economic foundation of Indian civilizations
3. Important Mississippian culture site, near present East St. Louis, Illinois.
4. First European nation to send explorers around the west coast of Africa
5. Flourishing West African kingdom that had its capital and university at Timbuktu
6. Mistaken term that European explorers gave to American lands because of
Millions of years ago, the two American continents became geologically separated from the
Eastern Hemisphere land masses where humanity originated. The first people to enter these continents came across a temporary land bridge from Siberia about 35,000 years ago. Spreading across the two continents, they developed a great diversity of societies based largely on corn agriculture and hunting, In
North America, their societies were less numerous and urbanized than in South America, though some peoples like the Pueblo and Iroquois developed complex social orders.
The impetus for European colonization came from the desire for new trade routes to the East, the spirit and technological discoveries of the Renaissance, and the power of the new European national monarchies. The European encounters with America and Africa, beginning with the Portuguese and
Spanish explorers, convulsed the entire world. Biological change, disease, population loss, conquest, slavery, cultural change, and economic expansion were just some of the consequences of the commingling of two ecosystems.
After they conquered and then intermarried with Indians of the great civilizations of South America and Mexico, the Spanish conquistadors expanded northward into the northern border territories of Florida,
New Mexico and California. There they established small but permanent settlements in competition with the French and English explorers who were also venturing into North America
Identification Chapter 1
1. Extended period when glaciers covered most of the North American continent
2. Staple Crop that formed the economic foundation of Indian civilizations
3. Important Mississippian culture site, near present East St. Louis, Illinois.
4. First European nation to send explorers around the west coast of Africa
5. Flourishing West African kingdom that had its capital and university at Timbuktu
6. Mistaken term that European explorers gave to American lands because of