Explorers

Explorers

100

What were the motivations for exploration?

God

Gold

Glory

200

What were the obstacles to exploration?

Poor maps and navigational tools Disease and starvation Fear of the unknown Lack of adequate supplies

300

What were the accomplishments off exploration?

Exchanged goods and ideas improved navigational tools and ships Claimed territory land

400

Who came from Spain and where did he claim for his country 

Francisco Coronado Southwest U.S.

500

Two explorers came from France. Name them and what they did:

Samuel de Champlain established the French settlement of Quebec.

Explorers

100

Who came from England?

John Cabot explored New found land Canada

200

What country explored West Africa?

Portugal

300

The Spanish

Spanish 

Lavery of indians 

Mall pox

Pread of Christianity

400

The French

French

Air

Friendly

ur trade

500

The English

Trade

Farming

England

Explorers

100

How did European explorers interact with Native Americans?

During the colonial period, Native Americans had a complicated relationship with European settlers. They resisted the efforts of the Europeans to gain more of their land and control through both warfare and diplomacy.

200

How did French explorers and American Indians work together?

These relations sustained the business of the fur trade. The French traded iron tools, kettles, wool blankets and other supplies for the furs to make hats, while Native peoples exchanged furs for goods from around the world.

300

What are three major consequences of European contact with American Indians?

Nonetheless, Spanish explorers attempting to penetrate into what would become the United States left three major legacies for the tribes: disease, horses and other domesticated animals, and metal tools and firearms. Disease.

400

How did Native Americans react to the colonists

The Native Americans resented and resisted the colonists' attempts to change them. Their refusal to conform to European culture angered the colonists and hostilities soon broke out between the two groups.

500

What happened to American Indians after 1492?

European colonization of the Americas, which began in 1492, resulted in a precipitous decline in Native American population because of new diseases (including weaponized diseases and biological warfare by European colonizers), wars, ethnic cleansing, and enslavement.

Explorers

100

What was the Native American conflict with European settlers?

At that time, millions of indigenous people had settled across North America in hundreds of different tribes. But between 1622 and the late 19th century, a series of wars and skirmishes known as the Indian Wars took place between American-Indians and European settlers, mainly over land control.

200

How many Native Americans were killed?

European settlers killed 56 million indigenous people over about 100 years in South, Central and North America, causing large swaths of farmland to be abandoned and reforested, researchers at University College London, or UCL, estimate

300

How did the interactions between European colonists and Native Americans shape early colonial history?

Initially, Europeans and Native Americans established friendly relations and exchanged products while sharing the same land. But by the early 1600's, conflicts would erupt over land, resources, and cultural beliefs.

400

What is most important to Native Americans?

Elders in each generation teach the next generation their values, traditions, and beliefs through their own tribal languages, social practices, arts, music, ceremonies, and customs. Kinship and extended family relationships have always been and continue to be essential in the shaping of American Indian cultures.

500

Who named the American Indian?

Christopher Columbus

The term "Indian," in reference to the original inhabitants of the American continent, is said to derive from Christopher Columbus, a 15th century boat-person. Some say he used the term because he was convinced he had arrived in "the Indies" (Asia), his intended destination.

Explorers

100

Why Native Americans are called Indians?

The term 'Indian' is a misnomer that was used to describe the native Americans by Christopher Colombus. Colombus set out to discover India but ended up discovering America. He took to calling the native Americans 'Indians' due to his mistaken assumption of having reached India.

200

What role did American Indians play in the war?

Native servicemen fought in many of the war's pivotal military campaigns. The war had a significant and lasting impact on Indian Country. Approximately 150,000 American Indians participated in military service or agricultural and industrial jobs to support the war effort.

300

When was the last conflict with Native Americans?

For the most part, armed American Indian resistance to the U.S. government ended at the Wounded Knee Massacre December 29, 1890, and in the subsequent Drexel Mission Fight the next day.

400

What did Native Americans believe in?

Second, most native peoples worshiped an all-powerful, all-knowing Creator or “Master Spirit” (a being that assumed a variety of forms and both genders). They also venerated or placated a host of lesser supernatural entities, including an evil god who dealt out disaster, suffering, and death.

500

Did Native Americans have a language?

Native American tribes have lived and thrived upon the North American landscape for thousands of years—since long before there was a United States. Historically, about 500 distinct Native languages were spoken in North America. All Code Talkers were fluent speakers of their tribes' languages.