Columbus to the Colonies iCivics

The three Gs that motivated nations like England to colonize the New World

• guts, glamore, and game

• bravery, honesty, and trustworthiness

• gold, God, and glory

• generosity, grace, and gall

Explorers found gold and silver in the first settlements in North America

• true

• false

North America had natural resources like

• rich farmlands

• gems like diamonds and rubies

• an abundance of tropical fruit

• forests full of timber

People who agreed to work in America for a number of years in exchange for travel expenses and a place to live are called

• slaves

• indentured servants

• people with false teeth

• Native Americans

The voluntary migration of indentured servants didn't produce enough labor so colonists turned to

• doing the work themselves.

• taking people from Africa and forcing them into slavery.

• making their children do the work.

• their former country for supplies.

Check all that are true statements about Native Americans.

• Some were trading partners with the colonists.

• Some were used as slaves.

• None of them got along with the colonists.

• There weren't any when Europeans arrived.

There were two kinds of colonies created for religious "freedom"

• ones that drove cars and ones that didn't.

• ones with vegetarians and ones with meat eaters.

• ones with strict religious rules and ones without.

Europeans claimed the New World for themselves because nobody had lived here for thousands of years.

• true

• false

In the 150 years after Columbus first arrived, the population of native people dropped by

• 10%

• 50%

• 100%

• 90%

Trade between Europe, North America, and Africa including trading slaves is called

• travel trade

• triangle trade

• rectangle trade

• get rich trade