Spread of European Culture-WHII 4

Cultural diffusion is BEST described as...

• the spreading of ideas, languages, and customs from one culture to another
• sharing music from one culture to another
• the spreading of religion from one culture to another
• learning a foreign language 

True of False...The Colombian Exchange has had a lasting effect on the world?

• True
• False

The nation of England brought which of the following with them to America, parts of Africa and India? 

• Christianity and Spanish 
• Christianity and German 
• Christianity and English 
• Christianity and French 

Colonization 

• to claim land in another country or land
• to claim resources 
• to create a new nation
• to develop new technological ideas 

Spain came to America with what purpose?

• to trade with Natives
• for God, Gold, and Glory
• to exchange goods
• to spread diseases

_____________ killed over a million American Indians.

• Horses
• African Slaves
• Diseases
• Pigs

Economic system in which England controlled trade of the colonies?

• mercantilism
• merchandise
• trade
• barter

A major reason European rulers sought to colonize land in North America was they 

• needed people from North America to settle Europe
• sought to expand their wealth by taking New World resources
• wanted to learn more about Native Americans
• wanted a place to send convicts who disobeyed the law

Beside acquiring gold, what was Spain’s other purpose for establishing colonies in the Americas?

• They expected to trade extensively with American Indians.

• to convert Native Americans to Christianity

• They planned to conquer the American Indians.

• They wanted to copy American Indian architecture.

Which reason most contributed to European exploration and colonization of North America?

• a desire by European nations to create new trade markets

• a tradition of resisting Islamic expansion in unexplored regions of the world

• a belief that European culture should replace Eastern Asian cultures

• a motivation to spread democratic traditions to new areas of the world