Native American Societies
French Colonization
Spanish Colonization
European Colonization
Grab Bag
100

What agricultural innovation spread from present-day Mexico and significantly impacted societies in the American Southwest?

Maize

100

What was a primary motivation for French exploration in North America?

economic gain

100

What system was established by the Spanish to manage Native American labor for agriculture and resource extraction?

encomienda system

100

What was the name of the process that led to new crops, animals, and diseases being spread to the Americas and Europe?

Columbian Exchange

100

What was the name of the growing system that included corns, beans, and squash?

Three Sisters agriculture

200

What group of people were known as the "mound builders" of the Mississippi region?

Cahokia

200

How did the French approach Native American relations?

Alliances and intermarriage

200

What demographic changes resulted from Spanish exploration and conquest in the Americas?

Loss of population due to disease and war

200

What new technology allowed for better navigation for European explorers?

Astrolabe

200

What disease was primarily responsible for killing many Native Americans after contact with Europeans?

Smallpox

300

What region had groups of indigenous people that constructed longhouses?

Eastern Woodlands

300

Identify one significant economic activity that defined French colonial settlements.

Fur trade

300

What was the name of the group of people in the Americas that had one Spanish parent and one Native parent?

Mestizos

300

What was one political reason for European exploration?

Uniting of new nations like Spain
300

What Spanish explorer conquered the Aztec?

Hernan Cortes

400

What animal was an important resource to tribes in the Great Plains?

Buffalo

400

What was ONE of the three rivers that French colonists settled along?

Ohio River, Mississippi River, St. Lawrence River

400

Who was the Spanish priest that criticized the treatment of Native groups by the Spanish?

Bartolome de Las Casas

400

What movement created a shortage of available land in Europe and led to more people seeking new land in the Americas?

Enclosure movement

400

What was one effect of the Spanish forcing Native Americans to convert to Christianity?

Loss of culture

500

What civilization was known for their cliff dwellings?

Pueblo

500

What was the name of French priests that attempted to convert Native Americans?

Jesuits

500

What was the name of the reputation that developed for Spanish colonization that portrayed them as uniquely cruel and exploitative?

Black Legend

500

What Spaniard defended Spain's right to conquer and subjugate Native Americans?

Juan de Sepulveda

500

What system did the Spanish establish in California to facilitate the conversion of Native Americans to Christianity?

Mission system

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