Settlements
Name for New York City when owned by the Dutch
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New Amsterdam
This country stole people from West Africa
The Portuguese
These two countries wanted to divide the Earth.
Spain and Portugal
Name 1 piece of superior technology brought to the New World by the Europeans to dominate the natives.
What is gun, horses, or steel.
European disease that wiped out more native Americans than any other is what?
What is smallpox?
Three items the early explorers wanted from Asia.
What are spices, silk, porcelain, tea, precious stones,
What country settled New Orleans?
France
These people were initially friendly with the Native people and received help to survive. Eventually they got greedy for more land and the relationship soured.
The English
Who drew the first and second Lines of Demarcation?
The Pope
What technological advancement in sailing was new and improved?
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caravels
A person who makes maps
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What is a cartographer?
Four countries that sent explorers to the "New World."
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France, England, Spain, Portugal, Netherlands,
Where did Christopher Columbus's first voyage land? (Specific Name)
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Carribbean Islands (Bahamas)
Which country was the first to send out explorers?
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Portugal
Who got everything to the East of the Line of Demarcation?
Portugal
What is a settlement in a distant land whose citizens keep close ties to their parent country?
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What is a Colony?
Which animal brought to the new world had the greatest impact on the Native Americans?
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What is horse?
The map maker from whom America gets its name.
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Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
The 13 Colonies were settled by?
England
Who defeated the Aztecs and where were the Aztecs located?
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The Spanish, lower Mexico and part of Central America
What was the second line of demarcation called?
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The Treaty of Tordesillas
Name 2 of the main reasons for conquest in the New World by Europeans.
What is spreading Christianity and making a profit (money)?
To go all the way around the earth
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What is circumnavigate?
An economic system whereby the mother country gets the raw materials from the colony and then ships the manufactured goods back to the colony for sale.
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What is Mercantilism?
Who settled in Montreal?
The French
Trading and intermarriages were often engaged in by these Europeans.
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French
What was the lasting result of the Treaty of Tordesillas on the Americas today?
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Most of Latin America speaks Spanish and Brazil speaks Portuguese.
Who traded furs?
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French
Conquerors (Spanish-Americas) who used God to justify their attacks
Who are conquistadors?
The trade route that included slaves, tobacco, and rum.
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What is the triangular trade?