Homework
August 12, 2008 by susanrhines
APUSH – Welcome one and all! Here is what is due so far: Ch.1 Test Friday, bring GB for Ch1 on Thur, Ch. 2&3 discussion questions Monday, and Ch4-8 guidebook Monday.
APWH – Summer Assignment is due Friday and there will be a test as well. Ch1. vocabulary and discussion questions due Wed. All questions posted below……….
APUSH – CH. 2 and CH. 3 Discussion Topics and Questions
Ch.2
- What did England and the English settlers really want from colonization? Did they get what they wanted?
- How did Spanish success in the New World influence English colonial efforts? How did different events in England and Europe affect England’s colonies in the New World?
- Were the English colonizers crueler or more tolerant than the Spanish conquistadores? How did these interactions affect both white and native societies?
- Was the development of African slavery in the North American colonies inevitable? Discuss the role of the encomienda system and the sugar colonies in introducing slavery to the southern colonies.
- How did the reliance on plantation agriculture affect the southern colonies?
Ch. 3
- How did the Puritans reconcile their own religious dissent from the Church of England with their persecution of dissenters like Hutchinson and Williams?
- How were government and religion (church and state) related in New England and the middle colonies? How does this compare with more recent understandings?
- The Dutch had a powerful presence in the East Indies, so why were they less successful in the West Indies and North America? What is the lasting influence of the Dutch in English North America?
- Compare the founding of the New England colonies with the middle colonies. Compare the N.E. and middle colonies with the South.
- In what ways were the middle colonies more open and diverse than N.E.? In what ways were they less democratic?
- Which colonies were most affected and least affected by events in the Old World?
- What were the push and pull factors for immigrants coming to each region of English colonies?
APWH – Ch.1 Discussion Questions
- What enabled civilizations to develop?
- What characteristics are critical for a society to become a civilization?
- Compared with non-civilized societies, what are the drawbacks of civilization?
- What advantages does an agriculturally based society have over a hunter-gatherer society?
- Why was Jewish monotheism a significant development in the religious history of early civilization?
- Compare the main features of Egyptian and Mesopotamian civilizations. What did the two civilizations have in common as early civilizations? What were the main differences in values and organizations?
- Why is the development of writing important in the history of the river-valley civilizations?
- Answer the In Depth article questions.
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