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Unit 2 Study Guide
Unit 2 Study Guide (Test Review): World History
| Term | Answer |
|---|---|
| Motivation for Portuguese & Spanish to begin exploring? | -gold -spread Christianity -expand their empires -build trade routes across the world |
| Importance of Columbus’s explorations | -he thought you could get to Asia by sailing west. - accidentally found the Americas & This land wasn't found by countries near England |
| reasons that support Columbus should be celebrated? Author who said this? | -Caroll opinion= Columbus should be celebrated : - he did “some bad things but we should focus on his achievements” like, - good navigator -expanded exploration - helped Shape America today |
| who's is Zheng He? | Chinese explorer who embarked on 7 influential voyages. |
| why are Zheng He voyages important to world history? | Proved Europeans wern't the only one's with concepts **other cultures had some |
| reasons that support Columbus shouldn't be celebrated ? Author who said this? | Zinn's opinion is Columbus shouldn't be celebrated : - Reasoning: "after gold, enslaved his men, and many natives died in the process” |
| How did the conquests of the Americas, carried out by men such as Cortes and Pizzaro, impact the Americas? | -Cortes conquered the Aztecs in Mexico & Pizzaro conquered the Inca in Peru -Europeans brought diseases that killed off the natives ( Cortes used other natives to conquer the Aztecs) |
| How did the reasons for French & English settlement/exploration differ from those of the Spanish? | -The English, French, and Dutch explorations only focused on finding a trade route to Asia (sent by no one) - The Spanish explored "God, Gold, and Glory “ because they were (sent by the King. ) |
| Why did Europeans take native Africans from their homes and bring them to the Americas? | they were cheap labor |
| What lead to increase in demand for slaves? | -The Discovery of America |
| What was the “Middle Passage”? | journey that transported slaves from Africa across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas |
| What does the phrase “Columbian Exchange” refer to? | sharing of : -food - animals, - people between the Old World (Europe, Africa, Asia) and the New World (Americas) |
| Who is the Columbian Exchange named after ? | Christopher Columbus |
| Why is the Columbian Exchange named after Christopher Columbus? | -1st European explorer 2 bring items 2 the new world |
| 1st to circumnavigate the world | Ferdinand Magellan |
| what is encomedia | The right to use Native Americans as laborers |
| Why wern't natives made slaves? | population shortage, because of the introduction of crops that brought diseases |
| What was the difference between French & English colonization? | English colonists came for religious freedom |
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