TCI Exploration & Settlement

Which of these was a major motivation for European exploration?

• Profit

• Leisure

• 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 didn't encourage European exploration because he could login to TCI

• He brought treasures back from his trip to Africa

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

• To establish trading posts

• 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' voyages to the Americas?

• Fewer folks lived in Europe

• Spain cancelled all future exploration after Columbus agreed to sail for Italy.

• A transfer of foods between Europe and the Americas.

• The French and Spanish went to war.

How did the Columbian Exchange affect many American Indian groups?

• They died from diseases

• They enslaved the explorers

• They grew in number

• They were forced to move from their homelands

Which statement is true about slavery in North America

• American Indian slaves were treated with dignity

• European explorers rejected slavery in the Americas.

• Slavery had not existed before the European discovery of American.

• African slaves took the place of American Indians workers.

Why did the London Company send settlers to Virginia?

• To create maps of the area

• To establish a trading post

• To start a moneymaking colony

• To make peace with American Indians

Which of these states become the name of New Netherland after the English took over?

• New York

• New Jersey

• New England

• New Hampshire

What event helped end the conflict between the Jamestown settlers and the American Indians?

• John Smith

• The Marriage of John Rolfe to Pocahontas

• The discovery of the lost colony of Roanoke

• The success of the trade of weapons and food.

What was the relationship between the French and the American Indians?

• They were enemies

• There were business partners

• The French converted the American Indians

• The American Indians were slaves to the French.