Unit 1 Pre/Post Test

French and Spanish explorers differed MOST in terms of their..

• religious beliefs and goals in North America.

• management of encomiendas and repartimientos.

• relationships with the American Indians they encountered.

• approach to the fish and fur trades.

How did the conquests made by explorers Hernán Cortés and Francisco Pizarro affect Spain?

• They brought great wealth to Spain.

• They made Spain a colony of Portugal.

• They opened the fur trade with American Indians.

• They drained the Spanish treasury.

What was the earliest kingdom in West Africa?

• Songhai

• Mali

• Ghana

• Timbuktu

During the Age of Exploration, the Spanish, French, and English all wanted to

• destroy the Native Americans.

• acquire territory in North America.

• find a new route to Africa.

• explore the American Southwest.

A reason Jamestown settlers struggled to survive was that they

• were looking for the Roanoke colonists.

• befriended the Powhatan people.

• had been successful farmers in England.

• were not used to doing physical labor.

A difference between Spanish and French settlers in North America was that

• Spanish settlers tried to assimilate American Indians, while French settlers learned their customs.

• Spanish settlers traded peacefully with American Indians, while French settlers forced them into slave labor.

• Spanish settlers tried to spread their religion to American Indians, while French settlers did not.

• Spanish settlers converted to the religion of American Indians, while French settlers did not.

Spanish conquistadors in the New World sought

• trade routes for fur.

• adventure and wealth.

• settlements in North America.

• a new passage to Africa.

When the English and Spanish explorers came in contact with American Indians, both groups of explorers

• respected the American Indian way of life.

• avoided contact with the American Indians.

• refused the trade the the American Indians.

• conquered and enslaved the American Indians.

What was the widespread transfer of plants, animals, culture, human populations, technology, and ideas between the Americas and the Old World?

• Triangular Trade

• Middle Passage

• Columbian Exchange

• Salve Trade

The fate of the Roanoke colonists is unclear because they

• disappeared from the area.

• moved to a different area.

• refused to discuss their time at Roanoke.

• agreed to keep their activities a secret.