Ap Us Summer Assignment

Advanced Placement United States Summer 2012 Assignments: Due Thursday, September 6th.
Welcome to AP. US History! The following is a summer assignment to get you started for the new school year.

Part I: Textbook Assignment. (Use the textbook if you received it in June or download the PDF files or use the dropbox link)
Part II: Free Response Question Essay

Part I: Use your American Passages textbook if you have, or Download the pdf files titled “AP US CH 1” and “AP US Chapter 2 excerpts” Read. As you read, Outline the chapter and take notes for all of Chapter 1 file. For chapter 2 file, outline and notes: pages 37-40(stop before “English invade Virginia” ), 45-48, “Fishing and Furs” on bottom of 49-51 stop before “New Netherland.” MUST BE HANDWRITTEN!!!!

We suggest using the chapter headings and subheadings as guidelines for your outlining and notes.
Be sure that the following terms are included and defined within your notes. Underline them or highlight them in your notes.

Christopher Columbus
Atlantic Slave Trade
Treaty of Tordesillas
Cortez
Bartolome De La Casas
Viceroy
Mercantilism
Encomienda System
Royal fifth
Protestant Reformation
John Calvin
Predestination
Francis Drake
Roanoke Island

In addition to your outline and notes, complete the following questions. 1) Explain the cultural differences between Europeans and Native Americans 2) What are the positive and negative results of interactions between Native Americans, Africans, and Europeans? 3) Why did the Portuguese and Spanish explore the globe? How did their goals change over time? 4) How did the Protestant reformation affect colonization of the Americas? 5) Describe the interactions between the Pueblo Indians of the Southwest and the Spanish. 6) Describe the relationships developed between French settlers and Native Americans in Canada.

Part II: Free Response Question Essay

Directions: Type an essay response to the following