STANDARD WHII.4b and 4c
Diffusion of Christianity and European Colonization
4b Diffusion of Christianity
Objective
The student will demonstrate knowledge of the impact of the European Age of
Discovery and expansion into the Americas, Africa, and Asia by
b. describing the influence of religion.
Essential Understandings
One motive for exploration was to spread the Christian religion.
Essential Question
How did the expansion of European empires into the Americas, Africa, and Asia
affect religion in those areas?
Essential Knowledge
Means of diffusion of Christianity
o Migration of colonists to new lands
o Influence of Catholic and Protestant colonists, who carried their faith,
language, and cultures to new lands
o Conversion of indigenous peoples
STANDARD WHII.4b and 4c
Diffusion of Christianity and European Colonization
4c European Colonization
Objective
The student will demonstrate knowledge of the impact of the European Age of
Discovery and expansion into the Americas, Africa, and Asia by
c. explaining migration, settlement patterns, cultural diffusion, and social
classes in the colonized areas.
Essential Understandings
Europeans migrated to new colonies in the Americas, creating new cultural and
social patterns.
Europeans established trading posts and colonies in Africa and Asia.
Essential Question
What were the effects of European migration and settlement on the Americas,
Africa, and Asia?
Essential Knowledge
Americas
o Expansion of overseas territorial claims and European emigration to North
and South America
o Demise of Aztec and Inca Empires
o Legacy of a rigid class system and dictatorial rule in Latin America
o Forced migration of Africans who had been enslaved
o Colonies’ imitation of the culture and social patterns of their parent countries
Africa
o European trading posts along the coast
o Trade in slaves, gold, and other resources
Asia
o Colonization by small groups of merchants (India, the Indies, China)
o Influence of trading companies (Portuguese, Dutch, British)
STANDARD WHII.4b and 4c
Diffusion of Christianity and European Colonization
WHII.4b Diffusion of Christianity
The Americas
– Spain (1492)
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– Portugal (1500)
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– England (1606-07)
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– England (1620)
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– England (1628)
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– France (1524)
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STANDARD WHII.4b and 4c
Diffusion of Christianity and European Colonization
4c European Colonization and Trading Posts
Africa
– Territories
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– Africans forced conversion as they boarded ships
Asia
– Territories
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– Trading Posts
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– No forced conversion
STANDARD WHII.4b and 4c
European Colonization
Diffusion of Christianity and European Colonization