Unit 1 Review: Contact & Colonization

Americas before Colonization

2

This was the theme of the New England colonies.

Religion

4

The dominant religion of the New England colonies

Puritanism

6

The 13 colonies were founded by

England

8

The religion of most of the Indigenous Societies

Polytheism

10

Why did people move to the 13 colonies?

Religious freedom and economic opportinities

Europe before Colonization

2

The belief in one god

Monotheism

4

What was Christopher Columbus looking for when he accidentally "found" the Americas?

a new trade route to India

6

what were the 3 "G" motivations for European exploration?

God, Gold, Glory

8

Europeans began long-distance ocean expeditions to find trade routes that weren’t blocked by this empire

Ottoman

10

The first European country to prove that a water route to India was possible (hint: they also colonized Brazil)

Portugal

Colonies

2

Most of Latin America was colonized by this European country

Spain

4

The first English Colony in North America

Jamestown

6

The main purpose of the French and Dutch Colonies in the New World

Fur Trade

8

The main reason English Colonists were not getting along with the Native Americans

English stealing their land

10

The modern-day country that began as a Portuguese Colony

Brazil

Colonization: Society/Culture

2

The new race that was created when Spanish colonizers began interbreeding with Indigenous Aztec 

Mexican

4

The religion that most European colonizers forced the indigenous people of the Americas to convert to 

Christianity

6

What was the biggest effect of colonization on the Indigenous populations of the Americas

death from disease (ex: smallpox)

8

This was the labor system put in place by the Spanish that forced Native people to work on colonial farms

Encomienda System

10

The lasting cultural impact of European races/cultures colonizing the Indigenous

new mixed races & new cultures

Colonization: Politics/Economy

2

The name for the journey that slave ships took from West Africa to the Americas

Middle Passage

4

The Triangle Trade brought primarily these kinds of products from the Americas → Europe

Raw goods

6

The types of goods traded from Europe to Africa in the Triangular Trade

Manufactured goods (guns, cloth, alcohol)

8

These were the 2 biggest crops exported to Europe from North America

Tobacco & Cotton

10

This was the biggest agricultural product exported from South America & the Caribbean

Sugar