After reading this chapter, you should be able to:

1. Locate and briefly describe the Native American Mound Builders of the Ohio and Mississippi river valleys, the Pueblo dwellers of the Southwest, and the woodland Indians of the East Coast.
2. Describe Native American attitudes toward and beliefs about the natural world, wealth, community, family, and men and women.
3. Name and locate three West African kingdoms between the fifth and fourteenth centuries and describe West African beliefs about family, religion, and social organization.
4. Explain the political, economic, and religious changes in early modern Europe that led to the exploration and eventual settlement of North America.

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