Colonization Quiz 9-6-24

God, Gold, Glory and Gain Land

• Spain

• France

• England

• United States

Fur and Fish

• Spain

• France

• England

• United States

What was the INITIAL reason that European explorers sailed to the Americas?

• to find new sea routes to Asia

• to form military alliances

• to spread Christianity to Africa

• to find new sources of cheap labor

Which reason best completes this list?

• to spread democratic ideals

• to improve efficiency in manufacturing

• to locate potential military allies

• to claim new territory

a sea passage between the Atlantic and Pacific along the north coast of North America

• Northwest Passage

• Mayflower Compact

• Columbian Exchange

• Proclamation of 1763

a religious community where Native Americans were converted to Christianity (Catholicism)

• missions

• forts

• presidios

• cities

Spanish colonists .....

• focused primarily on fur trading

• established Catholic missions

• promoted political freedom

• created an early system of public schools

What was the main reason that the French traveled to the New World?

• To profit from the fur trade

• To conquer land

• To escape religious persecution

• To convert natives to christianity

The movement of living things between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres is known as:

• Line of Demarcation

• Conquistador

• Columbian Exchange

• New York Stock Exchange

As a result of the Columbian Exchange:

• Most Native Americans converted to Christianity

• Many new crops came from the Americas

• Spanish explorers discovered a northwest passage

• enslaved Africans were no longer needed as laborers