The First Americans
What is the name of the Native Americans who originally lived in New Jersey?
The Lenape People
What were the 3 main reasons for exploration?
Land, power, and riches
What 3 regions participated in the Columbian Exchange?
The Americas, Europe, and Africa
What recent event caused Spain to look for money oversease?
War
Why is Roanoke called a failed colony?
Conflict with Native Americans, lack of supplies, and missing colonists
What was the main element that affected the way different Native American tribes lived their lives?
The geography
Why were explorers now able to travel further distances?
New technology (new types of ships, the astrolabe, other sailing equipment, etc.)
Name 3 items exchanged in the Columbian Exchange
Options: cows, donkeys, corn, chickens, enslaved people, peppers, pumpkins, tomatoes, gunpowder, diseases, wheat, sugar cane, grapes, bananas, potatoes
What is the role of a missionary?
A person who travels to another country to convince people to join their religion
How was Sir Walter Raleigh given permission to run the Roanoke Colony?
By a royal charter from Queen Elizabeth
How did Indigenous peoples get the resources that they needed from one another?
They traded goods and services
What were many explorers searching for when they started their explorations?
A route to Asia
What is the name of the large plots of land that the Spanish forced Native Americans and enslaved Africans to work on?
Plantations
What determined a person's placement in the class system of New Spain?
Where they were born (or how European they were)
Who financed the Jamestown colony?
The Virginia Company
Native American groups that moved around, such as the Great Plains Indians who followed herds of buffalo, are called what?
Nomadic groups
Who provided the explorers with money to fund their travels?
A patron
The movement of people and their ideas and languages is an example of what kind of exchange?
A cultural exchange
What was the name of the system used in the Spanish colonies to force Native Americans to work for them?
The encomienda system
What is a person who buys a share in a company called?
A shareholder
What was the group of tribes that joined together after establishing peace with one another?
The Iroquois Confederacy
Who were the group of people who traveled to Mexico to take over the Aztec Empire?
The conquistadors
What impact did the introduction of horses to the Americas have on the Native Americans?
They could travel farther, hunt more easily, carry heavier loads, and fight on horseback
What is the title given to the person appointed by the king to rule a country or territory?
A viceroy
What occurred in Europe that created tension between Spanish Catholics and English Christians?
The Protestant Reformation