European Explorers
Exploration: Motivations and Impacts
Transatlantic Trade
100
What European country was John Cabot from?
England
100
What ocean did Europeans cross to reach the Americas?
Atlantic Ocean
100
Europeans began kidnapping people along which African coast?
West Coast
200
Francisco Coronado claimed the Southwest of the present-day United States for which European country?
Spain
200
How did many indigenous people die after the arrival of Europeans in the Americas?
Disease
200
Africans were held against their will in chains to prevent escape and kept in crowded, unsanitary conditions for months during the ____________ Passage.
Middle Passage
300
Samuel de Champlain and Robert La Salle were from which European country?
France
300
What FOUR natural resources did Europeans hope to find in the Americas?
Gold, Silver, Salt and Spices
300
What were the three dominant West African kingdoms?
Ghana, Mali and Songhai
400
Which explorer claimed the Mississippi River Valley for France?
Robert La Salle
400
Before slavery was introduced to the British colonies, poor Europeans would agree to work for a set period of time (4-7 years) in exchange for a trip to America. What were these people called?
Indentured servants
400
How did African people brought to the Americas maintain their heritage?
playing music and telling stories about their ancestors
500
What was the name of the settlement established by Samuel de Champlain?
Quebec
500
Who was Bartolomé de las Casas?
Bartolomé de las Casas was a Spanish clergyman (priest) who wrote letters describing the mistreatment of indigenous people by the Spanish settlers in Hispaniola.
500
What happened in August 1619?
The first enslaved Africans were brought to British North America