Unit 1: From New World to New Empires – the 16th Century to 1776 (Chapters 1-4)

Study Guide

The Objective Exam will consist primarily of multiple choice questions drawn from the terms below. The total value is 100 points. There are 25 questions each at 4 points. Reminder: Unit 1 consists of Chapters 1-4. The word Chapter refers to numbered parts a) of your textbook and b) to the specific Blackboard learning module for that chapter. Blackboard learning modules have a Table of Contents on the left that let you see all of the resources available so you can click on the one you want. All chapters have links from your instructor and a folder containing specific primaries. Some also include resources such as maps. The Objective Exam is available for 30 minutes. The password for all exams is onetimeonly (no capital letters and no spaces).

 

The 5 Ws rule is a good guide to understanding the items below: you should know Who, What, When, Where, and Why—and sometimes How.  You can look up these individual items in the textbook index at the back of the book or find them covered next to an item listed below. Instructor’s links provide visuals, usually in tables, that let you compare information so you can quickly see similarities and differences (such as items 28-31).

 

1.        pre-Columbian

2.        Columbian Exchange

3.        Aztecs

4.        Pueblos

5.        Algonguians

6.        Iroquois

7.        Treaty of Tordesillas (Line of Demarcation)

8.        Portugal

9.        Spain

10.     slave trade

11.     encomienda

12.     Christopher Columbus

13.     Hernan Cortes

14.     Roman Catholicism/Papacy

15.     Protestant Reformation

16.     Lutheranism

17.     Calvinism

18.     Anglicanism (Church of England)

19.     Magna Carta

20.     Parliament

21.     Charles I

22.     joint-stock company

23.     joint-stock company and colonization

24.     Glorious Revolution

25.     Response to Native Americans by the Spanish colonizers

26.     Response to Native Americans by the French colonizers

27.     Response to Native Americans by the English colonizers

28.     Colonization in the Americas by the Spanish

29.     Colonization in the Americas by the French

30.     Colonization in the Americas by the English

31.     Colonization in the Americas by the Dutch

32.     New England region and its traits

33.     Middle Colonies region and its traits

34.     Southern region and its traits

35.     Massachusetts Bay

36.     Roger Williams

37.     Anne Hutchinson

38.     Pennsylvania

39.     William Penn

40.     Virginia

41.     Virginia and Africans pre 1660

42.     Virginia and Africans post 1660

43.     Bacon’s Rebellion

44.     South Carolina

45.     South Carolina and Africans

46.     Consequences of scarcity of labor and abundance of land

47.     Slaves and indentured servants and the colonies (Notice the difference in the two forms of servitude in the law and notice what colonies had these forms of servitude.)

48.     Women and the colonies

49.     Voting by colonists

50.     Representative assemblies in the colonies

51.     Taxation by the colonial assemblies

52.     Churches established (officially sanctioned) by colonies

53.     Great Awakening

54.     Enlightenment (Age of Reason)

55.     John Locke

56.     Ben Franklin

57.     Mercantilism by England and taxation

58.     French and Indian War, consequences on colonists

59.     French and Indian War, consequences on English debt

60.     Prime minister form of government in England

61.     Stamp Act and its declaration (Use the primary.)

62.     Sons of Liberty

63.     Boston Tea Party

64.     Coercive Acts

65.     Lord North’s Conciliatory Proposition

66.     Olive Branch Petition by the Continental Congress

67.     Thomas Paine’s Common Sense

68.     Declaration of Independence, major positions (Use the primary.)

69.     Declaration of Independence, major target (Use the primary.)

 

The Concept Exam will consist of a variety of types of questions ranging from multiple choice questions to short essay. The total value is 50 points.

The Required Concepts folder contains a list of all concepts, including which apply to Unit 1. One week before the opening of the Unit Concepts Exam, I will place a specific list here if one or more students post in Course Questions that he or she would like to see that list. You will then know all possible questions, but you will not know which one you will be asked on your exam. (FYI: I create my tests in sets so they vary for students.) All Concepts exams are 25 minutes. The Concepts Exam for Unit 1 consists of 10 multiple choice definitions of concepts at 4 points each. You have a short essay to answer for 10 points. Using 2 of the concepts you are asked, you give examples of uses of that concept in Unit 1.
The link to possible concepts to define. Look for the asterisk (the *). Post on these in the 1-1 Collaboration.

 

The Written Exam will consist of 1 essay done in Blackboard’s essay tool. You must cite the page number for each fact you use. I will grade your answer side by side with the textbook—I will know easily whether you read and wrote with care. The total value is 50 points with 25 points for contents and 25 points for following all 5 Good Habits for Evidence. One week before the opening of the Unit Written Exam, I will place a list here of all possible essay questions if one or more students post in Course Questions that he or she would like to see that list. You will then know all possible questions, but you will not know which one you will be asked on your exam. (FYI: I create my tests in sets so they vary for students.) Because you MUST cite for EACH fact (in your own words or as a quotation) you use, you have 45 minutes for the Written Exam. The link to the possible questions covers how to cite. The link to possible questions