Different Worlds Meet

Beginnings to 1625

Unit 1

Critical Thinking

• George Washington was the first President of the United States (POTUS).

• Abraham Lincoln was the sixteenth POTUS.

• Barack Obama is the forty fourth POTUS.

• In 150 words or less, explain what these three individuals have in common.

What sequence of events link these three individuals together?

MAP ACTIVITY

• Using the map handout, identify the thirteen original colonies.

• Identify each colony by name (spelling counts).

• Identify each colony by present day state abbreviation.

• If the name and abbreviation do not fit in the geographic boundary, write them off to the side and draw arrows.

Exploring the Americas

1400 - 1625

Chapter 2

A Changing World

Chapter 2, Section 1

Vocabulary

1. Classical

2. Renaissance

3. Technology

4. Astrolabe

5. Caravel

6. Pilgrimage

7. Mosque

Causes of European Exploration

Causes of European Exploration

Causes of European Exploration

Causes of European Exploration

To gain safer sea

trade routes to East Asia

Technology made overseas

exploration more possible

The pursuit of new ideas

and goals

Reflections Questions 2.1

1. What cultures influenced the Renaissance?

2. What resulted from the emergence of large nation states?

3. How did the caravel affect overseas exploration in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries?

4. Which African kingdom thrived between A.D. 400 and A.D. 1100?

5. How did the Islamic religion spread to the early kingdoms of Africa and what is the name of the holy book of Islam?

Early Exploration

Chapter 2, Section 2

Vocabulary

1. Line of Demarcation

2. Strait

3. Circumnavigate

Early Explorers

Explorer Date(s) Region Explored

Vikings

Dias

Vasco da Gama

Columbus

Vasco Nunez de Balboa

Magellan

Early Explorers

Explorer Date(s) Region Explored

Vikings c. 1000 North America

Dias 1488 Africa

Vasco da Gama 1497 Africa to India

Columbus 1492, 1493, 1498, 1502

Caribbean Islands

Vasco Nunez de Balboa

1513 Panama to the Pacific Ocean

Magellan 1519 Around the World

Exploration by Columbus

Regions Columbus Explored

Exploration by Columbus

Regions Columbus Explored

Caribbean Islands of Cuba, Jamaica,

and Hispaniol

a

Coast of Central America

Northern South

America

Reflection Questions 2.2

1. Why was Portugal interested in exploration?

2. Why did Spain finance Columbus’s voyage?

3. Who were the first Europeans to reach the Americas and when did they arrive?

4. What nations signed the Treaty of Tordesillas?

5. What was the purpose of the Line of Demarcation?

6. How did the treaty affect European exploration of the Americas?

Spain in AmericaChapter 2, Section 3

Vocabulary

1. Conquistador

2. Tribute

3. Pueblo

4. Mission

5. Presidio

6. Encomienda

7. Plantation

Spanish Conquistadors

Conquistador Region (Area) Explored

Hernan Cortes

Francisco Pizarro

Juan Ponce de LeonHernando de Soto

Spanish Conquistadors

Conquistador Region (Area) Explored

Hernan Cortes Mexico

Francisco Pizarro Peru

Juan Ponce de Leon

Present-day Florida

Hernando de Soto

Present-day Florida west to Oklahoma

Success of Spain in the Americas

Name three reasons Spain was successful in conquering Native American Empires.

1.

2.

3.

Success of Spain in the Americas

Name three reasons Spain was successful in conquering Native American Empires.

1. Advanced Weapons

2. Native people’s dislike for their own Aztec overlords

3. No immunity to European diseases

1. How were the Spanish able to defeat mighty Native American Empires?

2. How did stories of the “Seven Cities of Cibola” affect Spanish exploration?

3. Whom did Las Casas try to protect?

4. What three kinds of settlements did Spain establish in the Americas? How did they differ?

5. What groups made up the class system in Spanish America?

Reflection Questions 2.3

Discussion Question 2.3

• MLA Format

• No less than 150 words

• One conquistador explained, “We came to serve God and the king, and also to get rich.” In what way do you think conquistadors planned to serve “God and the king.”

Exploring North America

Chapter 2, Section 4

Vocabulary

1.Mercantilism

2.Columbian Exchange

3.Northwest Passage

4.Coureur de Bois

Exploration of North America

Causes EffectsProtestant Reformation

Search for the Northwest PassageEarly Trading Activities

Exploration of North America

Causes EffectsProtestant Reformation Protestants sought

religious freedoms in North America

Search for the Northwest Passage

The exploration of present-day Canada

Early Trading Activities The French, Dutch, and English establish fur-trading posts

Columbian Exchange

Effects on the Americas (3)

Effects on Europe (2)

Columbian Exchange

Effects on the Americas (3)

Effects on Europe (2)

Importation of wheat, grapes, and livestock

Introduction of new foods

Introduction of diseases Establishment of a cheap supply of labor

Establishment of slavery

Reflection Questions 2.4

1. What role did religion play in the exploration of North America?

2. Why was the idea of a Northwest passage important?

3. How did the French goals in the Americas differ from the goals of other European nations?

4. How did the economic theory of mercantilism influence the exploration and settlement of North America by Europeans?

Discussion Question 2.4

MLA Format

150 words or more

Compare the early exploration efforts of France, Spain and England. What event in Europe was mostly responsible for the drive across the Atlantic?