Exam 1: A New World

Compare Indian society with that of the Europeans. What differences were there? Similarities? Be sure to include in your analysis ideas about religion, land, and gender roles as well as notions of freedom.

The Dutch were the first Europeans to build a permanent settlement on Manhattan Island.

After exploring the Atlantic coast in the late sixteenth century, an Englishman writes in his journal about untouched wilderness. What could this description mean to a European?

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -mound builders

How did French involvement in the fur trade change life for Native Americans?

Which statement is true about Native Americans who lived in the Western Hemisphere prior to the arrival of Europeans?

How were the shamans and medicine men regarded in Indian societies?

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Zheng He

Zheng He's voyages reached as far west as Africa.

In 1776, what did political philosopher Adam Smith observe about the "discovery" of the Americas?

Martin Luther stated that only priests and other Catholic clergy should be allowed to read and interpret the Bible.

Why did Native Americans who farmed never plow their fields?

According to Bartolomé de Las Casas,

The Spanish Reconquista required that all Muslims and Jews convert to Catholicism or leave Spain immediately.

Spain's attitude that Christianity was superior to other religions contributed to both the expulsion of Jews and Muslims from Spain and the collapse of Native American societies in the New World.

The Spanish empire in America

The mound builders were a sophisticated ancient peoples living in the American Southwest.

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -"coverture"

Besides saving the Indians from heathenism, what else did Spain claim was the goal of colonization?

In 1492, the Native American population