France
TRUE or FALSE: The French had major land claims in south America
FALSE
What was the ONE resource Spain wanted and searched for MORE than any other?
GOLD
TRUE or FALSE: Portugal was the FIRST major European power to start looking for new trade routes to Asia?
TRUE
Which nation was the FIRST to explore the Americas?
Spain
Who was the first documented European to set foot in the Americas?
Columbus
What was an important economic focus of New France?
fur and fishing
Name an advantage Spanish conquistadors had over many native peoples?
weapons, horses, alliances (one of these is fine)
TRUE or FALSE: Portugal was given permission to colonize MOST of north and south America from the Pope?
FALSE
Which two European, besides England and Portugal, were the first to establish permeant settlements in the Americas
Spain and France
What was the goal of Catholic Missionaries in the Americas?
Convert people to Christianity
What major river system in north America did the French explore?
Mississippi River
Why did people like Hernando de Soto and Francisco Vázquez de Coronado lead expeditions into areas of North America?
(what were they looking for)
search for wealth and explore new lands (something like that)
What was Portugal's ONLY major land claim in the Americas (what modern day country is it)
Brazil
What was the Columbian Exchange?
movement of plants, animals, people and diseases between the americas, africa, and europe (this answer can vary)
What was the reason European nations/empires set tried to find ocean routes to Asia?
any answer that has to do with trade is fine
Why were rivers and the Great Lakes important to French colonization?
They provided transportation routes for trade and exploration.
What was the encomienda system?
A system that gave colonists claims to Indigenous labor and tribute (something like that)
What was one major reason Portugal sponsored voyages along the coast of Africa?
To find new sources of gold and trade routes
Name TWO NEGATIVE consequences of European exploration on the native people of the Americas
Disease and slavery (possible another answer depending on what they say)
Which invention helped ideas spread quickly throughout europe?
Printing Press
The Spanish enslaved the natives and limited their freedoms.... How did France treat the natives?
Answers vary but answers should include: formed alliances to trade and limited conflict
What was the casta system?
Spanish social and racial hierarchy (something like that)
Which Portuguese explorer reached India by sailing around the southern tip of Africa?
Vasco da Gama
What was a viceroy in the Spanish American Empire?
A royal official who governed a territory for the Spanish monarch (something like that)
How did the Crusades contribute to European exploration?
They increased European demand for Asian goods and trade routes. (or something like this)