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US History, Unit 1• Pre-Columbian period and European
colonization of North America
Topic #1--“NATIVE AMERICANS AND Topic #1--“NATIVE AMERICANS AND EARLY EUROPEAN EXPLORATION”EARLY EUROPEAN EXPLORATION”
SIX THEMATIC QUESTIONS...
A. How and why did people first A. How and why did people first get to what is now America?get to what is now America?
B. How did geography impact B. How did geography impact Native American cultures? Give at Native American cultures? Give at least two examples to prove your least two examples to prove your
pointpoint..
C. Why did Europeans start exploring the C. Why did Europeans start exploring the world in the 1400s and 1500s? world in the 1400s and 1500s?
D. What inventions aided exploration? D. What inventions aided exploration? Which two do you think were most Which two do you think were most important? Why?important? Why?
E. What is most important to know E. What is most important to know about Christopher Columbus?about Christopher Columbus?
FF. . What is the lasting impact of the What is the lasting impact of the Columbian Exchange? Overall, was the Columbian Exchange? Overall, was the exchange more positive or more negative? exchange more positive or more negative? Why do you think so?Why do you think so?