Native Americans, Explorers and the Colonists

Who were the first americans?

• Native Americans

• Christopher Columbus

• Spaniards

• French

What were the explorers looking for when they arrived in America?

• Gold, spices

• Route to Asia

• Find land for their country

• All of the above

What did Spanish Missionaries do?

• They conquered the land in Mexico and Peru

• Converted natives to Catholicism

• Went on missions to find gold

• They built cash crops for England

How did the Europeans impact the Native people in America?

• They changed their religion and ways of life.

• They took their valuable items.

• They decreased the population because they brought disease.

• All of the above

What is something that all of the colonies had in common?

• They all had some form of self-government

• They all were independent from Britain

• All of their religions were the same

• They all had cash crops

Which colonies were the most culturally diverse?

• New England Colonies

• Middle Colonies

• Southern Colonies

In all the colonies people wanted religious freedom

• True

• False

Which colonies had the best geography and weather conditions for growing cash crops?

• New England Colonies

• Middle Colonies

• Southern Colonies

• All of the above

Which colony had long cold winters, and rocky soil making it hard to grow crops?

• New England Colonies

• Middle Colonies

• Southern Colonies

The Mayflower Compact was the first document in America that established

• The rules of the King of England

• A charter

• Self-governance and Majority Rule

• Women's right to vote