Territory Claimed by European Countries in North America
Reason For European Exploration
Columbian Exchange
European effects on Native Americans/West Africans & Jamestown
100
This killed many Native Americans after Europeans arrive in North and South America.
Disease
100
Describe the territory that Spain owned in the United States.
They owned land in North America to the west and all the way down through South America.
100
Which famous person wrote a book about his travels to Asia that encouraged other Europeans to go?
Marco Polo
100
Identify and list 5 things that would be considered positives of the Columbian Exchange.
New food like corn, potatoes, tomatoes, etc... OR new animals like cattle, horses, sheep, etc... OR an introduction of new ideas from one place to the other
100
Explain how disease effected Native Americans after European contact?
As much as 90% of the Native American population died as a result of not being able to defend themselves against new European diseases.
200
Which country owned land on the east coast of what would be present day United States?
England
200
Describe the land France owned in North America.
They owned land around the Great Lakes of North America as well as land that included the Ohio River, Mississippi River, Missouri River, Arkansas River, and the North Platte River.
200
This person was an Italian explorer, navigator, and sea voyager who was sponsored by Spain to navigate a western water route to Asia.
Christopher Columbus
200
Identify and list 2 negatives of the Columbian Exchange?
Diseases and Slavery
200
Explain how new trading items brought by Europeans effected Native Americans.
Native Americans before European contact were primarily concerned with nomadic hunting and gathering. After European contact, native Americans began to depend on the items brought by Europeans and changed their lifestyle.
300
It was the exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and people across the Atlantic Ocean between Europe and the Americas started by Christopher Columbus.
Columbian Exhange
300
Describe the land that England owned in North America.
They owned land on the east coast of North America bordered by the Appalachian Mountains. They also owned land in Canada.
300
What were two reasons why Europeans decided to sail west toward the continents of North and South America?
Finding a western water route to Asia and profit/wealth
300
Approximately how many years did the Columbian Exchange last?
DAILY DOUBLE!!!!
150 YEARS.
300
Which two companies were sent from England to claim land in North America?
DAILY DOUBLE!!!!
The London Company and the Plymouth Company.
400
Lasted from the 1500s century until the 1800s. It was the trade of African people from Western Africa to the Americas.
Atlantic Slave Trade
400
Which country owned the most land in the New World?
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
Spain
400
In what year did Christopher Columbus set sail for Asia?
1492
400
Which types of diseases were introduced into the New World by Europeans? List 3
Identify and list three difficulties Jamestown settlers faced in the New World.
Diseases, famine, and Indian attacks
500
This was the first English settlement in North America and is considered the United States of America's birthplace.
Jamestown
500
Besides land in North and South America where else did Spain own land?
The Caribbean Sea
500
Which continent did Christopher Columbus think he landed on when he arrived in the Bahamas of the coast of what is now present day Florida?
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
Asia
500
Why is the Columbian Exchange important for us today?
Answers will vary
500
Explain the importance of the English colony at Jamestown, Virginia.
Jamestown is considered America's birthplace. This set the stage for other English colonies to be set up in North America.