Theories of History
The theory of history that claims that God ordains all the events of history.
The question that asks the identity of the author.
What is who?
This tribe of Native Americans lived in permanent homes, ate maize, squash, and tobacco, and had large settlements in a place called Cahokia in modern-day Missouri.
What are the Woodlands Indians?
The year in which Columbus "discovered" America.
When was 1492?
The name of the first permanent English colony in North America.
What is Jamestown?
The theory of history that says historical events occur because important people make decisions.
What is the great person theory of history?
The question that asks the amount of time that passed between the events happening and when the author recorded the events.
What is time lapse?
These Native American Tribes lived in tepees and followed buffalo herds.
What are Plains Indians?
The King and Queen that sponsored Columbus's journey.
Who are King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella?
The name of the English privateer who was knighted by the Queen of England.
Who is Francis Drake?
The theory of history that states that events happen because of large social trends and forces that result in societal conditions that result in historical events.
What is the Great Forces Theory of History?
The question that asks whether the author of the source personally saw the events occur or if the author is recording the experiences of someone else.
What is first hand/second hand?
These Native American tribes lived in elaborate stone-and-brick houses in the sides of cliffs.
Who were the Southwest Indians?
The Italian mapmaker that America was named after. (first and last name).
Amerigo Vespucci
The name of French Protestants who fled religious persecution in France to come to America.
Who were the Huguenots?
The theory of history that says that there are no discernible reasons or trends that would allow people to predict historical events.
What is the random theory of history?
The question that asks what kind of people the author was recording the source for.
What is audience?
These Native American tribes made totem poles and ate oysters and fish from the sea.
Who are West Coast Indians?
The first Spaniard to explore Florida.
The name of the first English settlement in America.
What is Roanoke?
Tell the theory of history that best matches the statement below.
"World War II would have started even if Adolf Hitler wasn't chancellor of Germany. Someone else would have started the war."
What is the Great Forces Theory of History.
The question that asks whether the author of the source was trying to convince his audience of something.
What is objectivity?
This tribe lived in brush shelters called hogans and left behind petroglyphs (rock drawings).
Who are Great Basin and Plateau Indians?
The name of the Spaniard who explored the Southwest United States.
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado.
The main reason the English started exploring North America.
What is having a stonghold against Spanish gains in the New World?