European Exploration and Colonial America Flashcard

Front

Explorers: people who ____________________ to or ____________________ unknown places

Back

travel, investigate

Front

Three Motivations for European Exploration

Back

God, Gold, Glory

Front

Portuguese: Sailed around the continent of ____________________

Back

Africa

Front

Portuguese: Traded goods and enslaved ____________________

Back

people

Front

French: Established ____________________ ____________________ in Canada and along the Mississippi

Back

trading posts

Front

French: Treated American Indians ____________________ than other European nations

Back

better

Front

Spanish: Explored and claimed the American ____________________

Back

Southwest

Front

Spanish: Treated American Indians ____________________ and fought them

Back

poorly

Front

West African Kingdoms: Ghana, Mali, and Songhai became powerful by controlling ____________________ of ____________ and ____________________ ____________________

Back

trading, gold, people

Front

The ________________ ________________ colonies were founded for religious reasons. Options:

New England

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Southern

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Middle

,

Western

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New England