U.S History Chapter 1

Question 1

How did Native American people in different environments get their food?

Answer 1

By farming, fishing, and gathering fruits and nuts

Question 2

What were two ways of earning a living in a West African kingdom?

Answer 2

1. Starting big farms
2. Using slaves for field labor

Question 3

What were two important changes in Europe?

Answer 3

1. Christianity
2. Reformers (which were changes in the church

Question 4

How did Columbus’s arrival in the Americas affect Native Americans, Africans, and Europeans?

Answer 4

Natives died by harsh working conditions and also by the European disease

Question 5

Where did the Spanish missionaries build missions in North America?

Answer 5

Texas

Question 6

What were two problems Jamestown faced

Answer 6

1. The chaos over wealth by finding gold or furs
2. In need of more land for farming (Starvation)

Question 7

How did England benefit from its colonies?

Answer 7

By providing raw materials and bought goods made to England.

Question 8

What did the Puritans want to find in America?

Answer 8

The church of England so they can remove some of the practices that were more like the Catholic Church

Question 9

What was the main cause of the war?

Answer 9

French and British fought over western land

Question 10

What role did disease play in European colonization

Answer 10

A spread where Europeans settled due to colonies having no immune system.

Question 11

How did the colonies make England rich?

Answer 11

By providing raw materials and bought goods made in England

Question 12

What are two things the Europeans and Native Americans fought over?

Answer 12

A disease (Freedom) and land