AP US History Unit 1 Content Outline

unit 1 content outline summary

Smallpox

(________) wipes out Native Americans but benefits Europe.

mobile lifestyles

Lack of resources= ________ in the Great Plains and Great Lakes.

Tribute system
Lots of gold and silver

Major centralized civilizations in Andes (Inca) and Mexico (Aztec)

Mississippi

______ built dense urban centers with mounds and farming, trade

Eastern Woodlands

_____ develop villages with maize farming, foraging, hunting

horses

Spanish introduce ______ in 1500’s

Arid Southwest

________ led to irrigation, maize farming, large pueblo towns

Pacific Coast

_________ natives based on fishing, social hierarchies, wealth

powerful chiefs, internal trade, slave trade

Africa dominated by ______________________ with Arabs

crusades, explorers, new trade, Columbus finds New World

Europe beginning to centralize power and expand through ______________

Columbian exchange

disease (esp. smallpox) wipes out Native Americans but benefits Europe
new crops and livestock to Americas; maize, tomatoes, and potatoes to Europe

Spain

________ dominant colonial power for 100 years

Pueblo Revolt in New Mexico

Conquistadores looking for God, Gold, Glory and Encomienda system develops and leads to _________

friendly relations with natives

French explore Canada and the Mississippi for fur trade
and creates ___________

land and freedom

English begin to arrive seeking __________