Response questions on the test: (Pick two of the approved group--an additional question will be available as extra credit)

Crossword Puzzle

Chapter 2 Timeline

 

Flipcard Activity

Chapter Quiz

Chapter 2 European Exploration of the Americas (1492-1700)

Chapter Objective
The student will identify the leading European explorers of North America, explain the effects of European colonization on Native Americans, and describe the origins and development of slavery in the colonies.
 

Section 1
Spain Claims an Empire

• To explain the competition between Spain and Portugal to claim foreign lands
• To describe Spain's conquest of Mexico and the Incan Empire
• To explain the reasons for Spanish victories
• To identify important Spanish explorers

The Meeting of Cortes and Montezuma http://www.ancientmexico.com/ content/ documents/ index.html
An account by Hernán Cortés of his first meeting with Montezuma.

The Mariners' Museum http://www.mariner.org//educationalad/ ageofex/
Museum site that includes information on explorers and exploration.

Section 2
European Competition in North America

• To trace the search for a water route through North America to Asia
• To explain Spanish reaction to competition in North America and to identify effects of the defeat of the Spanish Armada
• To describe the search for trade by the French and Dutch

Florida of the Conquistadors http://www.floridahistory.org/ floridians/ conquis.htm
Site that contains information on the exploration of Florida by Ponce de León and other conquistadors and a diagram of the Spanish mercantile system.

Sir Francis Drake and the Spanish Armada http://www.adelpha.com/ ~davidco/ History/ drake1.htm
Site shows the original published account of the defeat of the Spanish Armada.

"Against the Spanish Armada" by Queen Elizabeth http://www.fordham.edu/ halsall/ mod/ 1588elizabeth.html
This site offers an address delivered by Queen Elizabeth I to her troops in the field as they braced for the attack by the Spanish Armada in 1588.

Henry Hudson http://www.ianchadwick.com/ hudson/
Six-part online biography of Henry Hudson that includes links to other sites with more information about Hudson.

Section 3 
The Spanish and Native Americans

• To analyze the organization of government and society in Spanish colonies
• To describe economic activities of the Spanish colonies
• To evaluate Spanish treatment of Native Americans
• To trace the Columbian Exchange

Mexico Connect http://www.mexconnect.com/ mex_/ history/ mexicopeople.html
This site offers a series of biographies of important people in the history of Mexico, including the colonial period.

Seeds of Change Garden http://www.mnh.si.edu/ garden/
Site established by the Smithsonian Institution that offers information and activities related to the Columbian Exchange.

Images of New Spain http://www.humanities-interactive.org/ newspain/ index.html
This site offers a gallery of images and artifacts from New Spain, including portraits of famous people, pictures of daily life, and photographs of historical documents.

Section 4
Beginnings of Slavery in the Americas

• To analyze the origins of slavery in the Americas
• To explain the development of the slave trade
• To describe the middle passage
• To pose and answer questions about the system of slavery in the Americas

Africans in America http://www.pbs.org/ wgbh/ aia/ home.html
This site is based on the PBS series Africans in America. It includes images and information from the series.

The Middle Passage: Slaves at Sea http://beatl.barnard.columbia.edu/ students/ his3487/ lembrich/ seminar5.html
This site includes several essays on aspects of the middle passage and the slave trade as well as links to other sites on the middle passage.

Slave Trade Time Line http://web.cocc.edu/ cagatucci/ classes/ hum211/ timelines/ htimeline3.htm
Time line of important dates in the history of the Atlantic slave trade with links to informational sites.

Slavery and the Slave Trade http://www.belizenet.com/ history/ chap4.html
This site is Chapter 4 of a book adapted for the Internet entitled A History of Belize. Chapter 4 offers a brief history of slavery and the slave trade in the Americas.

Economics in History: Mercantilism

Colonial Mercantilism http://www.landandfreedom.org/ ushistory/ us3.htm
A brief explanation of how mercantilism developed in the North American colonies from the Henry George School of Social Science.

Adam Smith: The Principle of the Mercantile System http://www.fordham.edu/ halsall/ mod/ 1776asmith-mercsys.html
Economist Adam Smith's famous analysis of mercantilism in Europe.

Encyclopedia.com: Mercantilism http://www.encyclopedia.com/ html/ m/mercanti.asp
Encyclopedia article about mercantilism.