Module 3 - The Americas: Pre and Post Colonization

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Activity 5: Additional Study Aids

• Click on the “History e-book” tab and select Chapter 1. Click on “Chapter Resources” and then “Review Tools” for quizzes and flashcards to test your knowledge of key topics from the chapter. You can do the same for Chapter 2.
• You can also click on the “Map Room” link for Chapter 1 and 2 maps describing the indigenous populations of the Americas and the routes taken by the early European explorers.

Visit the U.S. History, Government and Geography Learning Community and click on the Module 3 discussion thread to participate in a Competence Builder that further explores the European "discovery" and conquest of the Americas.

• Competence Builder: How primary sources illuminate historical motivations, and how the "first contacts" with the indigenous populations shaped how Europeans settled the Americas.  Log on to Course Compass and in America Past and Present, select two documents relating to the European conquest of the Americas.  Post below the documents you chose, and explain what they can tell us about the European perspective.  What motivated the explorers?  What were they hoping to find?  How did they hope to profit from expansion into the New World?  What did they find, and how did they describe their findings to their patrons in Europe?

Log on to America Past and Present and select the "Module Quizzes" tab.  Click on the link for the Module 3 Quiz.  As you complete the module, set aside 30-45 minutes to take the quiz.  Do not use your notes or texts when taking the module quiz.  Once you have started the module quiz, you will need to complete it to have your answers graded.  The module quizzes provide feedback about correct and incorrect answers to help you focus your study time.