World History Chapter 4

What was the main economic activity in New France?

• finding gold and spices

• fur trade

• finding religious freedom

• creating long-term colonial investments

Who conquered the Aztec empire?

• Hernando Cortez

• Francisco Pizarro

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

Why did Europeans see Africans as a better source of labor than Native Americans?

• Africans had no immunity to disease

• Africans had no experience farming, so they wouldn't try to do thing their way

• Africans were strangers in the Americas, they wouldn't have allies or places to hide.

• Africans were already Christians, so they didn't have to be converted

What was the purpose of most joint-stock companies of the 1500's and 1600's?

• Financing wars in Africa

• funding colonies in the Americas

• paying for the building of slave ships

• funding the digging of gold mines

Where in the Americas did Christopher Columbus land first?

• an island in the Caribbean Sea

• the southern tip of South America

• the coast of what is today panama

• the eastern coast of North America

What did the encomienda system provide for New Spain?

• more land

• more settlers

• military protection

• a cheap labor source

Which European country was the first to import enslaved Africans to the Americas 

• Portugal

• France

• England

• Spain

Which of the following areas was originally founded as a settlement by the Dutch?

• Quebec

• Montreal

• New York

• Massachusetts

Which of the following did NOT aid the Spanish in conquering the Aztecs?

• disease

• large forces

• native enemies

• superior weapons

What was one result of the loss of native lives to disease?

• the ruin of several tobacco and sugar cane plantations

• a growing tolerance between the colonists and the natives

• fewer battles between the colonists and natives over land

• a severe shortage of labor in the colonies