APUSH Unit 1 (1491-1607)

EVERYTHING IN UNIT ONE

Why do the Europeans want to go exploring?

Why do the Europeans want to go exploring?

1. The population was starting to increase, a result of the devastation of the black plague.

2. Individual states were experiencing political unification, which resulted in centralized governments led by powerful monarchs.

3. Agriculture and commerce profits made the rich people want to get richer from goods imported from Asia.

What happened to the land-based trading routes that stretched across all of Afro-Eurasia, and why didn’t the Europeans take advantage of them?

During the 14th and 15th centuries, they were more heavily controlled by Muslims, and therefore the Europeans were unable to establish an exchange of goods with Asia on their own terms, making the Europeans want to find a water-based route to Asia so that they could do trade.

What did Prince Henry The Navigator attempt to do?

To find a passage to Asia via the Atlantic Ocean.

What’s the big idea about Native Americans?

Native American populations in the Americas were diverse peoples with differing ways of life shaped by the environment in which they lived.

What were the people and cultures shaped by?

The environment in which they lived.

What’s the culture of the coastal region?

The people developed permanent settlements because there’s a lot of fish and different plant life.

What’s the culture of the Great Basin region?

Nomadic people, hunters, and garthers, and to sustain their lifestyle, they had to have huge tracks of land to hunt animals such as buffalo; however, there were also people who were also farmers and settlers.

What’s an example of people who lived in the Great Basin Region?

The Ute People.

What’s the culture of the Mississippi River Valley region?

Farmers. They didn't move around a lot because their environment created a really rich soil in which they could plant.

What’s the culture of the Northeast region?

Farmers. The people lived communally in long houses constructed from timber because their environment had a lot of trees.

What reasons did the Europeans come to the Americas?

European states were undergoing a massive change; a process of political unification that led to stronger, more centralized states. As a result, there was a growing upper class that wanted luxury goods from Asia.

Why couldn’t Europeans import luxury goods from Asia at first?

Muslim empires controlled the land based routes, so it was impossible to use them.

What did the Europeans start doing since they couldn’t use the land base routes?

Look for sea based routes.

What did Portugal establish?

A trading post empire all around the african coast.

What did Spain want to do?

Sail west to find new paths to Asian markets.

What is the Columbian Exchange?

The transfer of people, animals, plants, and diseases from the east to the west and from the west to the east.

What’s a popular crop that was in the Columbian Exchange from the Americas into Europe?

Maize (aka corn).

What was popular crops that was in the Columbian Exchange from Europe into the Americas?

Wheat and rice.

How did the exchange of crops from the Columbian exchange affect the people involved?

It expanded the diets of the various populations, leading to longer lifespans and better nutrition.

What animal was in the Columbian Exchange from America into Europe?

Turkeys.

What animals were in the Columbian Exchange from Europe into America?

Cattle, pigs, and horses.

What disease were in the Columbian Exchange from Europe into America?

Small pox

What minerals were in the Columbian Exchange from America into Europe?

Gold and silver.

During the Columbian Exchange how did minerals being transported from America into Europe affect Europe?

1. It facilitated the shift from a feudalistic society (a system in which people were given land and protection by people of higher rank and worked and fought for them in return) to a capitalistic economy; the first baby steps to a full-on capitalistic economy.

2. It changed the way exploration and colonization was done, mainly through the use of joint stock companies.

How did the Spanish change the Americas?

It brought a lot of slavery, causing a social hierarchy in America where race and ancestry decide your status.