American History

"Discovering America and the Colonial Period"

Modules 1-2

Study  Guide

THE TEST WILL COME FROM THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN OUR NOTES:

1. Terms and Names for Unit One

2. Section One:
   • theories of origin for the first Americans
   • early American civilizations
   • location and characteristics of Native American cultural group
   • characteristics of European culture by 1500 
   • characteristics of African culture 1500 and the slave trade 
   • European exploration and conquest in the Americas 
3. Spain’s Empire in the "New World"
4. English Colonies--The Northern Colonies, The Southern and Middle Colonies, The Frontier 
5. Influential Colonial leaders and groups
6. Slavery and the Middle Passage
7. Colonial Life
8. The French and Indian War