North America

• Canada

• Grenada

• Panama

• Belize

• United States
• Cuba
• Honduras
• St Lucia

• Mexico
• Guatemala
• St. Lucia
• Haiti

What mountain range is circled in RED?

• Appalachian Mountains

• Rocky Mountains

• Cascade Mountains

What are the main languages spoken in Canada?

• English

• French

• English & French

The following motivated Europeans to explore North America--

Spread Christianity, ______ ______, and gold/riches.

What was the economic reason for the French exploring/colonizing North America?

• For the Fur trading

• To spread their religion

• To compete against other countries

• To promote self-government

Why were the Spanish motivated to colonize the New World?

• to address the overcrowdedness

• to live peacefully with the Native Americans

• to develop trading

• To spread their Catholic faith

What was one important result of the encounter between Europeans and Native Americans?

• An increase in Native American population

• African American slave trade

• The spread of disease

• A decrease in Spanish population

What reasons did France have for colonizing North America?

• to extract metals from mines

• to convert the Native Americans to Catholicism

• to cultivate the cash crops

• to profit from the fur trading