Give Me Liberty, Chapter 1, Brief Volume 1
5th Edition
Origins of settlement in the Americas - ANSnot a single group. many different people who spoke
different languages and lived in many different kinds of societies. most descended from hunters
and fishers
Emergence of Agriculture - ANSAgriculture started developing in Mexico and the Andes and
made settled civilizations possible
What kinds of things were in place long before Europeans arrived in America - ANSRoads,
Irrigation Systems, and Trade Networks
What was the capital of the Aztec empire - ANSTenochtitlan
What was one justification for European conquest - ANSthe "backwardness" of native
Americans. They didn't have the technologies Europeans did (guns, metal tools and machines,
scientific knowledge for long distance navigation)
Cahokia - ANSMississippian settlement near present-day East St. Louis, home to as many as
25,000 Native Americans
What was one of the most striking features of Native American society when Europeans arrived
- ANSThe amount of diversity
What were some Native American rituals - ANSreligious ceremonies to harness the aid of
supernatural forces to serve human interests
What was something the Europeans and Native Americans differed in when it came to land -
ANSNative Americans saw land as a common resource rather than an economic commodity
How did Native American families differ from Europeans - ANSThey were matrilineal
How did Native Americans view of freedom differ from Europeans - ANSIndividuals in Native
Americans societies were meant to think for themselves and didn't always have to go with
collective decision making. Kinship ties were more important than individual autonomy
How did many Europeans view freedom - ANSAs a moral or spiritual condition - abandoning sin
to embrace the teachings of christ.
5th Edition
Origins of settlement in the Americas - ANSnot a single group. many different people who spoke
different languages and lived in many different kinds of societies. most descended from hunters
and fishers
Emergence of Agriculture - ANSAgriculture started developing in Mexico and the Andes and
made settled civilizations possible
What kinds of things were in place long before Europeans arrived in America - ANSRoads,
Irrigation Systems, and Trade Networks
What was the capital of the Aztec empire - ANSTenochtitlan
What was one justification for European conquest - ANSthe "backwardness" of native
Americans. They didn't have the technologies Europeans did (guns, metal tools and machines,
scientific knowledge for long distance navigation)
Cahokia - ANSMississippian settlement near present-day East St. Louis, home to as many as
25,000 Native Americans
What was one of the most striking features of Native American society when Europeans arrived
- ANSThe amount of diversity
What were some Native American rituals - ANSreligious ceremonies to harness the aid of
supernatural forces to serve human interests
What was something the Europeans and Native Americans differed in when it came to land -
ANSNative Americans saw land as a common resource rather than an economic commodity
How did Native American families differ from Europeans - ANSThey were matrilineal
How did Native Americans view of freedom differ from Europeans - ANSIndividuals in Native
Americans societies were meant to think for themselves and didn't always have to go with
collective decision making. Kinship ties were more important than individual autonomy
How did many Europeans view freedom - ANSAs a moral or spiritual condition - abandoning sin
to embrace the teachings of christ.
