The Atlantic World- Chapter 4 What was the impact of European exploration and colonization in the Americas?

Chapter 4 Section 1 & 2 1.) Who conquered the Aztec empire? Pg. 119--- 4.1 1.) Who conquered the Aztec empire? 2.) Where in the Americas did Christopher Columbus land first? 3.) What did the encomienda system provide for New Spain? 4.) What enabled the Spanish forces to conquer the Aztec people? (create a cause and effect chart) 5.) How might Columbus’s view of the Taino have led the Spanish to think they could take advantage of and impose their will on the natives? (read pg. 119, primary source) Pg. 127----4.2 1.) What was the main economic activity in New France? 2.) Which of the following areas was originally founded as a settlement by the Dutch? 3.) Why did the English want to take control of New Netherland? 4.) What was one result of the loss of native lives to disease?

1.) Who conquered the Aztec empire?

Who conquered the Aztec empire? Hernando Cortes

2.) Where in the Americas did Christopher Columbus land first?

2.) Where in the Americas did Christopher Columbus land first? On an island in the Bahamas (Caribbean) He named it San Salvador

3.) What did the encomienda system provide for New Spain?

3.) What did the encomienda system provide for New Spain? Cheap Labor

4. ) What enabled the Spanish forces to conquer the Aztec people 4.) What enabled the Spanish forces to conquer the Aztec people? (create a cause and effect chart)

4. ) What enabled the Spanish forces to conquer the Aztec people 4.) What enabled the Spanish forces to conquer the Aztec people? (create a cause and effect chart) Cause Effect Spanish has superior weaponry Aztecs’ weapons were no match, and were defeated Aztecs’ rule was fierce, natives of surrounding area & some Aztec sided with the Spanish Spanish recruited allies when fighting the Aztecs Spanish brought over disease Aztecs didn’t have immunity to European diseases; made them weak and killed millions

5.) How might Columbus’ view of the Taino have led the Spanish to think they could take advantage of and impose their will on the natives?

5.) How might Columbus’s view of the Taino have led the Spanish to think they could take advantage of and impose their will on the natives? The Taino’s generosity and peacefulness was perhaps seen as gullibility/weakness. The Taino were not defensive and extremely welcoming to the Spanish. This probably led the Spanish to believe that they would be an easy conquest.

1.) What was the main economic activity in New France?

Chapter Four SECTION TWO

1.) What was the main economic activity in New France? Fur Trade

2.) Which of the following areas was originally founded as a settlement by the Dutch?

2.) Which of the following areas was originally founded as a settlement by the Dutch? New Netherlands = New York

3.) Why did the English want to take control of New Netherland?

3.) Why did the English want to take control of New Netherland? New Netherland separated England’s northern and southern colonies

4.) What was one result of the loss of native lives to disease?

4.) What was one result of the loss of native lives to disease? A severe shortage of labor in the colonies

Chapter 4 Section 3 1.) What did ships transport on the “middle passage”? 2.) Which places were part of all three triangular trade routes? 3.) What did England export? 4.) What did the West Indies export both to England and to New England, New York and Philadelphia? 5.) What did New England, Philadelphia, and New York export to both the West Indies and Spain, Portugal, the Azores and Madeira Islands?

Chapter 4 Section 4 1.) What was the Columbian exchange? Describe the exchange of animals. 2.) What prompted a wave of new business and trade practices in Europe into the 16th and 17th centuries? 3.) What was the purpose of most of the joint stock company? 4.) According to the policy of mercantilism, how could a nation increase its wealth?

Chapter 4 Section 3 & 4 Chapter 4.3 1.) What did ships transport on the “middle passage”? 2.) Which places were part of all three triangular trade routes? 3.) What did England export? 4.) What did the West Indies export both to England and to New England, New York and Philadelphia? 5.) What did New England, Philadelphia, and New York export to Spain and Portugal? Chapter 4.4 1.) What was the Columbian exchange? Describe the exchange of animals. 2.) What prompted a wave of new business and trade practices in Europe into the 16th and 17th centuries? 3.) What was the purpose of most of the joint stock company? 4.) According to the policy of mercantilism, how could a nation increase its wealth?

1.) What did ships transport on the “middle passage”?

1.) What did ships transport on the “middle passage”? Enslaved Africans Pg. 135

2.) Which places were part of all three triangular trade routes?

2.) Which places were part of all three triangular trade routes? The Americas, Europe, Africa

3.) What did England export?

3.) What did England export? Manufactured goods

4.) What did the West Indies export both to England and to New England, New York and Philadelphia?

4.) What did the West Indies export both to England and to New England, New York and Philadelphia? Sugar, molasses, slaves

5.) What did New England, Philadelphia, and New York export to Spain and Portugal?

5.) What did New England, Philadelphia, and New York export to Spain and Portugal? Rum, cotton, tobacco

1.) What was the Columbian exchange? Describe the exchange of animals.

1.) What was the Columbian exchange? Describe the exchange of animals. The global transfer of foods, plants and animals during the colonization of the Americas Livestock was carried west across the Atlantic Turkey was carried east across the Atlantic

2.) What prompted a wave of new business and trade practices in Europe into the 16th and 17th centuries?

2.) What prompted a wave of new business and trade practices in Europe into the 16th and 17th centuries? New wealth from the Americas and the growth in overseas trade

3.) What was the purpose of most of the joint stock company?

3.) What was the purpose of most of the joint stock company? To fund the colonies in the Americas

4. According to the policy of mercantilism, how could a nation increase its wealth?

4.According to the policy of mercantilism, how could a nation increase its wealth? 1.)Acquire gold and silver 2.) It should sell more goods than it buys from other countries (export more than it imports)