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What happens
when different
cultures first
meet?
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Exploration and
North
America
Colonization
Unit 2 Exploration and
Colonization
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Lesson 1
The World Expands
Lesson 2
Spaniards Reach the Americas
Lesson 3
Spanish Exploration & Conquest
Lesson 4
Spain’s Overseas Empire
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Lesson 5
Searching for the Northwest
Passage
Lesson 6
The First
Lessons French Colonies
Lesson 7
The First English Colonies
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The World Expands
Lesson 1
Vocabulary
profit
merchant
barter
navigation
Reading Skill
Cause and
Effect
How did
Europeans learn
about other
cultures?
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The World Expands
The Middle Ages
Who were the first
Europeans to reach North
America and why did they
abandon the colony?
Vikings were the first to
arrive and they may have left
because of diseases and
battles with native people.
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Peoples
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How did the Crusades lead to trade
between Europe and Asia?
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The World Expands
Why did Europeans look for
new trade routes to Europe?
The journey to Europe was
long and dangerous. A new
route would save time and
money.
What were the effects of trade
with Africa?
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The Muslim faith was
introduced in new places.
Many Africans were enslaved.
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The World Expands
What advances in the science of
navigation and technology helped further
exploration?
The development of maps
Development of a new ship, the caravel,
with both square and triangle-shaped sails,
which allowed the ship to change direction
and catch the wind more easily.
Chinese compasses pointed north and
allowed sailors to navigate south of the
equator.
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Globes
Astrolabe measures height of sun and
stars above the earth.
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Lesson 2
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Spaniards Reach the
Americas
expedition
colony
Columbian
Exchange
Reading Skill
Cause and
Effect
How did Spanish
explorers bring
change to the
Americas?
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Spaniards Reach the Americas
Christopher Columbus
Leader of an expedition to the
Indies
Sailed west instead of east
Niña, Pinta, and Santa María
Reached present-day San
Salvador
Sailed to America three times.
Greeted warmly by the Taínos
Gave them glass beads and
brass bells
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Spaniards Reach the Americas
Christopher Columbus
Columbus called the Taíno “Indios”
because he believed he had reached
the Indies.
“Admiral of the Ocean Sea”
Spanish forced the Taíno to mine
gold.
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Many Taíno died in rebellions or from
disease.
By 1500s, Taíno almost wiped out.
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Spaniards Reach the Americas
Christopher Columbus
Many Europeans thought their technology and culture were superior.
Native American groups had developed governments, kinship systems,
cities, and irrigation systems.
Columbus’s 1493 expedition landed on
island of Hispaniola.
The Spanish set up a colony on the
island.
Amerigo Vespucci was the first to
believe that America was a new
land.
America named for him
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Spaniards Reach the Americas
Columbian Exchange
Movement of people,
animals, plants, and
diseases
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North America
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How did the Columbian
Exchange change the lives
of the Europeans and
Native Americans?
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Lesson 3
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Spanish Exploration
and Conquest
empire
conquistador
Reading Skill
Cause and
Effect
How did the arrival
of Spanish explorers
change Native
American empires?
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Spanish Exploration and Conquest
Complete the chart to show how Spain’s desire for gold destroyed
the Aztec and Inca Empires.
Cause
Effect
Cortés imprisons
Moctezuma
Aztec fight Spanish;
Moctezuma killed;
smallpox kills many Aztec
smallpox spreads
weakens Inca Empire
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North
America
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Pizarro captures Atahualpa
Atahualpa killed;
Inca conquered
How did Spanish exploration change
Central and South America?
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Spain’s Overseas Empire
Vocabulary
frontier
missionary
enslave
mestizo
Reading Skill
Cause and
Effect
How did Spain’s
empire in North
America expand?
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North America
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Spain’s Overseas Empire
Complete the chart to show the change that occurred after the Spanish
explored North America.
Cause
More workers were needed
to work on the encomiendas.
Effect
Enslaved Africans were
brought to New Spain.
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Yanga led a rebellion.
Describe New Spain’s society.
Those who escaped started
maroon communities.
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Lesson 5
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Searching for the
Northwest Passage
Northwest
Passage
merchant
company
Reading Skill
Cause and
Effect
How did the search
for the Northwest
Passage affect
people?
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North America
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Searching for the Northwest Passage
What was the importance of the Northwest Passage?
It was believed to be a shortcut to Asia that would allow Europeans to
make the trip less costly and much faster.
What was a merchant company?
Why was it important?
It was a group of businessmen who
shared the costs of exploratory
voyages. It was important because
rulers financed previous voyages.
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Lesson 6
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The First French
Colonies
ally
coureurs de bois
import
export
voyageur
Reading Skill
What happened
when the French
settled in America?
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North America
Cause and
Effect
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The First French Colonies
Why did the French want to settle in America?
They wanted to expand their fur trade and make money for France.
Native Peoples of
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About It!
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America
Why did the French, Wyandot, and Algonquin become allies?
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Lesson 7
Vocabulary
charter
cash crop
indentured
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The First English
Colonies
servant
House of
Burgesses
Pilgrim
sachem
Reading Skill
What challenges did
early English
settlers face in
North America?
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North America
Cause and
Effect
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The First English Colonies
Why were the Roanoke settlements
failures?
The colonists lacked the supplies
and skills to survive.
Why did Jamestown succeed?
John Smith’s leadership forced the
colonists to work. The soil and
climate were ideal for growing
tobacco, which allowed the colonists
to make a profit.
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The First English Colonies
Complete the chart to to show how the Pilgrims settled in Plymouth.
Cause
Effect
no religious freedom in
England
Pilgrims plan to settle in
Virginia colony.
Ship lands on Cape Cod.
Pilgrims form government.
Pilgrims are unprepared.
almost half die
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Native Americans teach
Pilgrims how to grow and
hunt food.
The colony survives.
Pilgrims and Wampanoag
celebrate.
Thanksgiving tradition
begins.
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The First English Colonies
What was the importance of the Mayflower
Compact?
It was a plan for self-government. It expressed the
idea that the power of a government comes from
its people. This idea became a part of America’s
founding documents.
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North America
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How did the Pilgrims’ lives change
after they met the Native
Americans?
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What was the importance of the Crusades to Europe?
The Crusades gave Europeans greater contact with Asia and this
developed a demand for Asian goods. These demands led to the
search for shorter and faster trade routes to Asia.
What was the importance of the Columbian Exchange?
The Columbian Exchange changed the lives of people on both sides of
the Atlantic. It improved the diets of both the Europeans and Native
Americans. Horses changed the way the Native Americans hunted.
Cattle, pigs, and sheep became a new food and clothing source. New
diseases, however, killed many of the native peoples.
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Name the European explorer associated with each area.
Mexico
West coast of South America
Florida
Southeastern U.S.
Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona
Southwestern U.S.; first European to see the
Grand Canyon
Newfoundland
Hudson River
Hudson, Chesapeake, and Delaware Bays
St. Lawrence River
Lakes Huron, Ontario, Erie and Superior
Lake Michigan
Hernan Cortés
Francisco Pizarro
Juan Ponce de León
Hernando de Soto
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
Francisco Vásquez de Coronado
John Cabot
Giovanni da Verrazano
Henry Hudson
Jacques Cartier
Étienne Brûlé
Jean Nicolet
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What was the importance of the Northwest Passage?
The Northwest Passage was believed to be a shortcut to Asia that
would allow Europeans to make the trip less costly and much faster.
What was the importance of the Mayflower Compact?
The Mayflower Compact was a plan for self-government. It expressed
the idea that the power of a government comes from its people. This
idea became part of America’s founding documents.
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