4.3: Motivations, Occupation, and Consolidation

Objectives:

1. Students will be able to describe the water routes used by Europeans to colonize the Americas.
2. Students will be able to explain the motivations behind colonization.
3. Students will be able to describe colonial systems of occupation and consolidation by filling out a worksheet with an 80% success rate

Vocabulary: caravel, columbian exchange, colony, occupy, “Requirement” (Requerimiento), mulatto, mistizo, creole, the Encomienda System, cash crops

Directions:

• Get a copy of worksheet 4.3
• Answer questions on the worksheet based on the video presentation below