Motivations for Exploration/Colonization

What did the Spanish set up to convert Native Americans to Christianity?

• mission settlements

• religious universities

• plantations

• trading posts

What was the main reason for French and Dutch exploration and colonization?

• Fur trapping and trading

• Gold and silver mining

• Setting up sugar plantations

• Setting up mission settlements

What was Christopher Columbus' purpose for exploration before discovering the New World?

• To find a faster and safer trading route to Asia
• To circumnavigate the world in the name of Italy
• To launch a surprise attack the enemies of Spain by sea
• To find the city of gold in southern Africa

Northwest Passage

• the water route discovered by the French that caused conflict between that country and England

• the path French explorers took to reach Asia from the Atlantic Ocean

• the path Russian explorers took that led to their claim in North America

• water route connecting the Atlantic to the Pacific believed to exist through northern North America

Which European country had a more positive relationship with Native Americans than other Europeans who explored the Americas?

• Spain

• France

• England

• the Netherlands

People from the European country the Netherlands.

• Dutch

• British

• English

• French

Which country set up New Amsterdam a.k.a New York as a harbor for trading and profit.

• Spain
• France
• Netherlands
• England

Claimed large areas of Central and South America.

• England

• France

• Portugal

• Spain

Primary objective for the French?

• find a Northwest Passage and establish trade with natives

• find gold and create cities

• to create missions on the pacific coast

• religious freedom

Spanish soldier-explorers, especially those who conquered the native peoples of Mexico and Peru

• Missionaries

• Colony

• Conquistadors

• Coureurs de Bois