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AP

US

History

Summer

Assignment

2015-2016

Ms.

Carey

and

Mr.

Demharter

Due

September,

14 th

(Green)

or

15 th

(Blue)

Assignment

 #1:

 Maize

 Cultivation

Accompanied

 Reading:

● NativeTech:

 Native

 American

 History

 of

 Corn

Read

 the

 Native

 Tech

 article

 on

 the

 History

 of

 the

 Corn.

 Then

 answer

 the

 following

 questions:

1) How

 did

 Native

 Americans

 cultivate

 maize

 from

 teosinte?

2) How

 did

 maize

 cultivation

 alter

 both

 the

 economic

 and

 cultural

 practices

 of

 various

 Native

American

 groups?

3) How

 did

 Native

 Americans

 in

 New

 England

 alter

 their

 environment

 in

 order

 to

 cultivate

 maize?

Assignment

 #2:

 First

 Impressions

Accompanied

 Readings:

● Letters

 on

 Christopher

 Columbus’s

 first

 voyage,

 1492

● Letters

 on

 the

 voyage

 of

 John

 Cabot,

 1497

● Letter

 on

 the

 voyage

 of

 Gaspar

 Corte

 Real,

 1501

Read

 the

 three

 (3)

 provided

 letters

 on

 the

 Europeans’

 first

 impressions

 of

 the

 New

 World;

 answer

 the

following

 questions.

1) Overall,

 what

 are

 the

 Europeans’

 first

 impressions

 of

 the

 new

 lands

 and

 their

 inhabitants?

2) What

 do

 they

 find

 important

 to

 relate

 in

 their

 reports?

3) How

 do

 the

 native

 inhabitants

 respond

 to

 the

 explorers?

 How

 do

 the

 Europeans

 interpret

 these

responses?

4) How...