His17A:� United States History to 1877

Winter 2006:� Study Guide for Quiz #1

This quiz covers material presented in all class meetings since the beginning of the quarter, in Carnes & Garraty Prologue and Chapt. 1 and in Gorn Chapt. 1.� There will be a combination of multiple-choice, true/false, map identification and short answer questions.� Multiple choice, map and short answer questions will be worth one point; true/false questions will be worth � a point.� The entire quiz will be worth 25 points.�

Primary Sources and Plagiarism� Be able to identify or define a primary source; be able to identify plagiarism and to indicate honestly that you have read and understood the Foothill Honor Code and agree to abide by its provisions.

Geography:� be able to indicate the location of the following on an outline map:� Portugal, Spain, Britain, France, China, India, the (East) Indies, Mediterranean and Caribbean Seas, all the continents, the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans, the Bering Land Bridge/Bering Strait, the isthmus of Panama, the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers, the areas of Maya, Aztec, Inca and Mound-builder dominance.�

Pre-Columbian America.� Origins of American Indians & their immigration to Americas, Agricultural Revolution in Americas (what it was, what were major crops, what was impact on Native Americans), Maya, Aztec, Inca & Mound-building civilizations (what they were like and status at time of European arrival), typical North American Indian societies organized in relatively egalitarian tribes made up of family-based clans.�

European �Discovery� of the Americas.� Viking expedition to Canada, �crusades� lead to Europeans learning new technologies (incl. gunpowder, compass & other navigation technologies) and reopening trade w/east Asia, Portuguese exploration of Africa (incl. development of slave trade); Columbus�s discovery of the Americas; motives for exploration and conquest, �Columbian Exchange,� Treaty of Tordesillas, Conquistadores and the Aztecs, Incas, & Maya, esp. why great civilizations were conquered.

Spanish Empire in the Americas.� Spanish try (unsuccessfully) to keep tight control of empire, censorship, trade restrictions, �missions� and friars as effort to convert Indians to (Catholic) Christianity, salaried bureaucrats to administer empire, Indian labor on farms, ranches & in mines, enslaved Africans, development of large mixed-race population, impact on Native Americans, huge profits for Spain.

Sample Questions (Versions of four of these will be on the first quiz.)

1.�� Which of the following would be a good primary source for studying the American Revolution?

a)�� an article in today�s newspaper about the American Revolution.

b)�� a diary kept by a revolutionary war soldier.

c)�� the section in the Carnes and Garraty textbook on the American Revolution.

d)�� a History Channel documentary on the American Revolution.

e)�� an encyclopedia article about the American Revolution.

2.�� Which of the following was not a consequence of the American agricultural revolution?

a)�� many Native Americans founded permanent or semi-permanent settlements.

b)�� a greater variety of cultures developed among the Native Americans.

c)�� Native Americans became skilled at producing and using iron and steel.

d)�� the population of the Americas grew as the food supply increased.

e)�� more complex political and social structures developed among those Native Americans who adopted agriculture.

3.�� A paragraph is not properly paraphrased when:

a)�� only a few words are different.

b)�� a student summarizes in his or her own words the general ideas in the paragraph.

c)�� the sentences have been rearranged but the words haven�t been changed very much.

d)�� all of the above.

e)�� a and c above.

4.� True or False:� I have read and understood the Foothill Honor Code and agree to abide by its provisions.

5. Name the European group that discovered the Americas around the year 1000 and founded a short-lived settlement there.�

6. Indicate the area of Aztec dominance on the attached outline map.�