The Age of Exploration

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3-1, Europeans Explore the East

• What factors encouraged exploration?
• How did the spirit of the Renaissance
  contribute to exploration?
• How does the phrase, God, gold glory
  summarize the Europeans motives for exploration?
• Treaty of Tordesillas
• How did the Treaty of Tordesillas ease tensions
  between Spain and Portugal?
• What did the Treaty of Tordesillas reveal about
  Europeans attitudes toward non-European lands
  and peoples?

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3-1, Europeans Explore the East

• How did the European domination of the Indian
  Ocean trade eventually impact Europeans back
  home?
• Look at the map on p. 87. Use the scale to
  calculate the distance DaGama sailed from Lisbon
  to Calicut.
• Why do you think so many nations rushed to
  establish trading outposts in India?

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3-1, Europeans Explore the East

• How were the Dutch able to dominate trade in the
  Indian Ocean?
• How did the arrival of Europeans affect the
  peoples of the East in general?
• Terms
• Bartolomeu Dias
• Prince Henry
• Vasco da Gama
• Treaty of Tordesillas
• Dutch East India Company

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4-1, Spanish Conquests in the Americas

• The Legacy of Columbus
• Read the contrasting views on page 109. How do
  the ideas of these contributors differ?
• Use the Readers Guide or Infotrac to locate
  (from 1992) articles of differing opinions on
  Columbus. Choose the opinion you agree with most
  and explain why.

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4-1, Spanish Conquests in the Americas

• Prepare an oral argument on the merits of Spanish
  colonization. Take either the position of the
  conquisatdors or the Native Americans. Consider
• how Spain was affected by colonization of the
  Americas or
• how Native Americans were affected by
  colonization.

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4-1, Spanish Conquests in the Americas

• Terms
• Christopher Columbus
• Colony
• Hernando Cortés
• Conquistadors
• Montezuma II
• Francisco Pizarro
• Mestizo
• Encomienda
• Popé

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4-2, Competing Claims inNorth America

• Why were Frances North American holdings so
  sparsely settled?
• How did the colonies of Jamestown and
  Massachusetts Bay differ?
• How were the Dutch and French colonies different
  from the English colonies of North America?
• What made it possible for the Dutch and French to
  coexist in relative peace with the Native
  Americans?

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4-2, Competing Claims inNorth America

• Why did the issues of land and religion cause
  such strife between the Native Americans and
  English settlers?
• What may have been one reason the English
  eventually defeated the French in North America?

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4-2, Competing Claims inNorth America

• Terms
• New France
• Jamestown
• Pilgrims
• Puritans
• New Netherland
• French and Indian War
• Metacom (King Philip)

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4-4, The Columbian Exchange and Global Trade

• Why is the Columbian Exchange considered a
  significant event?
• What was beneficial (harmful) about the Columbian
  Exchange? Who benefited most?
• Is it possible that Spain became too rich for its
  own good?

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4-3 The Atlantic Slave Trade

• What were some characteristics of Muslim and
  African slavery?
• What advantages did Europeans see in enslaving
  Africans?
• Why did many African rulers participate in the
  Atlantic slave trade?
• Timeline
• Resources

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4-3 The Atlantic Slave Trade
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4-3 The Atlantic Slave Trade

• Terms
• Atlantic Slave trade
• Triangular trade (dates, items, locations?)
• Middle passage
• How many people? Their starting points?
• Where did they end up? What region of the
  Americas imported the most Africans? Which
  imported the second most?

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4-4, The Columbian Exchange and Global Trade

• What role did colonies play in the policy of
  mercantilism?
• Why were colonies considered so important to the
  nations of Europe?
• Do you think the economic changes in Europe that
  took place during the era of New World
  colonization qualify as a revolution? Why or why
  not?

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4-4, The Columbian Exchange and Global Trade

• Terms
• Columbian Exchange
• Commercial Revolution
• Capitalism
• Joint-stock company
• Mercantilism
• Favorable balance of trade