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Chapter 4 Study Guide
Name_______________________________
Date November 2, 2007
1. Why did Columbus sail west on his first expedition? _____________________________________________________________________________
2. Which of the following was NOT a reason Columbus made more voyages to the West Indies?___________________________________________________________________
3.Define the Columbian Exchange?______________________________________________
4. What happened as a result of the Columbian Exchange?_____________________________
5. How did Columbus’s voyages impact the Americas?____________________________________________________________________
6. Describe the factors or advanages that enabled Cortés to beat the Aztecs?_______________________________________________________________
7. After Cortés conquered the Aztecs, who conquered the Incan empire?____________________
8. What colony was founded after the defeat of the Incan empire?_________________________
9. Which happened FIRST in Spain’s search for gold? __________________________________
10. Which happened AFTER Estéban’s death in what is now New Mexico?______________________________________________________________
11. List the groups in New Spain’s colonial society from most to least powerful. _____________________________________________________________________
12. Which BEST describes the Indians’ life on an encomienda? _____________________________________________________________________
13. Why did the Spanish landowners want to keep slaves?_______________________________________________________________
14. What was Las Casas’s point of view on Indians in the encomienda system?______________________________________________________________
Essay
20. Cause and Effect How did Spain become one of the most powerful countries in the world in the 1600s?
Use the map to answer the questions. Using Latitude and Longitude[pic]
Latitude and Longitude
21. What is the name of the imaginary parallel lines that run in a north-south direction.
22. What does the symbol ° in 45° mean? What does the N tell you?
23. What range of latitude does South America span?
Chapter 4
Answer Section
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. ANS: A OBJ: Lesson Objective (4–1:1)
2. ANS: C OBJ: Lesson Objective (4–1:1)
3. ANS: B OBJ: Lesson Objective (4–1:2)
4. ANS: D OBJ: Lesson Objective (4–1:2)
5. ANS: A OBJ: Lesson Objective (4–1:3)
6. ANS: B OBJ: Lesson Objective (4–2:1)
7. ANS: A OBJ: Lesson Objective (4–2:3)
8. ANS: D OBJ: Lesson Objective (4–2:3)
9. ANS: B OBJ: Lesson Objective (4–3:1)
10. ANS: A OBJ: Lesson Objective (4–3:1)
11. ANS: D OBJ: Lesson Objective (4–3:2)
12. ANS: B OBJ: Lesson Objective (4–3:3)
13. ANS: A OBJ: Lesson Objective (4–3:4)
14. ANS: A OBJ: Lesson Objective (4–3:5)
ESSAY
15. ANS:
Spain sent Columbus on a westward expedition on which he discovered the Americas. On later expeditions, he brought settlers, animals, and other supplies. Spain started the colony of New Spain in the Americas.
16. ANS:
Possible answer: Allies helped the Spanish conquistadors communicate; get directions; and obtain food, shelter, supplies, and additional forces to conquer the Aztecs.
17. ANS:
Mexico City was built on the ruins of Tenochtitlan, the former Aztec capital.
18. ANS:
Possible answers: They feared an end to their ways of life and their safety; they saw opportunities to advance and become part of the new culture taking over their land.
19. ANS:
The society in New Spain was organized by ancestry. Those coming from Spain—peninsulares—had the greatest status and power. Those who had no Spanish blood, like the Indians and Africans, held the lowest position.
20. ANS:
Spain established colonies and built profitable settlements. The profits from the plantations and mines in the colonies helped make Spain one of the richest and most powerful countries in the world.
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