Week 2 U.S. History: Early Globalization: The Atlantic World 1492-1650

 

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U.S. History Chapter 2

Early Globalization: The Atlantic World, 1492-1650

I designed a quiz related to chapter 2 at the bottom of this article.

Directions for the quiz:

1. Scroll down & click on the first thumbnail to enlarge to full screen.
2. Choose an answer for each question.
3. Click on the graphic to advance to the next screen.
4. The correct answer is on the screen following the question.
5. Compare your answers with those provided.
6. If you cannot easily see the correct answer, check the captions.

Review the following Chapter 2 pages:

• Introduction
• Portuguese Exploration and Conquest
• Religious Upheavals in the Developing Atlantic World
• Challenges to Spain’s Supremacy
• New Worlds in the Americas: Labor, Commerce, and the Columbian Exchange
• Key Terms
• Summary

Week 2 videos:

• Crash Course: The Age of Exploration European History #4 (15:39)
• Columbus Song 1492 (2:54)
• History vs. Christopher Columbus (5:54)
• Treaty of Tordesillas (1:48)
• National Geographic: The Reformation and the Man Who Started It All (95 Theses) (4:55)
• Aztecs: Arrival of Cortes and the Conquistadors (14:05)
• Crash Course: Reformation and Consequences (13:37)
• Crash Course: 15th Century Mariners (10:37)
• The Lost Colony of Roanoke: Colossal Mysteries (3:43)
• History Channel: Life in Jamestown (2:56)
• New Amsterdam (2:48)
• Crash Course: The Atlantic Slave Trade (11:07)
• Winchester College Teaching Treasures: Bartolomé de Las Casas (5:34)

Practice learning Chapter 2 Key Terms on Quizlet.

Review the following information featuring the U.S.:

• Alaska (7:03)
• PBS: John Adams (1:22)
• John Adams: Four Months in the White House
• Abigail Adams: Tea With the General
• PBS: Thomas Jefferson (1:17)
• Thomas Jefferson, Louisiana, and an Ideological Dilemma
• Thomas Jefferson: The Honeymoon Trip (Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson)

Additional Resources:

• Chapter 2 Review Questions
• Chapter 2 Critical Thinking Questions
• Chapter 2 Partial Answer Key

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U.S. History Week 2 Early Globalization: The Atlantic World 1492-1650 

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In the 1500’s, which European country surpassed Portugal as the dominant power?
Answer choices include: England, Italy, Spain, Gemany

The correct answer is Spain.

In the 1500s, many plantations in the Atlantic World
produced ____ for their greatest cash crop.
Answer choices include: rice, sugar, strawberries, tobacco

The correct answer is sugar.

King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella I attempted to expand ___.
Answer choices include: Catholicism, Protestantism, Islam, Buddhism

The correct answer is Catholicism.

When Columbus’ ships landed on October 12, 1492,
in what country did he think he landed?
Answer choices include:
Africa, United States, Japan, India

The correct answer is India.

After the voyage, Columbus wrote a ____
to describe what he saw on the voyage.
Answer choices include:
quid pro quo, pro bono, carpe diem, probanza de mérito

The correct answer is probanza de mérito.

With the help of dissatisfied Native people,
who defeated Tenochtitlán and renamed it Mexico City?
Answer choices include:
Hernán Cortés, Christopher Columbus, Ponce de Leon, Francisco Pizarro

The correct answer is Hernán Cortés.

What Nahua woman translated for Cortés and later gave birth to a son by him?
Answer choices include: Pocahantas, Sacagawea, Malintzin, Wilma Mankiller

The correct answer is Malintzin.

Who was the main character of a book by Miguel de Cervantes
written during the Spanish Renaissance?
Answer choices include:
Marco Polo, Don Quixote, Odysseus, Robin Hood

The correct answer is Don Quixote.

Who were two leaders of the Protestant Reformation?
Answer choices include:
Mahatma Gandhi & Sir Ratan,
Mother Teresa & Billy Graham,
St. Scholastica & St. Benedict,
Martin Luther & John Calvin

The correct answer is Martin Luther & John Calvin.

Calvinism asserted that all people are omniscient
and argued against the idea of predestination.
Answer choices include: true, false

The correct answer is false.

In the 1530’s, who established the Protestant Church of England?
Answer choices include: Henry VIII, Mary Tudor, James I, Pope Leo X

The correct answer is Henry VIII.

Which of the following was NOT a source of wealth in the Americas in the 1500s?
Answer choices include: gold, silver, oil, sugar

The correct answer is oil.

Queen Elizabeth gave sea captains, called ___, permission to raid enemy ships.
Answer choices include: scalawags, privateers, rapscallions, plebes

The correct answer is privateers.

Sir Walter Raleigh established a colony at ___ but the
inhabitants vanished and were called the Lost Colony.
Answer choices include: Jamestown, Plymouth, Roanoke, San Salvador

The correct answer is Roanoke.

Which French explorer developed good relations with
Native peoples and explored from Quebec to Mississippi?
Answer choices include:
Samuel de Champlain, John White,
Bartolomé de Las Casas, Henry Hudson

The correct answer is Bartolomé de Las Casas.

___ was a major trade hub of the 1600s located in the Netherlands.
Answer choices include: Timbuktu, Martinique, Barbados, Amsterdam

The correct answer is Amsterdam.

What was transported on the Columbian Exchange?
Answer choices include: plants, diseases, animals, all of these

The correct answer is all of these.

Native people eagerly provided labor for conquistadors
and converted to European religions.
Answer choices include: true, false

The correct answer is false.

___ began to advocate for humane treatment of Native peoples
who were often enslaved and treated brutally.
Answer choices include: Christopher Columbus,
Bartolomé de Las Casas, Mary Tudor, Jacques Cartier

The correct answer is Bartolomé de Las Casas.

Which was a European disease(s) that ravaged
native populations between 1492 & 1640?
Answer choices include: Smallpox, AIDS, COVID, All of these

The correct answer is Smallpox.

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American State Capitals Trivia Game

America's state capitals often have a story behind the name or interesting tidbits about them. After doing a bit of research, I decided to design this trivia game that features 15 of America's state capitals. So, how did you do on this trivia game?

Directions

1. Click on the first image below to enlarge.
2. Click on the image or thumbnail at the bottom to advance to the next slide.

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American State Capital Trivia Game

Free Social Studies Trivia Game - American State Capitals

State capital with 3 words in its name

Salt Lake City - Utah's state capital

State capital that contains the state's name within its name

Indianapolis - capital of Indiana

State capital that has name of 16th president

Nebraska's state capital - Lincoln

State capital that is part of the twin cities

Minnesota state capital - St. Paul

Least populated state capital

Vermont's state capital - Montpelier

State capital that means "place of the tall willows"

North Dakota state capital - Bismarck

State capital nicknamed Cherry City

Oregon state capital - Salem

State capital that has name of explorer whose birthday we celebrate in October

Ohio state capital - Columbus

State capital where U.S. Naval Academy is

Maryland state capital - Annapolis

State capital that is also name of a mythical bird

Arizona state capital - Phoenix

State capital that means "red stick"

Louisiana state capital - Baton Rouge

State capital named after English explorer who established Roanoke Colony

North Carolina capital - Raleigh

State capital named for phrase "La Petit Roche"

Arkansas capital - Little Rock

Capital with highest elevation and oldest capital in the U.S.

New Mexico capital - Santa Fe

State capital that means "sheltered harbor"

Hawaii state capital - Honolulu

Free Social Studies Trivia Game by Katrena at Student Survive 2 Thrive