Chapter 2 New Empires in the Americas

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Chapter 2 New Empires in the Americas: Europeans Set Sail

SKILLED VIKING SAILORS:

1. Who were the first people to land in North America?

2. Who was Leif Eriksson? 3. What did he do?

PRINCE HENRY THE NAVIGATOR:

1. Who became the leaner in world exploration?

2. What did Prince Henry do?

3. What did the explorers want?

4. Define “Caravel”

A SEA ROUTE TO ASIA:

1. What did Portuguese sailors do?

2. Who was Vasco de Gama?

3. What three effects did these voyages have?

c. – Europeans Reach the Americas

COLUMBUS SAILS ACROSS THE ATLANTIC:

1. Who was Christopher Columbus?

2. What did his voyages do?

3. What is the “Line of demarcation?”

OTHER EXPLORERS SAIL TO THE AMERICAS:

1. Who was Amerigo Vespucci? 2. What did Ferdinand Magellan do?

3. Define the term circumnavigate

Columbian Exchange:

1. What was the Columbian exchange?

2. What are some of the products this trading pattern involved?

Spain Builds an Empire

SPANISH CONQUISTADORS:

1. What is a conquistador?

2. Who was Hernan Cortez?

3. Who was Montezuma?

4. What did the Spanish believe?

5. What happened to the Aztecs? EXPLORING THE BORDERLANDS OF NEW SPAIN:

Shade in the map where Spanish influence was: SPANISH TREATMENT OF NATIVE AMERICANS:

What was the encomienda system?

Why was it established?

How did this impact the Natives?

The Race for Empires

EVENTS IN EUROPE:

What did martin Luther do?

What was the Spanish Armada?

SEARCH FOR A NORTHWEST PASSAGE

What was the North west passage?

What did Jacques Cartier do? Was it found?

EUROPEAN PRESENCE IN NORTH AMERICA

What did Sir Walter Raleigh do?

What happened to the colony of Roanoke?

Beginning of slavery in America:

THE NEED FOR A NEW LABOR FORCE:

1. Where did Europeans new a now labor force?

2. Where did they begin getting slaves from?

THE SLAVE TRADE: 1. How did the slaves get to America?

2. What was the middle passage?

SLAVE CULTURE IN THE AMERICAS:

1. What are some ways in which slaves differed from each other?

2. What are some of the things they had in common?

3. What happened to slave families?

9th grade American history

Chapter 2 exam options

Please choose 1 of the two options for your assessment of this chapter

 Describe three explorers that we discussed in this chapter and explain the following:

o What country they were exploring for

o Where they explored

o What the impact was of their explorations

Your essay should:

 Include an introductory paragraph of at least five sentences that includes both a thesis statement as well as the three instances you will be discussing in your paper

 Have three body paragraphs of at least five sentences each (one for each instance you choose)

 Have a conclusion paragraph of at least 5 sentences that summarizes your overall feelings or idea about the topic.

 Indent the first line of each paragraph.

 Have a list of references (MLA citation) including your textbook that you used in writing the essay for assistance with this please visit http://citationmachine.net/index2.php?reqstyleid=1&newstyle=1&stylebox=1

Your essay should NOT:

 Be copied word for word from your textbook or an internet site (you will get a zero)

 Use conjunctions, short hand, or text vocabulary  Include any content that inappropriate for school including cursing or slang terms

 If you choose the essay option please type or neatly print your answer.  If you do not have access to a computer it must be neatly hand written in pencil, blue, or black ink

Writing the essay relieves you from having to take the test with the class. You have from the time you receive this paper until the day of the test to write the essay at home. In order to be dismissed from the test your completed essay must be turned into me at the beginning of the class period on test day (no exceptions).

 Your essay will be graded and hold the same weight as a test, 100 points. Things I will be looking for while I read them include: o Do you have an understanding of the material? o Did you include facts? o Did you use the proper format? o Was it legible? o Does your answer make sense? o How detailed were you in giving you answer? o If you used an external source, did you cite it?  Furthermore, remember our rule about plagiarism, if you get information from ANYWHERE you must tell me where you got it! I WILL BE CHECKING!!!

If you do not choose to use the essay option or do not have your essay to turn into me at the beginning of class on test day you will be expected to take a 25 to 35 question multiple choice /True false/ matching exam based on the information from this chapter.

If you plan to take the exam please ensure that you understand the following terms and concepts:

Leif Eriksson, p. 38 Henry the Navigator, p. 39 astrolabe, p. 40 caravels, p. 40

Christopher Columbus, p. 42 Line of Demarcation, p. 44 Treaty of Tordesillas, p. 44 Ferdinand Magellan, p. 44 circumnavigate, p. 44 Columbian Exchange, p. 45 conquistadors, p. 46 Hernán Cortés, p. 46 Moctezuma II, p. 46 Francisco Pizarro, p. 47 encomienda system, p. 50 plantations, p. 50 Bartolomé de Las Casas, p. 51

Protestant Reformation, p. 53 Protestants, p. 53 Spanish Armada, p. 53 Northwest Passage, p. 54 Jacques Cartier, p. 54 charter, p. 54 immune, p. 58 Middle Passage, p. 59 African Diaspora, p. 60

Understand the importance of each of the following:  The Vikings  Prince Henry  Conquistadors  Aztec

What were the factors that led to the discovery of a sea route to Asia? Why trade between purpose and Asia was important? How did the slave trade effect west Africa? What did the travels of Columbus lead to? What advantages the Spanish had over the Aztecs? The impact disease had on colonization The logistics of the slave trade