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

• Wars between settlers and Native Americans killed thousands.

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

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

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

Match the following

• tobacco corn beans squash potatoes

• what some Europeans did to Native Americans

• forced them to work as enslaved people

• the riches Europeans "discovered" in North America

• gold and silver

• the riches Europeans took from South America and Mexico

• furs of animals

• 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

• War

• Forced moves

• England

• Magellan

• Jaques Cartier

• Small Pox

• Portugal

• columbus

• Henry Hudson

• gold and silver

• beans

• Enslavement

• France

• Spain

• fur

• Occupation of Land

• corn

• squash

Match the following

• The meeting of two groups of people

• Invasion

• People who travel to spread religion

• Missionaries

• The forceful taking of someone’s land or

• Occupation

• Staying on land without approval

• Contact

• People who originally inhabit a piece of

• Indigenous