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G9 Module 1 Americas Beginnings (open book short answer)

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 1hrs 14mins

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Class
Date
1.

How did people first arrive in the Americas?

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Where did civilizations develop in the Americas?

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3.

What civilizations started in the desert areas of southwestern North America?

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4.

How did Native Americans live?

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5.

What views did Native Americans hold about the land?

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6.

Describe the Aztec civilization.

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7.

What were the common characteristics of all Native American cultures in the New World?

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8.

Why did African cities grow wealthy

and powerful in the 1400s?

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9.

What three kingdoms controlled West Africa in the 1400s and 1500s?

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10.

What kinds of jobs did people in West African kingdoms do in the 1400s?

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11.

Who made up the highest and lowest levels of society in Europe during the 1400s?

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12.

Describe the Crusades and what were three results of the Crusades?

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13.

What were two important changes in Europe in the 1400s?

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14.

What contributed to more interest in exploration during the 1400s?

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15.

Write about Prince Henry of Portugal, often called as

“Henry the Navigator

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16.

What were Christopher Columbus’s goals?

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17.

What deal did Christopher Columbus strike with the Spanish monarchs?

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18.

How did Columbus’s voyages affect Native American lives?

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19.

How did colonization change the lives of Africans?

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20.

Write 3 negatives and 3 positives for the European Exploration and Colonization

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21.

Why did Montezuma give the Spanish gold?

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22.

What was the duty of the Spanish priests in New Mexico?

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23.

Why did the Native Americans rebel against the Spanish?

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24.

Why did Spain establish these colonies in New Spain and New Mexico?

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