Unit 2 Exam Study Guide:
Lesson 1: The World Expands
Summary: Unit 2 Lesson 1: The Middle Ages brought many changes to Europe. Exploration led to increase trade with other cultures, including Asia and Africa. Prince Henry’s encouragement of exploration led to discovery of a water route to India.
Vocabulary words: profit, barter, merchant, navigation.
Students will:
-Understand characteristics of Viking culture.
-Describe how trade developed between Europe and Asia.
-Explain the development of trade in Africa.
-Trace the discovery of the water route to India.
Quick Check Questions:
-Pg. 53: Why were the Norse also known as Vikings?
-Pg. 55: How did the arrival of silk and spices from Asia help the merchant class to arise?
-Pg. 57: How did the Portugal’s location lead the country to explore sea routes to Asia?
-Pg. 58: How did the invention of the caravel help Portuguese explorers?
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Lesson 2: Spaniards Reach the Americas
Lesson 3: Spanish Exploration and Conquest
Vocabulary words: expedition, colony, Columbus Exchange, empire, conquistador
Summaries:
Unit 2 Lesson 2: Christopher Columbus was looking for a sea route to India when he landed in the Bahamas. The first people he met were the Taino.This began the Columbian Exchange of food, animals, and tools between the Americas and Europe.
Students will:
-Evaluate the importance of the voyages of Columbus.
-Understand how contact with Europeans changed the Tiano.
-Explain the Columbian Exchange.
Unit 2 Lesson 3: The conquistadors came to Central and South America looking for gold. By 1540, the former Aztec and Inca lands were part of the Spanish empire.
-Explain how the Spanish conquered the Aztec Empire
-Understand the Inca culture
-Compare the way the Spanish treated the Inca and Aztec.
Quick Check Questions:
-Pg.62Why did countries located on the oceans become world powers?
-Pg. 63 How did the arrival of the Spanish change the lives of the Taino people?
-Pg.65 How did food from North America change the diet of people in Europe?
-Pg.67 Why was Cortes able to return to conquer Tenochtitlan after being driven out?
-Why were highways an important part of the Inca Empire’s rise to power?
Lesson 4: Spain’s Overseas Empire
Lesson 5:Searching for the Northwest Passage
Vocabulary words: frontier, missionary, enslave, mestizo, Northwest Passage, merchant company
Summaries:
Unit 2 Lesson 4: Legends of golden cities and Fountain of Youth drew Spanish explorers to Florida. Expeditions also reached Texas, California, and the Southwest.
Students will:
-Identify reasons the Spanish explored Florida.
-Explain how Spanish colonists met their needs for labor.
-Understand the social hierarchy of New Spain.
Unit 2 Lesson 5: The search for a water route between the Atlantic and the Pacific led the English and the Dutch to explore North America.
Students will:
- Describe the importance of the Northwest Passage.
- Identify the motives for Dutch exploration.
Quick Check Questions:
Pg.73: How did false stories bring Spanish explorers to Florida?
Pg. 75: Why did the growth of encomiendas bring enslaved Africans to Mexico?
Pg. 76: How were mestizos different from Spaniards?
Pg. 79: What effect did Cabot’s voyage have an Europeans?
Pg. 81: What was the result of Hudson’s search for the Northwest Passage?
Lesson 6: The First French Colony
Lesson 7: The First English Colonies
Vocabulary words: ally, coureurs de bois, import, export, voyager, charter, cash crop, indentured servant, House of Burgesses, Pilgrim, sachem
Summaries: Unit 2 Lesson 6: The First French Colony- Searching for the Northwest Passage, Jacques Cartier claimed land in present-day Canada for France. Demand for fur was high, but New France grew slowly because only Catholics could live there
Students will:
-Explain the relationship between the French and Native Americans.
- Understand the importance of the fur trade.
Unit 2 Lesson 7: The First English Colonies -The first two English colonies in North America failed. The settlers at Jamestown succeeded, but they made enemies of the local Native Americans. The Pilgrims found both religious freedom and hardship in Massachusetts Bay. Without the help of Native Americans, their colony would not have survived.
Students will:
-Understand why the Roanake colonies failed.
-Identify important events in the founding of Jamestown.
-Explain why Pilgrims established a colony in Massachusetts Bay.
-Describe how Native Americans helped the Pilgrims survive.
Quick Check Questions:
Pg.83: Why did France was to establish a permanent settlement in New France?
Pg. 85:Why did New France fail to grow?
Pg. 87: Why were the Roanoke settlements failure?
Pg. 89: Why was Jamestown a successful colony?
Pg. 91: Why did many Pilgrims die during the first winter?
Pg. 93: Why did the Pilgrims hold a thanksgiving feast?