AP United States History Summer Assignment 2017-2018
Mrs. McGee and Ms. O’Connor
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Hi APUSHers! We are so excited to have you in AP United States History for the 2016-2017 school year. It is going to be
an awesome year.
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ONE 3-5 subject notebook (300 pages or more)
ONE Binder (1-1.5 inch)
Blue or black pens, pencils, & highlighters
If cost is an issue please email us immediately!
First Assignment:
1. Get your materials
2. Clearly label the front cover of your five subject notebook with YOUR NAME, APUSH Out-Of-Class Notebook (this
notebook will be graded upon request—HUGE part of your grade) Cut out words & pictures from magazines that
represent you and glue them to the front cover of your out-of-class notebook. You may include cutout pictures
from family and friends as well to give me a feel for what you are about (these photos will be permanently
attached to notebook so choose wisely) Use 2” clear packing tape and seal your images on the front cover of
your notebook. (I recommend taping top to bottom and having about 1” extra to attach to the other side)
3. The most important thing to remember…you are taking the APUSH test! You must talk history! This means you
must own the history and be able to talk about many different time periods.
Part I: American History-Textbook work
Textbook for this class: American History by Alan Brinkley – to complete the summer assignment you can access the
chapter online here - https://tinyurl.com/mk4nwyp
Supplementary Text: United States History AMSCO: Preparing for the AP Exam (2016)
*We will have a PDF version of this on ItsLearning or we recommend you purchase it here:
https://goo.gl/hZ8YNt
Read Chapter One of our textbook & take notes. We will be taking notes thematically throughout the year but for
Chapter one, you can do it chronologically. However, writing down a random sentence every few paragraphs will not
benefit your comprehension of the content in the long run. What to do that is more effective is summarize IN YOUR
OWN WORDS after you read a couple of paragraphs or specifically, write down things that are unfamiliar to you and
what YOU think about those events or people.
1. Define and briefly explain the significant terms below from Chapter One of the American History textbook. Must
be HANDWRITTEN and must use the TEXTBOOK as your source of information (internet ONLY for clarification)
((DO NOT JUST GO TO WIKIPEDIA AND TYPE THE FIRST SENTENCE YOU READ))
Part II: American History chapter questions during the school year
You are to copy and paste Chapters 1 questions into a Word document and put enough space in between each question
to HANDWRITE in your answers (you will repeat this process for all 32 chapters). These are to be added into your APUSH
binder (this way you will have both the questions and answers for all of the chapter questions in order to study for inclass Chapter quizzes & discussions). That’s right, you have all of the questions that could be on each quiz so make sure
you are prepared weekly for the chapter quizzes. These questions help you TREMENDOUSLY on the AP US History test!
Part III: Mapping and Discussing American Indians
Using the included map and your textbook, identify the locations of the given American Indian nations, conflicts and
geographical regions. On a separate sheet of paper, choose one of the following prompts and write 4-5 paragraphs that
answer the question:
1. Compare & Contrast the different lifestyles of pre-Columbus Native Americans and the role geography
played in their existence. (Compare & Contrast)
2. What was the cause & effect of European exploration and how did that impact both Native American and
European life? (Causation)
3. Compare & Contrast the different relationships between Native Americans with European countries such as
Spain, France, & Britain.
Part IV: 13 Colonies Chart
Fill in the attached chart on the original 13 colonies. Use the link to the textbook provided or look up the colonies
online. The chart is divided into regions, so pay careful attention to where each colony would belong.
Part V (Optional for 10 extra points on the total summer assignment grade): Movie
over Period 1 & 2!
You will learn that AP United States History is broken up into 9 different periods. Period 1 is from 1941-1607 and Period
2 is 1607-1754.
Watch one of the movies listed below and provide a cartoon strip with at least 8 pictures narrating key parts of the film
with brief explanations.
Unit 1: Colonization
Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner)
1492: Conquest of Paradise
Apocalypto
The New World
The Mission
Black Robe
God in America: Episode 1 - The New Adam
We Shall Remain: Episode 1 - After the Mayflower
Africans in America: The Terrible Transformation
America: The Story of Us - Rebels
The Scarlet Letter
The Crucible
The Salem Witch Trials
The Last of the Mohicans
Part I: Significant Terms for Period 1 (1492-1607)
Chapter 1: The Collision of Cultures (create this chart in your out-of-class notebook)
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African Slave Trade
Bartolome De Las Casas
Christopher Columbus
Colonial Charters
Corn (Maize) Cultivation
Encomienda System
English Reformation
Henry Hudson
Hugeunots
John Cabot
Definition
Significance (Why is this
important? Why do we care?)
King Ferdinand, Queen Isabella
& Spanish Goals
Mercantilism
Mestizos
Native American Adaptation to
Environments
Native American Evidence of
Civilized Society
Portuguese Exploration &
Explorers
Pueblo Revolt
Puritans
Roanoke
Samuel De Champlain
Separatists
Sir Walter Raleigh
Smallpox
Spanish Catholic Missions
Spanish Explorers
Treaty of Tordesillas
Views of Religion/Gender
Part II: American History Questions
Print these questions out with enough space to write the answer below each question. Answers must be
handwritten.
Chapter 1: The Collision of Cultures
1. What piece of water did historians believed humans crossed over in order to get into what is
now Alaska?
2. What led humans to migrate over to the Americas?
3. When did the Clovis people dwell in the Americas?
4. How did people first arrive to South America?
5. What does the population of South American, Japan, and Australia show tell us about
migration?
6. How did people survive during the Archaic Period?
7. What animal was pursued in the Great Plains of North America?
8. What economic developments occurred during the Archaic Period to maintain civilization?
9. What was the most important crop for North America?
10. Because of farming and other developments, what type of settlements began to form?
11. Where were the Incas located?
12. How did the Incas maintain control over such a large area?
13. What development came from the Mayan Civilization in Mexico?
14. Collectively, what are the Meso-Americans called (inaccurately)?
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What was the name and population of Mexica’s largest city in 1300 CE?
Where did slaves come from in Tenochtitlan?
What practice was common in Mexica’s religion? Why did Aztecs perform this ritual daily?
What did tribes do to farm in the Southwest, where land was relatively dry?
What caused mainly sedentary tribes to become Nomadic once Europeans arrived?
What was significant about the Woodland Indians resources?
How were tribes each of the Mississippi linked together?
What were the name of the five Iroquois “nations”?
What was Indian Tribes’ religions closely connected to?
The men of the Pueblos in the Southwest were responsible for what?
Why did women control social and economic organization in the Iroquois tribe?
What two changes occurred in Europe to incentivize westward expansion?
What happened to governments in Europe with the rise of commerce (trade)?
What happened to land trade routes during the 14th century?
Who granted funding for Columbus’s explorations?
What disease destroyed the Aztecs?
What religion did Isabella and Ferdinand establish in the new territories?
The Pueblo Revolt took place in what would be modern _______________.
What year did the Pueblo Revolt take place?
Why did the Pueblo Tribe revolt?
Why would Spain eventually fail at colonizing the Americas?
What are two important crops introduced to the New World FROM Europe?
What are two things Europeans gained from the Americas?
What is the Spanish name of someone of mixed race?
What was the result of Native Americans dying from war and disease?
Which region of Africa were most captured into slavery?
What caused a higher demand for slavery?
Under mercantilism, what is the goal of all economic activity?
What was a teaching from John Calvin about predestination?
Why were people still displeased after Elizabeth broke ties with the Catholic Church?
What was the name of the most radical Puritans?
What role did women play as Separatists that was not allowed in established churches?
Where did English protestants arrive before the New World?
What was the French’s connection with Native Americans in Quebec?
When was Jamestown, the first English settlement, established?
What is the name of the lost colony?
Put the following events in order. Jamestown is established, Puritans arrive in Ireland, Columbus
arrives in the Bahamas, Tenochtitlan is destroyed by disease, Pueblo Revolt, Roanoke
Part IV: Thirteen Colonies Chart
As you read through your book or find information online, fill in the chart for the original thirteen colonies.
Colony
Year
Founded
Leader/Founder
Type of Colony
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
NAME:____________________________________________
Government
Reasons Founded and Source of
Economic Success
Colony
Year
Founded
Leader/Founder
Type of Colony
Southern Colonies
Government
Reasons Founded and Source of
Economic Success