Chapter 16: The First Global Age - World History Honors



Exploration and Colonization Study Guide

Test Format: Vocab. Identification, multiple choice, short answers.

Vocabulary:

Conquistador

Immunity

Alliance

Civil War

Viceroy

Plantation

Encomienda

Mestizo

Treaty of Tordesillas

Treaty of Paris 1763

Council of the Indes

Privateer

People:

Tainos

Christopher Columbus

Herdano Cortes

Malinche

Aztecs

Moctezuma

Francisco Pizarro

Atahualpa

Bartolomé de las Casas

Samuel de Champlain

Pilgrims

Possible Short Answer Topics:

1. Explain how the voyages of Columbus led to global exchange of goods, plants, and animals.

2. Describe the social hierarchy of Spanish colonies. Why did the Spanish segregate people by race?

3. How did early slavery of Africans originate in the Americas? For what purpose?

4. Describe early English settlements in North America.  How did geography affect the settlements? What type of government was in place?

5. Describe the rivalry among European countries for American territory.

6. Why were the Spanish so successful in conquering the Americas? Identify the reasons that Cortez and Pizarro were able to conquer the Aztecs and Incas.

7. Compare and contrast Spanish, French, and English colonies in the Americas.

8. How were the Tainos affected by their early interactions with Columbus and his crew?

9. Describe how Spanish culture blended with Native American and African cultures, identifying specific areas of mixture.

10. Be familiar with the story of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Why is this story significant to many Catholics in Mexico and Latin America?

11. Why did New France grow more slowly than the colonies of other European nations?

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