Motivations for Exploration

Select the 3 main European countries that explored the New World?

• France

• England

• Russia

• Spain

Select the 2 continents that Columbus called the New World.

• Africa

• Europe

• North America

• South America

The Spanish were motivated to explore and colonize by these three factors

• God, Gold, Glory

• Christmas, Easter, and Summer Vacation

• Rice, Ropes, and Rhinestones

• Friends, Furs, and Fish

What motivated the English explorers to colonize North America? (select 2)

• religious freedom

• conquering Native American tribes

• Resources - lumber, tobacco, ect.

• trading animals furs

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

• missions

• religious universities

• plantations

• trading posts

What is the BEST definition for colonization?

• when people move somewhere but return to their home country

• when a society becomes multicultural

• when a group of people move to a new place and set up a new government

• when trade relationships are formed between countries

What was the main reason for French exploration and colonization?

• Fur trapping and trading

• Gold and silver mining

• Setting up sugar plantations

• Setting up mission settlements

What was the Columbian exchange?

• A store at the mall that sells clothes

• An area where Native Americans practiced planting crops

• The route Columbus took to find silks and spices

• A trade of culture, foods, ideas, and people

What does INDIGENOUS mean?

• unique

• native

• smart

• foreign

What do you call a new settlement or territory established and governed by a country in another land?

• colony

• mission

• conquistadors

• Columbian Exchange