the Renaissance was a period of new thinking and ideas in Europe inspired by Ancient Rome and Greece

an empire is a group of countries or provinces ruled from the centre by a person or group of people

Native Americans are members of any of the peoples who were the original inhabitants of North and South America and the Caribbean Islands

a colony is a country or area under the control of another country and occupied by settlers from that country

settlement is the process of establishing new communities in an area

European arrivals in the Americas

History

This unit will form the foundation of knowledge which will later explore the changes in the Atlantic World and the impact of colonisation and the Empire, both on colonies and Great Britain (Y9).

Pupils will understand the concept of the Empire from their previous study of medieval Mali (Y7). Pupils will also understand the growing importance of trade and exploration, through their study of Elizabethan England (Y8).

European conquest of the Americas: why was its impact so devastating?

Discriminatory behaviour or images, whether on the grounds of race, gender, disability, religion or belief or sexual orientation, or otherwise.

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Historic or outdated representations of people that may portray inequality or injustice.

Depiction or discussion of famine, disease, natural disasters.

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Which country sponsored Columbus' voyages across the Atlantic?

What happened to the Taino population of Hispanoila between 1509 and 1518?

Where was Columbus trying to reach when he sailed west in 1492?

What word best describes the Taino population of Hispaniola?

How did Spain view Hispaniola after Columbus travelled there in 1492?

What were most enslaved Taino people forced to do by the Spanish?

What was the dominant religion in medieval Europe?

Write the missing word. The __________ Ocean separates Europe from the Americas.

people inhabiting an area before the arrival of colonists

a group of countries ruled from the centre by one group

Match the key words with their definitions.

When did Europeans first settle in the Americas?

Empires have only ever been created by European countries.

Empires have only existed over the last 600 years.

Empires have been created by European and non-European countries.

Select the statement which is most accurate about empires.

Which of the following groups is indigenous to the Americas?

Content guidance

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Adult supervision required

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

European arrivals in the Americas

Lesson outcome

Content guidance

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.