UNITED STATES HISTORY OUTLINE: GRADE 5

 

CHAPTER 4

 

LESSON 1: THE VOYAGES OF COLUMBUS

 

I.           YOU ARE THERE (page 134)

 

-They call their island ___________________. As the people prepare their __________ over an open _______________—which they call a “_________________”—the chief watches his _______________. He thinks about tomorrow’s ____________________________.

 

-The chief’s thoughts of the ____________________ are interrupted by a ____________________. One of the ___________________ is pointing out to the __________________________. The chief turns and ________________ in the same ___________________, and he sees what the _____________________________.

 

-There, in the distance, is a large and _________________________. It looks ______________ like a _________________. In fact, it looks like ___________________ he has ever _____________________.  

 

II.        COLUMBUS AND THE TAINO (page 135)

 

-The island you have just read about lies ______________________. The village _________________ to a group of _________________ called the ________________. The ship they __________ that _____ in _______________ meant big _________________ were coming to their _____________________________.

 

-On the other _________________ of the _____________________, Europeans were _______________________ their ______________ to ___________________ the _________________. One of them, an ____________________ named _____________________________, had a bold __________________.

 

-He wanted to _______________ a better __________ to reach the ____________________, a part of ____________ rich with _______, ________________, and other goods. At the time, ______________ had only ____________ way to ___________ the ______________—the _______________ land _______________ over the __________.

 

-Columbus suggested ______________________, across the Atlantic Ocean. He needed ________________ to pay for his ____________. Columbus took his ______________ to Spain’s King ______________ and __________________________. They did not _______________ right ____________, but finally he ___________________ them that he could find a _____________________ to the ________________.

 

-On August 3, __________. Columbus left _____________ with three _____________ the ___________, ____________, and __________. After about one ______________ at ________, the men feared they would never see their ______________ again. They had __________ farther ______________ than they thought ____________________, and they _____________ to turn ___________________. Columbus _______________________________.

 

-Finally, on October _____, land was __________________ from the ____________. Columbus wrote, “At two _______________ after _______________, the Pinta fired a ________________, my prearranged ________________ for the ________________ of land.”

 

-He claimed the _______________ for the ____________________ and ___________. Soon after, some of the ____________________ came to _______________ the _________________________.

 

-Historians believe that _____________________ may have reached one of the _______________________. Because he believed that he _______________________ the _________________, he called the Taino “_________________.” This name later __________________ to the _________________________________ of the Americas.

 

-The ___________________ Islands and other _______________ of the _______________ became known as the __________________.

 

 

III.     THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE (page 136)

 

-Columbus led _____________ more _____________________ to the ___________________. On the second ________________ in __________, he took ___________________ loaded with settlers, _______________, and other __________________. In addition to finding _______________, Spain had a new ____________ for this _____________. This goal was to __________ a _______________ that would bring __________________________.

 

-Before long, _________________ of ____________________ were living in _____________________ throughout the ______________.

 

-The __________________________ had begun. This was a movement of _______________, __________________, plants, ___________________, and ways of _____________ between the ______________________________________________________.

 

-Europeans brought ______________, ________________, ______________, and ________________ with them to the __________________________________. In the _____________ Hemisphere, people enjoyed new _______________ from the Americas such as _______________________________________.

 

-These changes ______________ the people of ________________, ________________, ______________, and the ________________. But not all of the ________________ of the ____________________ were positive. Without knowing it, _______________________ also brought _______________________ to the Americas. Many Native Americans _______________ because they had no _____________ against _____________________________________.

 

  

-As European ______________ took hold in the ________________, the native people’s ____________________ changed. Many were _______________ to ____________ on large ________________ growing _______________ and other ______________. Sugarcane is used to make ______________. Sugarcane ___________ made huge ________________________.

 

-The Spanish also _________________ to bring ________________ to the ___________________. They ______________ many to give up their ____________________. As a result, the way of life of the ____________, and other ___________________ of the Caribbean, _____________________________.

 

 

IV.       FACT FILE: EXPLORERS FOR SPAIN (page 137)

 

-By the early ____________, the Spanish _______________ that the _______________ of the _____________________ were not part of ____________, but the ___________ of a new _________________. To them it was a “______________________,” one that was waiting to be ____________________________________.

 

-In fact, the _________________________ was home to millions of ______________________ of many __________________.

 

-Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) was born in _____________ and led four ______________ between _________ and __________.

 

-Amerigo Vespucci (1454-1512) was born in _______________ and ________________ to the _____________________ coast of South America in ____________.

 

-Vasco Nunez de Balboa (1475-1519) was born in ____________ and in __________ crossed the ______________________________ and reached the ____________________________________.

 

 

-Ferdinand Magellan (about 1480-1521) was born in ___________________ and led the _________________________ around the ______________, which began in _____________ and ended _________________ him in __________. He was __________ during the voyage.

 

 

 

V.          THE IMPACT OF COLUMBUS (page 138)

 

-Christopher Columbus showed ____________________ the way to the __________________. The name ____________________ itself comes from the explorer ______________________, who in _______ became the ______________ to call the Americas a “_____________

_________________.”

 

-After Columbus and _________________, many more Europeans __________________. Some came in _______________ of ______ and ______________ and _____________________ mighty empires of __________________________ to find them.

 

-By the early __________, explorers and settlers from ___________, _______________, _____________, _____________, ___________, and the ________________ had come to the __________________. For hundreds of _____________, some of these countries _________ among __________________, and against ____________________, for control of the ___________ in the ________________________. 

 

 

LESSON 2: DIFFERENT WORLDS COLLIDE

 

I.           YOU ARE THERE (page 142)

 

-The scene is ___________________, grand ______________ of the _______________ Empire. The time is November __________. On a wide avenue _____________ to the center of the ___________, two ______________________ approach each other. Each ___________ is ________________________ by his soldiers.

 

-One leader is ___________________, the ruler of the ___________. He sits in a _______________________ decorated with __________, ____________, jewels, and bright __________________________.

 

-The other man is ______________________. He has come to ________________ these lands for _____________. His iron ______ shows that he is a __________________ ready to do ____________ for the ________________________.

 

-The mood is ___________. The two men ____________ each other ___________ and talk ____________. But before long, the _______ of one will _______________ the other.

 

 

II.        THE AZTECS ARE CONQUERED (page 143)

 

-Even before they ________ in 1519, ___________________ and ___________________________ knew of each other. __________ had arrived in ______________ nine _____________ earlier from _____________. The Spanish had begun _____________________ on the _________________ of the __________________________. Stories of great _____________ in _______________ encouraged __________________ and other ______________________ to gain some of the _________________________.

 

-Cortes was one of a _______________ of Spanish _____________ who would later be called ___________________, or ____________. But Cortes _____________ a major _________________ in defeating the _______________. His force of about __________________ was greatly ______________________________.

 

-However, ________________ did have a few __________________. Metal ______________ protected the __________________ from the Aztecs’ _______________________. Spanish soldiers had ________, a kind of ________________. Spanish ____________________ could easily ________________ the cloth _________________ the Aztecs ___________________.

 

-The conquistadors also had ________________. The Aztecs had not seen ______________ before, and the _______________ frightened them. One ________________ person said the horses, “ran like deer and ______________________ anyone (the _______________) told them to.”

 

-Cortes had ________________ too. The people that ____________ met on his ___________ to ______________________ did not want to ___________ under ____________ rule. Many of them decided to help _______________ defeat the ____________________.

 

-One ally of Cortes was an ____________________________ called _____________________, a name she ___________ after becoming a ____________________. Dona Marina spoke several ___________ languages and __________________ to the native ______________ of Mexico for ____________________________.

 

-Dona Marina helped ___________________ persuade thousands to _________________________.

 

-An important ___________ the ______________________ did not know they had was the __________________ that causes ____________________. Some historians think thousands of Aztecs caught ____________________ after Cortes __________________.

 

-At their first meeting in __________, ___________________ agreed to let ______________ stay in ________________________. Almost a year later, the _______________ rose up and ______________ the _______________________ out of their city.

 

-Moctezuma was ______________, perhaps by his own __________. Cortes ________________. But he returned late in ______________ with many more ________________________ as allies. In 1521, the mightiest ___________________ of the _______________________ fell to the ____________________________________. 

 

 

III.     FOUNDING NEW SPAIN (page 144)

 

-After the __________________ of the ____________________, the Spanish destroyed _________________________. The conquistadors were ________________ once again by _______________________. Smallpox ___________________ to take the ___________________ of many throughout ________________________.

 

-In 1535, Spain ___________________________ the colony of _____________________. The capital of ___________________ was ____________________. Today, ________________________ is the capital of Mexico. Spanish _____________________ came to set up a ______________________, make __________________, and build _________________________________________.

 

-Roman Catholic ________________ came to ________________, or change, native ________________ from their own ______________ to __________________________.

 

-Spanish leaders such as Cortes _______________________ native peoples from ______________________ to sacrifice ____________ to their ____________. Colonists also came from _______________. Spanish ____________________ hoped to gain _________________ by starting ______________, _____________________, and ______ and silver ____________________ in New Spain.

 

 

IV.       THE CONQUESTS CONTINUE (page 145)

 

-One more _____________________ and _____________________ native peoples’ _________________ lay to the _________________. This was the _________________ of the _________________, who controlled a huge _____________ of ________________ in western ___________________________________.

 

  

-Ten years after the _________________ of ___________________ began, Spain sent _________________________ to South America to ____________________ the ________________ empire. Pizarro ___________________ the Incan ruler _______________________ in 1532.

 

-The following year, _________________________ forces captured __________________, the _______________ capital city. By 1535 __________________ had founded a new _______________ called ____________, in a _______________ called _________________. Today, ________________ is the capital of the ________________ ______________________.

 

-Conflict between the _____________________ and native peoples ______________________. Like the _____________________, some native __________________________ back. But most of them faced defeat. A new culture—part __________________, part _________________—was born.  

 

 

 

LESSON 3: LIFE IN NEW SPAIN

 

I.           YOU ARE THERE (page 146)

 

-It is 1540. Spanish conquistador _____________________________ and about ________________ are traveling through what is now _____________________. They are searching for _______________, a rich _____________________________________ they have heard about.

 

-De Soto and his ______________________ meet a young Native American ________________. They call her “__________________ _______________________.” De Soto asks ____________ about the __________________________ she has with her. The young woman takes the ________________ to a building that _________________ many more _________________________.

 

-De Soto is ________________ in more than ___________________. He hopes that this ______________ may hold as much ___________ as Cortes found in _________________. The Spaniards demand that the woman ___________ them __________________________. But “____________________________________” escapes, and de Soto ____________________ his __________________________ without finding the _____________________ he ______________________.    

 

 

 

II.        THE SEARCH FOR GOLD (page 147)

 

-The story you just ______________ was told by a ______________ of ____________________________ expedition. It was one of many ________________ told about _______________ and other ________________ in the Americas.

 

-One story was about a _______________________ called _______________, located far to the _______________ of ________________.

 

-It was told by __________________, an African ________________ who had been ___________________. Esteban had survived a ________________ off the coast of ___________________ with the conquistador ______________________________________ in 1528.

 

-They ____________________ together for ____________________ through what is now the _________________________ region of the __________________________________.

 

-Three years later, _________________ joined _________________ to find ______________. But he did not ________________ the __________________. Esteban was ______________ by the ______ people in what is now _____________________________.

 

 

 

-The legend of __________________ did not fade. The governor of ____________________ decided to send ______________________ ___________________ to find the cities. He did ________ find the cities of ______________ either, because they _________________.

 

 

III.     FACT FILE (page 147)

 

-By the middle ___________, Spain had sent several _____________ to ___________________ the lands that would one ______________ become the ____________________________.

 

-_____________________________________________ explored the American southwest in ______________.

 

-________________________________ explored what is now Texas in ____________.

 

-_______________________________ became the first European to reach the Mississippi River in ______________.

 

-____________________________________ landed on the Florida peninsula in __________.

 

 

 

IV.       SOCIETY IN NEW SPAIN (page 148)

 

-By the end of the ___________, most of the __________________ between ______________ peoples and _______________________ north and ____________ of ___________________ had ended. The Spanish ________________ enough __________________ to move ____________________ into these ___________________.

 

-A new way of ___________, and a new ______________, was developing in ______________. At the top of __________________ were the ____________________. These people were ___________ in _______________.

-The name was ________________ on the _____________________ of ________________, which is located on a ____________________________.

 

-Next were ______________, people of _______________________ background who were ____________ in the ___________________. Under the _______________ were the ____________________, the largest group in _________________ society. A _______________ is a person with ________________ and ___________________________ background. People who had no __________________ ancestors, such as ___________________ and _______________, held the ________________ position in this society.

 

-The __________________ were wealthy and _________________. Some owned ___________________, or large ______________ with many ________________ who lived on the ________________ they worked. Other _________________________ received grants called ________________________.

 

-An _________________ granted a ____________________ control of all the _________________ peoples who lived on an ___________ of land. The ___________________ owners could put the _____________________ peoples to _________________. 

 

-They were supposed to ______________ for the _______________ peoples and ______________ them to _____________________. In return, the native ________________ had to give the ____________ owners _______________ that they __________________ and other goods.

 

-In the cities, colonists became ______________________ and _______________________ or worked for the __________________ government. Others had small ________________________, such as making _____________________ or ______________________.

 

 

 

 

V.          MORE CHANGES FOR NATIVE PEOPLE (page 149)

 

-Many ___________________ owners put ____________ peoples to work as _________________, ______________, and ___________. The native peoples had to ______________ without _____________ and did not ______________ have enough to _____________. They could be ________________ and __________________ to work long ___________________.

 

-One type of ________________ was run by ___________________ missionaries. The ________________ built _____________________ throughout _____________________. The purpose of these _______ was to ________________ native peoples about ________________.

 

-Missionaries also taught them some _________________________, such as raising ________________________. The native peoples had to give up their __________________ ways of ___________ and become _____________________. On some __________________, they were treated ____________________.

 

-A priest named _________________________ spoke out against the ____________________ of native _______________ under the care of the ________________. In 1527, _______________ wrote angrily about what he _____________________ in the ________________.

 

-“The native peoples __________ or lead lives _________________. They have been _____________ into _________________ as if they were ______________ of _____________ or ____________; that is, divided among the ___________________ and assigned by a specific ________________ to each to become _______________________.”

 

-The efforts of __________________ had some success. He persuaded ________________ to pass __________ in _________ saying that native peoples must be _____________ for their ____________. These laws were not _________________, however, and later were _________________________.

 

VI.       SLAVERY IN THE AMERICAS (page 150)

 

-Despite the ______________ of Las Casas, ____________ did not _________ in the ________________. The Spanish ____________ brought ___________________ to the _______________ Island of ____________________ in _________. The Spanish ____________ Africans to _________________ the native peoples who were _______________ in large __________________ from __________ and ____________________.

 

-At first, _______________ supported bringing ________________ to __________________ to work in place of __________________. Later, he wrote that ________________ should not be ___________ either. But gradually, the _________________________ of captured _______________________ became an ___________________ part of the ___________________________. 

 

-On Hispaniola alone, there were ____________ enslaved Africans by _______. Like the native peoples, ______________________ on the _____________________ and ____________________ died from _________________ and ___________________.

 

-The profits from colonial ____________________ and ___________ created great _________________ for __________________. In the 1600s these ________________ helped make _______________ one of the most ______________________________________.