SAQs for APUSH Topic 1.6 — Cultural Interactions Between Europeans, Native Americans, and Africans

Four short answer questions designed to help students review for the annual exam and that relate to the effect that Europeans, Native Americans, and Africans had on each other.

1. Over time, Europeans and Native Americans adopted some useful aspects of each other’s culture. Briefly describe one important aspect of European culture that Native Americans adopted. Briefly describe one important aspect of Native American culture that Europeans adopted.
2. Over time, Europeans and Africans adopted some useful aspects of each other’s culture. Briefly describe one important aspect of European culture that Africans adopted. Briefly describe one important aspect of African culture that Europeans adopted.
3. Mutual misunderstandings between Europeans and Native Americans often defined the early years of interaction and trade as each group sought to make sense of the other.
4. In their interactions, Europeans and Native Americans asserted divergent worldviews regarding issues such as religion, gender roles, family, land use, and power. What is mean by the term “divergent worldviews?” What was the European worldview of land use? What was the Native American worldview of land use? What was the European worldview of gender roles? What was the Native American worldview of gender roles? What was the European worldview of gender roles? What was the Native American worldview of gender roles?
5. European encroachments on Native Americans’ lands and demands on their labor increased, native peoples sought to defend and maintain their political sovereignty, economic prosperity, religious beliefs, and concepts of gender relations through diplomatic negotiations and military resistance. What does the word encroachment mean? What does the term political sovereignty mean? What does the term diplomatic netionations mean? Briefly describe one piece of evidence that took place in the 1680s and describe native American military resistance to European encroachment.