Chapter 1
”New World Beginnings”
Study Guide

1. Describe the origins and development of the major Native American cultures in the Americas.
2. Explain the social and cultural developments that made possible Columbus’s voyage to America.
3. Explain the changes and conflicts that happened when the diverse worlds of Europe, Africa, and the Americas encountered one another after 1492.
4. Describe the Spanish conquest of South America and indicate the major features of Spanish colonization and expansion in North America.

Identification
Ferdinand and Isabella
Cortes
Pizarro
Diaz
Da Gama
Montezuma
Hiawatha
John Cabot

More Identification: Cahokia, Newfoundland, Mali, Treaty of Tordesillas, mestiozo, Dia de la Raza, Pope’s Rebellion, Pueblos, Franciscans