Colonization

What were the three major cultural groups impacted by European Colonization?

• The Dutch, Native Americans, and Spanish

• The Africans, Europeans, and Native Americans

• The Europeans, Dutch, and French

• The Africans, French, and Native Americans

Who occupied the land in which we call America today?

• Hunter-gatherers

• Cavemen

• English

• Native Americans

Europeans brought ________ to America as slaves.

• Africans

• Other Europeans

• Native Americans

• the Portuguese

Colonization began on the _________ _________ of America.

• Pacific

• Atlantic

Europeans began taking over which group of people's lands for housing and farming?

• Spanish

• Africans

• Native Americans

• Dutch

Europeans enslaved which group of people to sustain their new territory in America?

• Africans

• French

• Other Europeans

• Native Americans

Europeans first enslaved Native Americans. Why did this plan not succeed?

• The number of Native Americans was declining due to the impact of disease.

• Native Americans were moving to the west to settle on new lands.

• Local tribes went to war with colonists living in the south.

What percent of the Native American population died as a result of diseases brought by the Europeans?

• 10%

• 50%

• 75%

• 90%

Who believed that land ownership was a privilege for the rich?

• Europeans

• Native Americans

Who believed the land was to be used communally by all and it should never be divided because it belonged to everyone?

• Europeans

• Native Americans