AMSCO AP US HISTORY CHAPTER 1 38
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
native americans; land bridge - answer the first people to settle north america arrived as much
as 40,000 years ago and came from asia; they adapted to the varied environments of the
regions that they found
renaissance - answer a rebirth of classical learning and an outburst of artistic and scientific
activity in europe
compass; printing press; gunpowder - answer one aspect of the renaissance was a gradual
increase in scientific knowledge and technological change; europeans made improvements in
the inventions of others (chinese and arab merchants)
spain; moors - answer in the middle ages, spain had been partly conquered by muslim invaders
and only one moorish stronghold remained; isabella and ferdinand succeeded in defeating the
moors of granada
ferdinand and isabella - answer their uniting of spain was a sign of new leadership, hope, and
power for european believers in the roman catholic faith
protestant reformation - answer in the early 1500s, certain christians in germany, england,
france, holland, and other northern european countries revolted against the authority of the
pope in rome
nation-state - answer a country in which the majority of people share both a common culture
and common political loyalties toward a central government
christopher columbus - answer spent 8 years seeking financial support for his plan to sail west
from europe to the "indies"; his success in discovering lands on the other side of the ocean
brought him a burst of glory in spain but 3 voyages across the atlantic was disappointing;
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
native americans; land bridge - answer the first people to settle north america arrived as much
as 40,000 years ago and came from asia; they adapted to the varied environments of the
regions that they found
renaissance - answer a rebirth of classical learning and an outburst of artistic and scientific
activity in europe
compass; printing press; gunpowder - answer one aspect of the renaissance was a gradual
increase in scientific knowledge and technological change; europeans made improvements in
the inventions of others (chinese and arab merchants)
spain; moors - answer in the middle ages, spain had been partly conquered by muslim invaders
and only one moorish stronghold remained; isabella and ferdinand succeeded in defeating the
moors of granada
ferdinand and isabella - answer their uniting of spain was a sign of new leadership, hope, and
power for european believers in the roman catholic faith
protestant reformation - answer in the early 1500s, certain christians in germany, england,
france, holland, and other northern european countries revolted against the authority of the
pope in rome
nation-state - answer a country in which the majority of people share both a common culture
and common political loyalties toward a central government
christopher columbus - answer spent 8 years seeking financial support for his plan to sail west
from europe to the "indies"; his success in discovering lands on the other side of the ocean
brought him a burst of glory in spain but 3 voyages across the atlantic was disappointing;
