US History Chapter 2 : Exploration

Vikings

• The first Europeans to make contact with North America. They raided countries but also established many trading routes.

• Soldiers who led military expeditions in the Americas.

Which economic reason led to French exploration of North America?

• Find gold and riches

• Fur trade

• Enslave the Indians

• Convert the Native Americans

Which country sponsored Christopher Columbus's voyage to America?

• Spain

• France

• England

• Portugal

Enslavement, land taken away, death, and war were -

• Effects of exploration on Native Americans

• Social reasons for exploration

• Effects of expedition to Asia

• Spanish exploration of France

What was the effect of Columbus arriving to America?

• People confirmed the world was round.

• Inspired other European countries to explore

• Influenced the slave trade from Africa

• Increased the price of spices

Explored Canada, established trading partnership with Indians, and attempted to spread Christianity -

• Spain

• France

• England

• Netherlands

The transfer of plants, animals, people, diseases and many other things between Europe and the Americas is called the __________ _______________.

Who were "conquistadors"?

• A Native American tribe in the Caribbean

• A group of Spanish explorers and soldiers

• A region of America settled by the Spanish

• A group of Dutch explorers

Historians are not sure what happened to the ___________ Colony off the coast of North Carolina. The British settlers mysteriously disappeared in the late 1500s.

What was a major motivator for European exploration?

• Leisure

• Freedom

• Education

• Profit/to make money