Chapter 2 : New Empires in the Americas

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Chapter 2 New Empires in the Americas Section
1 Europeans Set Sail
In the box below, list the stages of exploration
that led the Vikings to land in North America.

Portuguese Exploration
Reasons for Exploring
New technology
In the boxes below, list the significant
accomplishments of each of the men.
Prince Henry the Navigator Bartholomeu
Dias Vasco da Gama
On the lines below explain the 2 major results of
Portugals explorations.
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Chapter 2 Section 2 Europeans Reach the Americas
Fill in the timeline below with details of
Columbus voyages, be sure to give details of
what happened for each date.
August 3, 1492
October 12, 1492
1506 (trick question!)
Christopher Columbus voyages to the New World
sparked many other nations to seek routes to this
new land, fill in the boxes below with details
about the other European explorers.
Amerigo Vespucci
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Ferdinand Magellan
Define Columbian Exchange _______________________
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On the arrows above, list the items that crossed
continents due to the Columbian Exchange.
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Chapter 2 Section 3 Spain Builds an Empire
In the boxes below fill in details including how,
why and who conquered the empires listed.
Aztec
Inca
How Why Who

After the conquest of the empires in Central and
South America the Spanish moved their attention
to North America. In the chart below, write at
least three details about each of the listed
explorers, suggestions might be where they
explored, what they found, their successes and/or
failures, etc.
Juan Ponce de Leon

Hernando de Soto

Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca/Panfilo de Narvaez

Fancisco Vasquez de Coronado

The Spanish had a very large impact on the Native
Americans after their arrival in the western
hemisphere. In the box below, write details of
the Spanish treatment of the Natives.
Labor
Religion
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Chapter 2 Section 4 The Race for Empires
Events in Europe led to increased interest for
Europeans in exploring and settling in America.
For each event listed, explain how it changed
thinking and/or increased interest in settlement
in America.
Events in Europe
Protestant Reformation
Printing Press
Religious Conflicts
Defeat of Spanish Armada
Increased European Exploration
English
French
Dutch
Where they settled where they sailed who sailed
Northwest Passage
Charter
DEFINE
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Chapter 2 Section 5 Beginnings of Slavery in
America
In the box below take notes on the conditions
that led to the African slave trade in the
Americas.
European Diseases Colonial Economic structure
Slave Trade
Define and take notes on each of the following.
Middle Passage
African Diaspora
To help them endure the extremely difficult life
under slavery, slaves developed a strong culture
in the Americas. Take notes below on the
different ways in which slaves coped with their
challenges.
Family
Religion
Art Dance