Chapter 3 and 4 Study Guide
Due Monday March 25th
The Age of Exploration
In this unit we will be studying European exploration both to the east and west across the Atlantic.
We will see how European exploration forever changed many corners of the globe.
Unit Learning Targets:
1. What were the causes and effects of European Exploration of the East?
2. What were the reasons for European Colonization of the Americas and what were its
effects?
3. Analyze the Atlantic Slave Trade and its legacies.
4. Explain the significance of the Columbian Exchange in establishing early global trade.
Required Text:
Chapter 3: An Age of Explorations and Isolation
Section 1: Europeans Explore the East (pp 92- 101)
Chapter 4: The Atlantic World
Section 1: Spain Builds an American Empire (pp 119 - 125)
Section 3: The Atlantic Slave Trade (pp 132 - 136)
Section 4: The Columbian Exchange and Global Trade (pp 137 - 141)
Key Terms, People, & Events:
Items marked with (D) denote critical dates and items marked with (M) denote critical map
location
Define each term and explain the importance of each in terms of the learning targets listed
above.
Bartolomeu Diaz
Prince Henry
Vasco da Gama
Treaty of Tordesillas (D)
Dutch East India Company
mestizo
Caravel
Sextant
Magellan
Encomienda
Christopher Columbus
colony
Chapter 3 and 4 Study Guide
Atahualpa
Hernando Cortes
Francisco Pizarro
Atlantic Slave Trade
Middle Passage
Columbian Exchange
Due Monday March 25th
conquistador
Triangular Trade
Constructive Response Questions:
What innovations allowed Europeans to travel farther?
Describe Spain’s motivation for exploration and the results of their colonization of the Americas:
What was the Atlantic Slave Trade and what are some of its impacts today?
What was the Columbian Exchange and describe some of its effects: