Columbus and Early Exploration
True or False: Columbus treated Native Americans very well.
False
Did the Spanish treat Native Americans mostly good or bad?
Mostly bad
Did the French treat Native Americans mostly good or bad?
Mostly good
Did the British treat Native American mostly good or bad?
Could say either if you give good reasons. Some groups it was mostly good and others it was mostly bad.
What caused 90% of Native Americans to die?
Disease
What is the holiday that has replaced Columbus Day in some states?
Indigenous People's Day
What did the Spanish want in the New World?
Gold, glory, spread religion
What did many early French colonizers do for work in the New World.
Fur traders
In this early settlement they planted tobacco and eventually became a successful colony.
Jamestown
True or False: Due to many Native Americans dying during colonization, many tribes languages and cultures were lost.
True
Columbus was coming from what country?
Spain
Aztec
In this early settlement they were seeking religious freedom.
Plymouth
What are reservations?
What was the name of the Native American tribe that Columbus saw when he landed?
Taino
What parts of North America did the Spanish explore and claim?
Mexico, southern United States, Florida
What parts of North America did the French explore and claim?
Canada, Mississippi River, Louisiana Territory
In the Plymouth colony they got along well with one of the Native American groups because they helped them with what?
Fighting a rival tribe using their guns.
How did life change for Native Americans when colonization started to happen?
Lost land, lost lives, traded with others, conflict with Europeans, competing for resources, forced to adopt European ways of life. (Answers may vary)
What current day country did Columbus originally land on?
Bahamas
Why was the relationship between the Spanish and Native Americans mostly bad?
The Spanish killed many of the Native Americans and made them become slaves. They also took a lot of their land and forced them to convert to Christianity or else they would be killed.
Why was the relationship good between the French and Native Americans?
They traded and made alliances. The Native Americans showed the French around the rivers and waterways. The French helped certain tribes fight their rival tribes.
In the Jamestown colony the relationship with Native Americans was complicated right away. What happened? and how did this relationship change?
They had early conflict and the Native Americans were going to let the colonists starve instead of trading food with them. Eventually they start to get along and Rolfe marries Pochahontas in hopes of settling the conflict.
Tell me one long term impact of colonization on Native Americans and how that effects the present.
Examples: Reservations, culture loss, land lost, less people
Could talk about how any of these currently effect the present day. Answers may vary.