| Study Guide- Chapter 2 section 4 A. Divided Church 1) Whose protests started the Protestant Reformation? 2) Who was John Calvin? 3) What did the English Parliament do in 1534 to turn England into a Protestant nation? 4) How did the religious rivalries in Western Europe affect the Americans? B. Economic Rivalry 1) What two factors pushed Europeans across the Atlantic Ocean? 2) Why did rival European nations wont to acquire colonies in the Americas? C. Northwest Passage 1) How did England, France, and the Netherlands regard the A treaty of Tordesillas? 2) Where did John Cabot probably land on his search for northern route to Asia? 3) What countries sent the following explorers to find a northwest passage? a. Giovannia da Verrazano and Jacques Cartier b. Henry Hudson 4) Explorers failed to find a northwest passage to Asia, but their efforts were not wasted. Explain D. Early Traders 1) Why did the French settle Canada? 2) Where did the Dutch set up trading posts in the early 1600s? |
| Chapter 2 section 3 US 1. Detail: In 1519________________ landed on Mexico near the Aztec Empire. 2. Detail: In November, he was welcomed into Tenochtitlan by the Aztec emperor_____________, whom he then took prisoner. 3. Eyewitness to History Detail: in 1532 ________________ captured the Inca ruler______________ and trapped much of the Inca army. 4. Detail: The Spanish arrived with _______________, which made the Spanish seem godlike to Native Americans. 5. Detail: Many Native Americans hated their _____________ and assisted the conquistadors in overthrowing them. 6. Detail: The Europeans unknowingly brought _______________ to which Native Americans had no Immunity 7. Detail: ______________, the first Spaniard to land on the mainland of North America, was searching for gold and the_______________. 8. Detail: Tales of the seven cities of gold told by Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca in 1536 inspired the explorations of _______________and _________________. 9. Citizenship Detail: the Spanish King established a _______________ that met in Spain and made laws for the colonies. 10. Citizenship Detail: At the top of the social classes were the _______________, who were people born in Spain. Next in line, were the Creoles, the mestizos, and then the Native Americans. At the very bottom were _______________. |