US History I Challenge 2

US History I Challenge 2 “Happy Columbus Day,” said Sally to her husband, Frank. “Your history-loving wife has a new documentary for us to watch tonight.” “Let me guess — something about Christopher Columbus?” “Actually, it starts pre-Columbus. It looks really interesting. The clip I watched was about the reasons the Spanish and the Portuguese began to move around Europe.” “All right, dear. I think we have a bottle of Spanish wine somewhere. I’ll find it.” Choose the false statement about motivations for maritime exploration by the Spanish and the Portuguese. ● Columbus believed he could reach India by sailing west, which would vastly expand trade markets for Spain. ● Spain wanted to expand Catholicism and to acquire a commercial and nautical advantage over Portugal. ● After defeating the Muslims and regaining control of Spain, the monarchy turned its attention to the seas. ● The expected wealth from Columbus’s successful voyage would be used to support an invasion of Portugal. ● Portugal established posts in China and Japan, which gave it almost unrivaled control over nautical trade routes. ● Spanish monarchs knew the Portuguese had reached the southern tip of Africa and would soon reach Asia. “I don’t know about you, but I learned a lot,” said Sally after the documentary ended. “I’d never thought about the consequences of being relatively isolated to suddenly being more connected to other groups and nations. It’s almost like the Old World and the New World crashed into each other.” “It’s similar to the Internet, don’t you think?” her husband asked. “Slower, maybe, but you know what I mean.” “Sure. They even called it globalization in the film.” Categorize the statements as reflecting "globalization," "colonization," or "commodification." = Correct Answer = Incorrect Answer globalization colonization commodificatio n This process increased the interconnectedn ess of the world. ● Promoters of this claimed the Americas held a wealth of treasures ready for the taking. ● This transformed New World resources into products that could be bought and sold. ● “Oh, and the part about the Columbian Exchange,” said Frank “With Europeans crossing the Atlantic and all those things going back and forth, so many lives and landscapes changed on both sides of the ocean. That was fascinating, wasn’t it?” Sally nodded in agreement. Choose two statements that do NOT reflect an impact of the Columbian Exchange for Europe and the New World. “I’ve been doing some research,” said Sally casually, a couple of days later. “Oh yeah? What’s caught your interest this time?” “It was that documentary we watched the other night, the one about Christopher Columbus, remember?” At Frank’s nod, Sally went on. “I hadn’t known how the Spanish treated native tribes they encountered in the New World, so I thought I’d look into it some more.” “Find anything interesting?” “Boy, did I.” Choose the false statement about Spanish colonization in the New World. “And the French too,” Sally added. “They weren’t much better.” “Don’t you have some French blood, darling?” “You know I do.” Sally stood abruptly and disappeared into the bedroom. She returned with a box Frank knew her mother had left her. “Mom started to research our ancestry years ago, and I remember she had a document . . . here it is!” Frank peered at the document, written in a faded hand. “It’s a letter supposedly written by one of our ancestors,” Sally squinted, “in 1611!” With all these vices, they are exceedingly vainglorious: they think they are better, more valiant and more ingenious than the French; and, what is difficult to believe, richer than we are. They consider themselves, I say, braver than we are, boasting that they have killed Basques and Malouins, and that they do a great deal of harm to the ships, and that no one has ever resented it, insinuating that it was from a lack of courage. According to this excerpt, how did Native Americans view the French? “This is so interesting,” Sally murmured. “We rarely consider U.S. history from the perspectives of the first settlers. There were tens of thousands of native peoples living in the Americas when explorers from Spain and France – oh and England – first arrived.” “Maybe I’ll write an article,” she mused. “I’ll have to do some research to get the context right. Like, what was going on in the rest of the world when these explorations were first taking place?” “Religion was big, I think,” her husband answered. “Maybe start with the Reformation.” Sally googled “Protestant Reformation in England” and began to read. Choose "true" if the statement reveals an effect of the Protestant Reformation and choose "false" if it does not. = Correct Answer = Incorrect Answer true false Puritans set their sights on North America as a way to practice a more pure form of Christianity ● The colony of Roanoke was established for Catholic Spain in order to ● launch raids on English ships Religious turmoil in Europe delayed England's attempts to build an ●