U.S. History Reading Response Week 1

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Instructions: Respond to the following questions related to chapters 1-2 from your eBook, U.S. History: https://openstax.org/details/books/us-history.

Chapter 1

· What is one reason the Inca Empire was so effective in their wide-ranging territory?

· Contrast some of the Olmec, Aztec, Inca, Maya, and North American Indians (in at least three ways):

· What role did race play in the institution of slavery before and then after European exploration?

Chapter 2

· Describe how the religious upheavals of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries:

· Identify at least two accomplishments by the Portuguese, Spanish, or both:

· Explain what is meant by the “Columbian Exchange”: