Regions
This region of present day North America had a dry and hot climate were the Pueblo people were located
Southwest
Present-day Arizona, New Mexico and Mexico
Vert early relations and contact between Europeans and Native Americans could be described as what?
Mutually beneficial
Friendly and helpful
Before 1800, which European imports had the greatest impact on the lives of the Plains Native Americans
Horses
African slaves were brought to the Americas because...
2 part answer!
The development that brought "maize" to the attention of European botanists is best known as the
The Colombian Exchange
This region had rocky soil, harsh winters but big forests. This resulted in shorter growing seasons but an economic emphasis on lumber.
The Northeast or "New England"
A specific European disease that wiped out a massive part of the Native American population
Syphilis
Other than acquiring gold and silver, European nations next motivation of colonization was?
Spreading Christianity
This European country set up a trading post empire along the West African Coast
Portugal
Most archaeologists and historians believe that the first peoples who colonized the Americas came from
Asia via a land bridge
The present day areas of Florida and the Island of Hispaniola, among others, were conquered by which country
Spain
Before 1492, many American Indian cultures were strongly influenced by the
Agricultural Revolution
a Spanish labor system implemented in the Americas where the Spanish crown granted colonists a group of indigenous people to "protect" in exchange for forced labor and tribute
The Encomienda System
a Spanish colonial system that granted a foreign power the exclusive right to supply enslaved Africans with a tax to Spanish colonies in the Americas
The Asiento System
The European explorer who was first repelled by the Aztecs but later conquered present day Mexico City
Hernan Cortez
The French settlers were primarily located in what region?
The Mississippi Valley
These two large tribes were native to the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and the Ohio River Valley
The Iroquois & the Algonquins
These European colonists came to the Americas with families and posed a serious threat to Native American land
The British
A European priest who exclaimed that the Natives were lucky to have the structure of slavery and the introduction to Christianity. He defended these atrocities.
Juan Sepulveda
This city, under the control of Arab states, is the underlying reason for exploration.
Constantinople
The Great Basin region had difficulties that led native tribes there to have what type of lifestyle?
Nomadic
Early on, Native American tribes were helpful to this specific colony and insured their survival - location of the 1st "Thanksgiving"
Plymouth
The crop that saved the first permanent British settlement in North America
Tobacco
Which of the following would best explain the British failure to follow the Spanish and Portuguese in exploring the New World?
- Economic and political difficulties at home
- Recovery from the Bubonic Plague
an economic system where a nation aims to maximize its wealth by exporting more goods than it imports, essentially accumulating gold and silver through a favorable balance of trade, often achieved by strict government regulation of trade and using colonies to provide raw materials for the mother country to manufacture and sell back at a profit
Mercantilism