European Exploration Review

What was the number one killer of Native Americans?

• Guns

• Diseases

• Cannons

• The death penalty

People from this country were interested in the fur trade and became business partners with the Native Americans

• Spain

• England

• France

• Netherlands

Silk and spices were goods that were traded from...

• Asia
• Europe
• The Americas

The Americas (or the New World) consisted of...

• North America only
• South America only
• Central America and North America
• North, South, Central America

How did the Native Americans suffer as a result?

• Became slaves
• Got more land
• Lost only their riches

During the Age of Exploration, Europe looked for sea routes to the East in order to __________.

• find a faster trade route to Asia
• spread Christianity
• colonize new territories
• all of the above

Which was NOT a European motive for exploration?

• wealth
• religious conversion
• spread disease
• economic opportunity

Which is an example of cooperation between the explorers and the American Indians?

• fighting
• trading
• exploring
• building things

Which was a negative effect of exploration for the American Indians?

• trading with them
• religion
• new cultures
• diseases

What was the most important reason for Spanish explorers' expeditions to the Americas?

• Wanted to start a colony that promised religious freedom
• Wanted Native Americans to join the Church of England
• Founding a colony for debtors
• Searching gold and silver