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Chapter 3 pt 1 Study Guide
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8th Grade U. S. History

Ch 3 Study Guide (Sections 1-3)

 
Define:
 
  1. Vinland
 
  1. Colony
 
  1. Circumnavigate
 
  1. Columbian Exchange
 
  1. Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria
 
  1. Conquistador
 
  1. Tenochtitlan
 
  1. Law of the Indies
 
  1. Viceroy
 
  1. Pueblo
 
  1. Presidio
 
  1. Four Social Classes in New Spain
 
 
  1. Encomiendas
 
  1. Plantation
 
  1. Northwest Passage
  2. Protestant Reformation
 
  1. Coureurs de bois
 
People:
  1. Leif Ericson ________
 
  1. Christopher Columbus ________
 
  1. Vasco Nunez Balboa ________
 
  1. Ferdinand Magellan ________
 
  1. Lapu Lapu
 
  1. Hernando Cortez ________
 
  1. Moctezuma
 
  1. Francisco Pizarro ________
 
  1. Atahualpa
 
  1. Juan Ponce de Leon ________
 
  1. Hernando De Soto ________
 
  1. Francisco Coronado ________
 
  1. Bartolome de Las Casas
 
  1. Pedro Cabral
 
  1. John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto) ________
 
  1. Jacques Cartier ________
 
  1. Henry Hudson ________
 
  1. Samuel de Champlain ________
 
  1. Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet ________
 
  1. Robert de La Salle ________
 
  1. Peter Minuit ________
 
Short Answer / Essay
 

1)         What was the short-term and long-term impact of Columbus Discovery of the Americas?

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

2)         Identify ways that Europeans influenced the Native Americans. Identify ways in which the Native Americans influenced the Europeans.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

3)         Who were the Conquistadors? What was their motivation? As a result of their work, what happened to the Native population?

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

4.1)      In what areas in the Americas did the Spanish explore / settle? 

 
 
 
 
 

4.2)      The French? 

 
 
 
 
 

4.3)      The Dutch?

 
 
 
 
 
 

5)         Who were some of the individuals who went looking for the Northwest Passage? Where did they explore? What did they find instead?

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

6)         How did the Protestant Reformation impact the colonization of America?

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

7)         Compare and Contrast how the Spanish, the French, and the Dutch dealt with local Native Americans.