Brent / Faust
World Studies / WST
Name: ___________________________________________
History: Unit 202 – Exploration & Exploitation
Wednesday
01/21/2015
Lesson:
Unit 201 Test
Quiet Reading
Homework:
Read WH&G, Chapter 17, section 1. Write out thorough responses to the following questions. These will
be collected on test day.
Be sure to put these responses on a separate sheet of paper from any other writing (notes, other homework,
etc.), a heading in the top left corner of the page, and to make it clear which questions you are answering.
Finally, try to write neatly – If I cannot read what you write, I cannot give you credit for it.
Chapter 17, Lesson 1:
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What were the motivations behind European exploration of distant lands?
What does the phrase “Gold, Glory and God” mean?
How did Portugal’s location make it an ideal candidate to lead the way in European exploration of Africa’s coast?
What single advantage was most useful for the Spanish in their conquest of the Americas, even more useful than guns?
Explain.
Where were the earliest settlements of the Dutch, English and French in the Americas?
Thursday
01/22/2015
Lesson:
So, what is a spice?
New Inventions
Lucky and Lost!
Homework:
Read WH&G, Chapter 17, section 2. Write out thorough responses to the following questions. These will
be collected on test day.
Be sure to put these responses on a separate sheet of paper from any other writing (notes, other homework,
etc.), a heading in the top left corner of the page, and to make it clear which questions you are answering.
Finally, try to write neatly – If I cannot read what you write, I cannot give you credit for it.
Chapter 17, Lesson 2:
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What was the Columbian Exchange? How was it beneficial? How was it not?
Who ‘won’ the Columbian Exchange (i.e. who benefitted most)?
Why did Europeans think they could enslave Native Americans but not other Europeans?
Why did Europeans stop trying to enslave Native Americans and begin enslaving Africans?
Why did Europeans not try and enslave Asians?
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Friday
01/23/2015
Lesson:
Geography Quiz (Caribbean)
1492, 1521 – God rewards his Servants?
So, how did they do it?
Why Slavery?
Homework:
Read WH&G, Chapter 17, section 3. Write out thorough responses to the following questions. These will
be collected on test day.
Be sure to put these responses on a separate sheet of paper from any other writing (notes, other homework,
etc.), a heading in the top left corner of the page, and to make it clear which questions you are answering.
Finally, try to write neatly – If I cannot read what you write, I cannot give you credit for it.
Chapter 17, Lesson 3:
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Carefully and fully describe the social hierarchy of colonial Latin America
What were the two key features in determining status in colonial Latin America?
How did the Catholic Church help the Native Peoples?
How was the Church detrimental to the Native Peoples?
Monday
01/26/2015
Lesson:
Map Day
The Columbian Exchange
Catch-up
Homework:
Prepare for Unit quiz
Tuesday
01/27/2015
Lesson:
Unit 202 Test
Homework:
Visit the Wikipedia page “Slavery” and identify four types of slavery. Write out definitions that distinguish
each of these four forms of slavery.