Spain
This language did Spain bring to much of North, Central, and South America; half the Western Hemisphere speaks it today.
Spanish
This country claimed eastern South America, which is today the country of ____.
Brazil
More than 80 percent of people in this Canadian province are of French origin and speak French.
Quebec
Before Europeans arrived, many people in the Americas were called this because they grew just enough to feed their families.
Subsistence farmers
A plaza is an ___.
Open space surrounded by buildings
Name one famous Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs in Mexico.
Hernán Cortés
What language do most citizens of Brazil speak?
Portuguese
Name one U.S. city that shows strong French influence.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Name two domesticated animals Europeans brought that helped farmers.
Examples: horses, pigs, cattle, sheep, goats, chickens
What is a missionary?
Missionary = a person on a trip for the purpose of spreading his or her religion
Give two examples of Spanish place names in the Americas
San Francisco; La Paz; Buenos Aires
What is the capital of Brazil?
Brasília
List three place names that show French influence along explorers’ routes.
Montreal; St. Louis; New Orleans
Explain what “clear-cutting” means and name one country where it is still used today.
Clear-cutting means removing all trees from an area for farming, mining, or ranching — used in Brazil
Using the reading-for-information table, name the religion most often spread by Spain, Portugal, and France in the Americas.
Roman Catholic — Spain, Portugal, and France spread Catholicism
Explain one cultural tradition from Spain that still appears in the Americas
Piñata
Name the famous statue that overlooks Rio de Janeiro and what it suggests about religion in Brazil.
Christ the Redeemer statue — shows strong Catholic heritage
Explain one way French culture influenced food or holidays in North America.
Food: beignets, croissants; Holiday: Midnight Mass
Give two crops Europeans introduced that changed economies in the Americas.
Apples, sugarcane, rice
Find and write the English translation provided for Costa Rica from the text.
Costa Rica = “rich coast”
Describe how Spain’s colonization changed religion and language in the regions it controlled.
Spain spread the Spanish language and Roman Catholic religion; place names and traditions still exist today
Explain why sugar became important in Brazil and parts of the Caribbean.
Sugar became a cash crop; plantations and large-scale farming made sugar a major export and shaped the economy
Using the map description, name three bodies of water along which French culture spread.
Bodies of water: St. Lawrence River, Great Lakes region, Mississippi River / Gulf of Mexico
Describe how European colonization changed labor systems on large farms.
Europeans used enslaved people and poorly paid laborers to work cleared land and plantations
Look at a map of the Western Hemisphere and find five Spanish place names. Write each name and your best guess at its English translation.
No single answer — teacher to collect student research