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Chapter 4 Lesson 1
1. Why did Christopher Columbus want to sail west?
To find a better way to reach the Indies.
2.
Who agreed to pay for his voyage?
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain
3. When did he set sail?
August 3, 1492
4. Where did Columbus believe he had landed? Where had he actually landed?
He thought he landed in the Indies, but he actually
landed on one of the Bahama Islands.
5. What did Columbus take with him on his second voyage?
17 ships, settlers, animals, and other supplies
6.
What were the goals of Columbus’s second voyage?
To find riches and to start a new colony that would
bring profits to Spain.
7. What is the Columbian Exchange?
The movement of people, animals, plants, diseases,
and ways of life between the Eastern Hemisphere
and Western Hemisphere.
8. What things did Europeans bring over to the Western Hemisphere (New World)?
Horses, cattle, sheep, sugarcane, smallpox, and pigs.
9. What things were sent back to the Eastern Hemisphere from the Americas?
Corn, turkey, potatoes, tomatoes, cocoa, and beans.
10. What was a negative effect of the Columbian Exchange?
Europeans brought disease germs to the Americas.
11. How did the native peoples’ way of life change when the Europeans came to the
West Indies?
They were forced to work on large farms.
They were forced to give up their own beliefs.
Chapter 4 Lesson 2 pp. 143-145
1. What advantages did the Spanish have over the Aztecs?
Metal armor
Muskets (rifles)
Horses
Allies
2. Who were the Spanish’s allies?
People who did not want to live under Aztec rule.
The germ that caused smallpox.
3. When was the Aztec empire defeated by the Spanish?
1521
4. What did the Spanish do with the land they gained from the Aztecs?
They established the colony of New Spain.
5. What other empire did the Spanish conquer? Where was this empire located?
They conquered the Incan empire, in western South
America.
Chapter 4 Lesson 3 pp. 147, 149-150
1. Who was the Spanish Explorer who explored Florida and other parts of the southeast and
became the first European to reach the Mississippi River? (see map on p. 147)
Hernando de Soto
2. Many missions were built throughout New Spain. What was a mission and what was the
purpose of these missions?
A mission is a religious settlement where
missionaries live and work.
The purpose of a mission was to teach native
people about Christianity.
3. Besides Christianity what else did missionaries teach native people?
European farming practices, such as raising cattle and
sheep.
4. Why did the Spanish begin bringing over enslaved Africans to the new world?
To replace the native people who were dying from
disease and overwork.