Chapter 16 Section II Review Questions Answer Key

Ch.16 Section II Review Questions Answer Key
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1.
• Conquistador: Spanish conqueror
• Triangular trade: trade voyages – ships sailed a triangular course (refer to class notes)
• Middle passage: second leg of triangular trade in which ships transported slaves to the Americas.
2.
• Pedro Alvares Cabral: discovered Brazil
• Henry Hudson: claimed Hudson River Valley for the Netherlands
• Hernan Cortes: conquered the Aztec
• Moctezuma II: Aztec ruler
• Francisco Pizarro:conquered the Incas
• Atahualpa: Inca ruler
• Hernando de Soto: explored Mississippi River
• Francisco Vasquez de Coronado: explored Mexico and southwest U.S
• Giovanni da Verazano: explored North American coast
• Jacques Cartier: claimed eastern Canada for France
• Samuel de Champlain: founder of Quebec
• Jacques Marquette and Louis Joilet: explored the Mississippi
• John Cabot: claimed Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and New England for England.

3. Where did the Portuguese and Dutch establish empires?
A: Portugal: Persian Gulf, coast of India, Moluccas, China, Japan
Dutch: Java, East Indies, Moluccas

4. What goals had the Spanish for an American empire?
A: To exploit wealth

5. Compare and Contrast the treatment of Native Americans in the colonies of Spain, France,and and England.
A: Spain converted Native Americans, France traded with them, England fought them.

6. What impact did the slave trade have on Europeans who had large amounts of property?
A: Plantations profited from slave labor.

7. What motivated Europeans to move from their countries to the Americas?
A: For glory, riches; to convert inhabitants to Christianity; to gain religious freedom.