South America 1
What is another term for South America?
Latin America
What significant contribution did Jacques Cartier make?
He mapped the Gulf of Saint Lawrence
What New Laws prevented harsh treatment of Indigenous people?
What were the missionaries called that stop the spread of Protestantism?
Jesuits
Which European country had the most colonists in North America by mid 1700's?
England
What languages are primarily spoken in South America?
Spain and Portuguese
Education was valued in New England for which reason? Military instruction, Artistic Skills, Religious instruction, Trade skills?
Religious Instruction
How did the Spanish Generally treat the Indigenous people?
The conquered and enslaved them
Which Treaty moved the Line of Demarcation ?
Treaty of Tordesallias
What document, created by the English colonies in North America and ratified in 1787, outlines the pattern of government and sets down limits of power on both the government and the citizens?
The US Constitution
Name the line that divided lands between Spain and Portugal?
Line of Demarcation
The Pilgrims journeyed to North America was significant for which reason: They brought animals, They were seeking gold, They were exploring for new spices, They wanted to practice their religion freely?
They wanted to practice their religion freely
Fill in the blank: The ________ Confederacy consisted of 5 tribes: Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga and Seneca
Iroquois
"In the Portuguese colonies, this was the role of a 'Donatario'. Was it A) Military leader, B) Religious preacher, C) Administrator of a region, or D) Trader?"
C) Administrator of a region
Name the leader that fought for independence in South America and believed that freedom made people happy.
Simón Bolívar
What are people with European descent born in Americas called?
Creoles
What item was a major trading item for the French in North America?
Fur
Like the ancient Egyptians, what civilization also built large pyramids? Mayas or Incas?
Mayas
Fill in the blank: By mid 1700's the English colonies in North America contained over _______ million people
One
What hero from Argentina used cowboys called gauchos to help free Chile and then Peru from Spain?
José de San Martín
Who oversees the colony on behalf of the Spanish king?
Viceroy
There were two specific crops that the settlers used for cash, name 1.
Tobacco and Indigo
What specific country did Italian explorer Marco Polo journey from?
Italy
Who became the first emperor of an independent Brazil?
Pedro I
What European is attributed to discovering America? (He has a national holiday)
Christopher Columbus