Chapter 2- Exploring the Americas 1400-1625

7B Social Studies

1)Section One: A Changing World; EQ: What events and technological advances paved the way for European exploration?

a)New Ideas and Nations

i)Crusades (define and list two ways they impacted European exploration)

(1)

(2)

ii)Growth of trade and ideas (Provide examples of how trade and new ways of thinking affected European exploration)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

iii)Renaissance- means “rebirth” (Define Renaissance and how it changed Europe at that time)

(1)

(2)

iv)Powerful Nations Emerge

(1)By 1400s new type of centralized nation-state emerges (list details)

(a)

(b)

v)Technology’s Impact

(1)Better maps and instruments

(a)

(b)

(c)

(2)Better Ships

(a)

b)African Kingdoms

i)Ghana

ii)Mali

iii)Songhai

c)*Answer the Essential Question: What events and technological advances paved the way for European exploration?

2)Section Two: Early Exploration; EQ: Why did Spain and Portugal want to find a sea route to Asia?

a)Portugal

i)Seeking New Trade Routes

(1)Prince Henry

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(2)Bartholomeu Dias

(a)

(b)

(c)

(3)Vasco da Gama

(a)

(b)

(c)

(4)Portuguese Trading Empire- How did Lisbon become the marketplace of Europe?

(a)

(b)

(c)

b)Christopher Columbus- Why did Queen Isabella of Spain agree to sponsor his 1492 voyage?

ii)

c)List details of all of Columbus’ voyage

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d)Dividing the World (Portugal and Spain)

i)What is line of demarcation?

ii)Treaty of Tordesillas

e)Amerigo Vespucci

f)Vasco Nunez de Balboa

g)Ferdinand Magellan

h)Answer the Essential Question: Why did Spain and Portugal want to find a sea route to Asia?

3)Section Three: Spain in America. EQ: How did Spain’s conquests affect the economic and social development of the Americas?

a)Explorers and Conquests- where, who, and how

i)Hernan Cortes- in search of gold and glory;

(1)

(2)

ii)Francisco Pizarro- in search of gold

(1)

(2)

iii)Why Spain Succeeded

(1)

(2)

(3)

iv)Juan Ponce de Leon

(1)

v)Hernando de Soto

(1)

b)Spanish Rule

i)Pueblos

ii)Missions

iii)Social Classes

(1)

(2)

iv)The Plantation System

(1)

(2)

(3)

c)Ansswer Essential Question: How did Spanish conquests affect the economic and social development of the Americas?

4) Section Four: Exploring North America. EQ: Why did European nations establish colonies in North America?

a)A Divided Church

i)Protestantism Spreads in Europe

(1)Martin Luther

(2)John Calvin

ii)Religious Rivalries in the Americas

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

b)Economic Rivlary

i)mercantilism

ii)How did European countries try to increase their wealth?

(a)

(b)

iii)Columbian Exchange (define)

iv)Northwest Passage (define)

(1)John Cabot

(2)Jacques Cartier

(3)Henry Hudson