- What is the distinction between the terms "migration" and "immigration"?
- How did Europeans' attitudes towards others change in the Age of Discovery?
- Why did several hundred thousand Europeans come to the New World in the 16th and 17th centuries?
- How many Native Americans lived in what is now the U.S.A. and Canada in 1492?
- What explains the different policies of Spanish, French, and English colonists regarding native peoples?
- What are the laws or tendencies of migration? Define "push," "pull," and "means."
- What are the three major immigration myths that most Americans believe?
- What main factor reduces a group's rate of return or remigration to the home country?
- In general, what is the demographic make-up of Europeans who migrated to America? If you don't know what "demographic" means, please look it up.
In addition, please create a web log (blog) for this class and email me the web address (URL) before midnight on Tuesday, January 10th. Blog posts of about 150 words will be due before midnight on Wednesdays throughout the semester (12 total).
