Notgrass U.S. History Unit 1 Review

The chief motivation felt by Europeans for traveling to Asia was to convert the Chinese.

The people of the US have many blessings and opportunities which we should use wisely as stewards of God's gifts.

A major factor influencing the events of history is the desire to control one's destiny and often the destiny of others.

Most events and people can be clearly characterized as good or bad.

Significant changes occurred in Europe in the 1400s in technology, art, and navigation.

The Bible says that God is in control of history.

All indigenous tribes of Central America were peace-loving.

The Renaissance resulted in a narrowing of horizons for human thought and activity.

Who is given credit for inventing the system of printing using movable type?

What was the first permanent European settlement in what would become the United States?

What does the word Renaissance mean?

Worldview means the ability to draw a map accurately.

Generally speaking, the Indian cultures of North America were more advanced than those in Central and South America.

History helps us understand the present

For whom were the newly discovered continents named?

What nationality was Christopher Columbus?

We are confident that Native Americans came to the western hemisphere by means of a land bridge across the Bering Strait

Columbus believed that he had arrived in the Far East.

The Incas lived in Peru and the Aztecs lived in Mexico.

Cultures generally believe that their own ways and perspectives are correct and superior to those of other cultures.