European Powers
This country led early colonization efforts in the Americas
What is Spain?
One common motive for colonization was the desire to spread this religion.
What is Christianity?
These people lived in the Americas before European colonization
Who are Indigenous peoples?
Colonization often led to the exploitation of these.
What are local resources?
Indigenous peoples often resisted colonization through this.
What is armed conflict?
This European nation colonized parts of Canada and was known for fur trading.
What is France?
Colonizers often sought this precious metal to increase wealth
What is gold?
Colonization often led to the spread of these, which devastated Indigenous populations
What are diseases?
Colonizers imposed their own systems of this, replacing Indigenous governance.
What is government?
This famous rebellion in India occurred in 1857 against British rule.
What is the Sepoy Mutiny?
The British Empire colonized this region, which later became the United States.
What is the Thirteen Colonies?
The belief that European culture was superior and should be spread is known as this.
What is ethnocentrism?
This term describes the forced removal of Indigenous children from their families to attend colonial schools.
What are residential schools?
This type of farming was introduced, often using enslaved labor.
What is plantation agriculture?
This African country successfully resisted colonization by defeating Italian forces.
What is Ethiopia?
This European country colonized Brazil.
What is Portugal?
Colonizers wanted access to these, which included spices, sugar, and tobacco.
What are natural resources?
Indigenous peoples often lost access to this due to colonization.
What is land?
Colonization led to the mixing of cultures, sometimes called this.
What is cultural diffusion?
This leader of the Zulu nation resisted British and Boer colonization.
Who is Shaka Zulu?
Name two European powers that competed for control of India during colonization.
What are Britain and France?
This economic theory supported colonization by encouraging nations to accumulate wealth through trade and colonies.
What is mercantilism?
Name one Indigenous group that resisted colonization in North America.
Who are the Apache (or any other group like the Haudenosaunee)?
This long-term effect of colonization still influences global inequality today.
What is economic disparity (or global inequality)?
Name one way colonized people resisted culturally.
What is preserving language/traditions/religion?