TCI US History Lesson 2

Who was Marco Polo?

• Italian merchant that explored China
• Spanish Explorer in the Americas
• French Explorer in Canada
• Dutch Merchant in New York

How did Marco Polo inspire others to explore the world?

• Invented a game to play in a pool
• Wrote a book about his travels
• He claimed China for Italy
• He brought back spices from China

What was the main motivation of European exploration? 

• Lesiure
• Profit
• Slaves

What is the Columbian Exchange?

• Bartering system involving slaves
• system of money started by Columbus
• transfer of crops, animals, people, and diseases
• the bank of Christopher Columbus

What was the Columbian Exchanges long-term effects on Native Americans? 

• Many became slaves for the Spanish
• They no longer owned land
• 90 % of the American Indians died

What was the goal of the FIRST European explorers?

• to seal gold
• to find the northwest passage
• to find a water route to Asia
• to stay alive

Why did slaves traders begin sending African slaves to the Americas?

• to replace the American Indian slaves
• because the King told them to
• as the population grew more people were needed
• conquistadors sold them to the traders

Who settled in the Spanish borderlands?

• Coureurs de Bois
• conquistadors and missionaries
• Marco Polo and Columbus
• Presidios and Missions

What was an important economic activity for both the French and Dutch settlements? 

• slave trade
• food trade
• fur trade
• disease trade

What were some positive consequences of the Columbian  Exchange?

• New diseases
• Slaves to work the land
• Domesticated Animals