APUSH Chapter 1 RQ
Chapter 1: The Meeting of Cultures
1. The three major Pre-Colombian American societies were the Mayans, Incas, and Aztecs. Brinkley describes their political structures and economies just as advanced and flourishing as the Europeans at the time. These three American societies created roads, written language, an accurate calendar, and even medical systems.
2. The Spanish conquistadors conquered both the Incas and the Aztecs.
3. The North American tribes differed from the Incas, Mayans, and Aztecs in the way that they did not create as large empires or political systems. However, these tribes were complex and varied, and many subsisted on hunting, gathering, fishing, or some combination of the three.
4. The Eskimos fished and hunted seals for survival, while riding dogsleds to travel across the large frozen land. Also, they based some of their big-game hunting on moose and caribou. The Pacific Northwestern tribes subsisted on the coast and were based around salmon fishing. The tribes of the Pacific Northwest often fought each other for access to natural resources. Western tribes based themselves on fishing, hunting small game, and gathering. They were wealthy and densely populated tribes. Southwestern tribes had elaborate agriculture for their basis; these tribes had large irrigation systems to farm on dry land, and created towns to become centers of trade, crafts, religion and civic ritual. The Eastern Woodland tribes had the most food resources of everyone on North America, and subsisted on farming, hunting, gathering, and fishing. They were also dependent on corn and grain.
5. Most Native American religion was based around the natural world that the tribes depended on, such as agriculture. Their gods were associated with earthly elements such as crops, game, forests, and rivers.
6. In the 11th century, Leif Eriksson arrived in the New World. Columbus arrived in the New World in 1492, almost 500 years later.
7. There were two main incentives for
1. The three major Pre-Colombian American societies were the Mayans, Incas, and Aztecs. Brinkley describes their political structures and economies just as advanced and flourishing as the Europeans at the time. These three American societies created roads, written language, an accurate calendar, and even medical systems.
2. The Spanish conquistadors conquered both the Incas and the Aztecs.
3. The North American tribes differed from the Incas, Mayans, and Aztecs in the way that they did not create as large empires or political systems. However, these tribes were complex and varied, and many subsisted on hunting, gathering, fishing, or some combination of the three.
4. The Eskimos fished and hunted seals for survival, while riding dogsleds to travel across the large frozen land. Also, they based some of their big-game hunting on moose and caribou. The Pacific Northwestern tribes subsisted on the coast and were based around salmon fishing. The tribes of the Pacific Northwest often fought each other for access to natural resources. Western tribes based themselves on fishing, hunting small game, and gathering. They were wealthy and densely populated tribes. Southwestern tribes had elaborate agriculture for their basis; these tribes had large irrigation systems to farm on dry land, and created towns to become centers of trade, crafts, religion and civic ritual. The Eastern Woodland tribes had the most food resources of everyone on North America, and subsisted on farming, hunting, gathering, and fishing. They were also dependent on corn and grain.
5. Most Native American religion was based around the natural world that the tribes depended on, such as agriculture. Their gods were associated with earthly elements such as crops, game, forests, and rivers.
6. In the 11th century, Leif Eriksson arrived in the New World. Columbus arrived in the New World in 1492, almost 500 years later.
7. There were two main incentives for