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Chapter 3: Exploration and Colonization
Study Guide
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Make vocabulary cards for the following words:
merchant
settlement
colony
route
expedition
claim
coast
settler
cash crop
founded
technology
navigation
slavery
renaissance
epidemic
circumnavigate
import
export
banish
laborer
refuge
debt
enslave
apprentice
plantation
legislature
Make Cards for the following facts:
Marco Polo
Silk Road
Trade in Africa
Renaissance
Portugal
Portugal
Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand
Christopher Columbus
Columbian Exchange
Pacific Ocean
Traveled to China and saw paper,
gunpowder, and the printing press
Was dangerous and long way to travel
from Europe to Asia
Merchants traded gold for salt
Europeans went through a rebirth and
began to use technology
Began to explore a route to Asia by sea
first
First to use Africans as slaves
Paid for Columbus’ trip so they can
spread Christianity and to get money to
pay for wars
Traveled for Spain and landed in the
Caribbean. Thought he was in India
From Europe: horses, cows, sugar, pigs,
wheat, and diseases
From America: peanuts, chocolate, corn,
and bean
Discovered by De Balboa but named by
Ferdinand Megellan
Hernan Cortes
The Spanish
The French
The British
French Explorers
The Dutch
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
The Southern Colonies
Led an expedition to Mexico. Attacked
and conquered the Aztecs. Renamed the
area New Spain
First to visit North America; traveled
looking for fountain of youth and gold
Explorers went to the Canadian area and
the Midwest area. They had set up fur
trading posts
Their first settlements failed and retried
again with Jamestown. They came over
for religious purposes
Jacques Cartier, Samuel de Champlain,
Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet
Founded the northern east coast as
“New Netherlands”. Their capital, New
Amsterdam, became New York City
Farming was very important. Religion
was very important. Children has chores
daily.
New Hampshire, Massachusetts,
Connecticut, Rhode Island, Maine
Had lots of ports and large cities with
different types of workers
New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
and Delaware
Had lots of good soil and land. Great to
grow cash crops. People in debt in
England moved here to restart their
lives.
Can you answer the following questions with 2-3 details?
1. Why did explorers leave their homes in the past?
2. Who was a well known explorer? Why is he important?
3. What happened because of the exploration that happens hundreds of years ago?
4. How did America first develop? (Discuss the colonies).
5. Explain the quest for a sea route to Asia.
6. Why did some European countries make settlements in North America?