Lesson 2 Our Colonial Heritage

Which of these was a major motivation for European exploration?

• lesiure

• profit

• freedom

• education

How did Marco Polo encourage European exploration?

• He became wealthy after conquering the Incas.

• He wrote a book about his travels in Asia.

• He told stories about his trip around the tip of Africa.

• He brought treasures back from his journey to the Americas.

Which of these was a goal of the first European explorers?

• to establish international trading posts for security purposes

• to find a water route to Asia

• to exchange ideas with native peoples

• to explore North and South America

What was an effect of Christopher Columbus’s voyages to the Americas

• a reduction in the European population

• a transfer of foods between Europe and the Americas

• a war between the Spanish and the French

• a transfer of customs between Europe and the Americas

How did the Columbian Exchange affect many American Indians?

• They grew in number

• They died from diseases.

• hey became prosperous.

• They learned the value of free enterprise.

Which of these was a goal of the Spanish conquistadors who came to the Americas?

• to trade with the native peoples

• to conquer a large empire for Spain

• to establish agricultural communities

• to learn about the culture of the Aztec people

What was the main goal of the Spanish missionaries?

• to protect the American Indians

• to spread their religion to the American Indians

• to learn about the customs of the American Indians

• to trade with the American Indians

Which of these settled in the Spanish borderlands?

• rice farmers and ranchers

• soldiers and missionaries

• pirates and runaway slaves

• miners and treasure seekers

Which of these describes the relationship between the French and the American Indians?

• They were enemies.

• They were business partners.

• The French converted the American Indians.

• The American Indians were slaves to the French.

Which of these describes the experience of the first Jamestown settlers?

• They found the area already settled by the Dutch

• They were challenged by the environment.

• They were welcomed by the American Indians.

• They quickly established a prosperous settlement.