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DIRECTIONS:

Write an essay using the documents to address the positive and negative effects of European exploration.

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HISTORICAL CONTEXT:

When worlds and people meet, there are often a variety of effects.  During the late 15th century Europeans began to explore both Asia and the Americas.  The documents below give evidence of the European expansion and the effect it had on the world.

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TASK:

Evaluate the positive and negative effects of European exploration on the world.  Support your opinion with the documents below and your knowledge of global history.

 

DOCUMENT ONE:

Timeline of Exploration

Scroll down to 1494.

What effect did the Treaty of Tordesillas have on the exploration and colonization of the world?
 

 

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DOCUMENT TWO

  |  DOCUMENT SEVEN  | DOCUMENT EIGHT  | WRITING TIPS :

Drawing of Siege of Tenochtitlan

Click on the Aztec Scroll on the upper right hand side of the page.

What evidence of  the Spanish advanced technology is seen in the picture?  How does that contribute to the defeat of the Aztecs?


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DOCUMENT THREE:

Letter from Columbus to the King and Queen of Spain

Scroll down to Point Number 4.

What effect did the placement of a church in each town in the Americas have on the natives?



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  DOCUMENT FOUR:

Map of Mexico City after Spanish Settlement
What evidence is there on the map that the Spanish changed Tenochtitlan into a European style city?

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DOCUMENT FIVE:

A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies
Scroll Down to the second to last paragarph

What did Bartolome de las Casas observe about the settlement of the Americas? As a Catholic priest, how do you think he felt about this?

 

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DOCUMENT SIX:

How did the conditions of the slave ships affect the Africans on board?  What do the conditions say about how Europeans viewed Africans?


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DOCUMENT SEVEN:

Map of Triangular Trade
What products were involved with the triangular trade?  What effect would they have on the regions?
 

DIRECTIONS  |  HISTORICAL CONTEXT  |  TASK  |  DOCUMENT ONE  |  DOCUMENT TWO  | DOCUMENT THREEDOCUMENT FOUR  |  DOCUMENT FIVE DOCUMENT SIX

DOCUMENT EIGHT:

Map of European Languages in the World

Click on the lower map.

How did European exploration influence the languages of Africa and the Americas?

 

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WRITING TIPS:

 

To e-mail your finished product:
modonnell@lakelandschools.org

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