Effects of Europeans on Native People

When Christopher Columbus crossed the Atlantic Ocean from ​ (a)   in 1492, he hoped to reach eastern Asia. He thought he had done so when he landed on an island in the Caribbean Sea. In fact he had opened up to Europeans a new world with two ​ (b)   —North America and South America—and many islands. Many more ​ (c)   followed Columbus to the ​ (d)   Most were from Spain, Portugal, France, and ​ (e)  

• spain
• continents
• Europeans
• Americas
• England

Columbus

By the time of Columbus, Europeans had traveled to the East and explored many parts of ​ (a)   Many other Europeans admired the cloths, ​ (b)   and medicines that the explorers brought back with them. They wanted more of these goods. But the voyage to Asia was long and expensive. Educated Europeans knew that the world was ​ ​ (c)   they thought that by sailing west, they could find a ​ (d)   route to Asia.

Between 1492 and 1504, Christopher Columbus made four voyages across the ​ (e)   Ocean. Columbus reached Central and South America as well as the islands that are now called the West Indies. He never reached Asia, but his trips inspired many others to follow.

• Asia
• spices
• round
• shorter
• Atlantic

Reorder the following

• The riches of the Americas attracted many early settlers, or colonists.

• Wars between settlers and Native Americans killed thousands.

• Many more Native Americans died from smallpox and other European diseases.

• But Native Americans grew angry as Europeans took over more land.

Match the following

• gold and silver

• what some Europeans did to Native Americans

• furs of animals

• the riches Europeans "discovered" in North America

• forced them to work as enslaved people

• the riches Europeans took from South America and Mexico

• tobacco corn beans squash potatoes

• crops grown by Native Americans

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Explorer

,

(b) Product of the Americas

,

(c) effect of European invasion

,

(d) European Colonizers

• England

• squash

• Henry Hudson

• Portugal

• fur

• corn

• Jaques Cartier

• beans

• columbus

• Forced moves

• War

• Small Pox

• France

• Enslavement

• Magellan

• Spain

• Occupation of Land

• gold and silver

Match the following

• The forceful taking of someone’s land or

• Indigenous

• Staying on land without approval

• Occupation

• People who travel to spread religion

• Contact

• The meeting of two groups of people

• Missionaries

• People who originally inhabit a piece of

• Invasion