Name: ______________________________________________________ Pd. ________________
The Earth and Its Peoples
Chapter Seventeen Reading Guide
I.
Define each term, remember to include why it is significant, the geographical area associated with it
and any important dates
TERM:
Bartolome de las Casas
PICTURE
TERM:
Columbian Exchange
Date:
Region:
Significance:
Date:
Region:
PICTURE
Significance:
TERM:
Creoles
Date:
PICTURE
Significance:
TERM:
Encomienda
PICTURE
Region:
Date:
Region:
Significance:
TERM:
Indentured Servant
Date:
Region:
PICTURE
Significance:
TERM:
Mestizo
Date:
PICTURE
Significance:
TERM:
Mulatto
Date:
PICTURE
Significance:
TERM:
Puritans
Date:
PICTURE
Significance:
TERM:
Potosi
Date:
PICTURE
Significance:
Region:
Region:
Region:
Region:
TERM:
Tupac Amaru II
PICTURE
Date:
Region:
Significance:
II.
Chapter 17 Answer:
1. Give at least 2 positive and 2 negative impacts of the introduction of European livestock into the Americas.
2. How did the arrival of European women in the Americas affect the Amerindian women? Think about how it
would have affected marriage, status of children and jobs.
3. What changes occurred in Amerindian culture due to the introduction of European material goods? How did
firearms (guns) change the lifestyles of Amerindian groups?
4. Describe the political and economic differences in the colonies of at least TWO (preferably all FOUR) of the
following: Spain, Portugal, England and France. (Feel free to make a chart here)
5. Describe the racial and social makeup of colonial Latin America (e.g. What influence did each class have? Who
made up each class? How important was skin color? How did the classes interact?)
III.
Mapping: Map the following items on the provided map. Be sure to indicate the difference between
the Spanish and Portuguese colonies (the viceroyalties) and label the colonies as of 1755.
Viceroyalty of New Viceroyalty of New Viceroyalty of
Viceroyalty of Peru Viceroyalty of Rio
Spain
Granada
Brazil
de la Plata
Audiencia de Chile British colonies
French colonies
Spanish colonies
Russian colonies
IV.
Thesis statement: Write a thesis statement only answering ONE of the following questions. Identify
which question you are answering.
A. Analyze the impact of the Columbian Exchange on BOTH the Old and New Worlds.
B. Analyze the role of the Catholic Church in Spanish and Portuguese colonies. (Things to consider: its
aim, methods used, impact on American society, etc.)
C. Analyze the role of silver in the development of the Americas.