Exploration

Which of the following statements is true about the European colonization of the New World?

• The indigenous civilizations mostly benefited from the conquest and colonization of the New World
• European emigration was slow and people mainly traveled for scientific reasons
• European diseases and stress from the conquest led to the decimation of the indigenous populations.
• After conquest, there was no need for slavery and so it disappeared from the Americas. 

Who was Prince Henry the Navigator?

• He invented the printing press.
• He sponsored innovations in navigational technology.
• He traveled to Greenland and colonized Canada.
• He was the first prince of Brazil but he never actually went to Brazil

What is a colony?

• A city-state or political entity that is independent from all other foreign influences
• A settlement far from the country that rules it but with connections to the mother country. 
• A movement of people and goods.
• A journey made for a special purpose.

What part of the map is shaded?

• French Empire
• Spanish Empire
• Portuguese Empire
• New England

What part of the map is shaded?

• New Spain
• Portuguese Empire
• New France
• The United States

The map shows whose route?

• Christopher Columbus
• Vasco Da Gama
• Amerigo Vespucci
• Marco Polo

What part of the map is shaded?

• French Empire
• Axis Powers
• Spanish Empire
• Portuguese Empire

Whose route is shown on the map?

• Francisco Pizarro
• Hernando Cortes
• Christopher Columbus
• Jacques Cartier

Which statement is NOT true about the cultural effects of conquest?

• European immigrants imitated the culture of the mother country
• Missionaries attempted to convert indigenous populations
• Indigenous culture almost completely disappeared from Mexico and Peru
• Differences between the Protestant and Catholic colonies emerged

Which of the following best completes the chart?

• End of European emigration to Americas
• Rise of Protestantism in the marginal territories 
• Rebellion of the Inca and establishment of the second empire of Atahualpa
• Forced migration of African slaves to plantations in the Americas