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Full Chapter 2: European Exploration & Settlement
Full Chapter 2: European Exploration & Settlement
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How did Europeans explore and establish settlements in the Americas?
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Who were the first native people that Columbus came in contact with?
the Incas
the Aztec
the Taino
the Seminole
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What was New Amsterdam renamed after the British took it from the Dutch without firing a shot?
New Jersey
New York
New Hampshire
New Berlin
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What does this map show?
Ecosystems in North America
Europe in 1682
The United States of America
Areas of the Americas claimed by European countries in 1682
4
France claimed the land West of the Mississippi. What did they call it?
Louisanna
Bonaparte
l'Ouest
DePere
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Pedro Menéndez built a fort on Florida's Atlantic coast to protect Spanish claims from whom?
the Americans
the Germans and Italians
the British and French
the Dutch
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Identify the person that is
not
a Spanish conquistador.
Francisco Vásquez de Coronado
Hernán Cortés
Marco Polo
Francisco Pizarro
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What were the lands located on the far edge of Spain's North American empire known as?
the Spanish Badlands
the Spanish Expansion Zone
the frontier
the Spanish Borderlands
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What conclusion does Columbus make when he sees pelicans flying near or landing on his ship?
that his sailors would catch fish
that a storm was developing
that land was near
that his sailors would eat the pelicans
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Francisco Pizarro conquered which American group?
the Aztec
the Mayan
the Quecha
the Inca
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What did the Indians introduce to the Spanish?
new techniques for growing crops in desert soil
the game of soccer
new techniques for building ships
raising sheep for wool
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Who was the Spanish conquistador who died from a poison arrow in Florida establishing a colony
Marcos de Niza
Hernán Cortés
Francisco de Coronado
Ponce de León
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The most notable outcome of the Columbia Exchange for many American Indian groups was...
becoming rich from European textiles.
dying from diseases.
their gaining recognition as self governing nations.
increased population sizes.
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The year that Columbus first reached the Americas.
1887
1776
1942
1492
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The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, & people between Europe and the Americas.
Stock Exchange
adjustment
Expropration
Columbian Exchange
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Columbus thought the shortest route to the Indies lay to the west, across the Atlantic Ocean
false
true
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A new settlement or territory established and governed by a country in another land.
state
mission
colony
commonwealth
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What was the first successful English colony in the Americas?
Jamestown
Raileigh
Roanoke
New Amsterdam
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Hernán Cortés conquered which American group?
the Aztec
the Quecha
the Mayan
the Inca
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What did the French want from America?
furs
cheese
lands
slaves
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What were the dangers to Jamestown?
hunger, disease, hostile natives
cold and lack of building materials
zombies
drought and famine
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a person who travels to a territory or community to make converts to his or her religion
mercenaries
pastors
conquistors
missionaries
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Where did the Dutch settle in Americas?
Caribbean
Mexico City
along the Hudson river
Roanoke
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Identify the statement(s) that are true about slavery in the Americas.
Slavery didn't exist before European discovery of America.
African slaves took the place of American Indian workers.
European explorers rejected slavery in the Americas.
American Indian slaves were treated with dignity.
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Spanish soldier-explorers, especially those who conquered the native peoples of Mexico and Peru
vencedors
panaderos
fontaneros
conquistadors
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French trappers who learned many skills from the American Indians with whom they worked & lived
coureurs de bois
mountain men
sommets de poils
péages
