Exploration Review

Exploration Review

We will have a test on Wednesday.

Open Ended

Name the 5 countries that began to colonize the Americas during the 15th and 16th centuries.

Answer:

• England

• France

• Spain

• Portugal

• Netherlands

Open Ended

What are some positive things that explorers brought with them to the new world?

Answer

• There are many things you could have said, two examples:

• Animals such as horses

• Plants such as wheat

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Open Ended

What are some negative things that explorers brought with them to the new world?

Answer

• Disease

• Weapons

• Slavery

Poll

How were the native populations treated by the colonizers?

• They were treated well and respected.

• They were treated poorly and forced into labor.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following things did NOT in the Americas?

• Turkey

• Cranberries

• Chicken

• Chili Peppers

Open Ended

What were some things that motivated people to travel across the globe to new lands?

There are many things you could have said for this. We discussed how "God, Glory, and Gold" were big motivators for the European colonizers. Making money, becoming rich and famous, and religion all played a role in their decision to explor.

Multiple Choice

What was the name of the global trade system that developed as European explorers began to colonize parts of the Americas?

• The Stock Exchange

• The Columbian Exchange

• The Incan Exchange

• The Change Exchange

Columbian Exchange

Even though we now know that Columbus did not discover the United States, and that a lot of things he did were not good, the exchange is still named after him.

Multiple Choice

The dangerous voyage by sea that Africans who had been captured into slavery was known as the

• First Passage

• Last Passage

• Middle Passage

As Native Populations decreased, the need for labor increased. People in Africa were taken away from their home and families and forced into slavery in the New World. The most dangerous part of the journey was the middle passage, which we discussed in class.

Poll

People born in Spain and Portugal (known as Peninsulares) were at the top of the social structure in Latin America

• True

• False

Social Structure

As unfair as it seems, the social structure of Latin America had people who were born in Spain and Portugal at the top. People who had one parent from Europe and one parent from the Americas were in the middle, and people who were native to the land were at the bottom.

Multiple Choice

What native group did Francisco Pizarro overtake?

• The Mayans

• The Incans

• The Spanish

Open Ended

Why did Pizarro say he had the right to take over the Incans?

Answer

The Incan ruler refused to convert to his religion, so Pizarro attacked.