The Columbian Exchange and Transatlantic Slave Trade

Choose 4 options related to the effects of the arrival of European people in the Americas.

• European people established European style governments in the Americas.

• European people converted Indigenous people of the Americas to Christianity.

• Indigenous people lost many of their traditions, customs, and practices

• European people introduced their languages and technologies in the Americas

• Indigenous people taught European people about their religious beliefs.

Monarchs often appointed ______ to oversee their colonies.

• governors
• queens

• soldriers

• dutchesses

European ______ tried to convert Indigenous communities to Christianity.

• missionaries
• monarchs

• governors

• soldiers

What was the seat of power for the villages and cities?

Groups:

(a) The Mission

,

(b) The Presidio

,

(c) The Pueblo

• home to craftsmen and merchants

• a fort that could serve as an outpost for defense and advance of the fronteir

• protected the mission from attacks by indigenous peoples and the French

• center for the conversion of indigenous peoples

• surrounded by thousands of acres for cattle, flocks of sheep, and crops

• a civil community or town

• The seat of power for the villages and cities

• provided housing for the missionaires, indigenous peoples, and travelors

_____ often brought their languages to areas they colonized.

• Europeans

• Indigenous people

Today, the languages spoken in previously colonized areas are often ___ the same as the power that colonized the area.

• the same as
• different from

The Brazilians speak ​ (a)   while other areas of South America speak ​ (b)   .

• portuguese
• spanish
• french

Which statements represent the impact of European technology on the Americas? (Choose 2)

• Tools like advanced weapons served to conquer Indigenous populations.

• Tools like advanced weapons helped the Indigenous people fight their enemies.

• Tools like the printing press made reading widely available to the Indigenous people.

• Tools like the plow and metal cookware changed the daily lives and customs of Indigenous people.

A grant of a stated number of Indigenous people in a particular area that the monarchy gave to a European official, such as a conquistador.

• encomienda

• encomendero

the person who receieved the grant and could require Indigenous people to pay tribute in gold, goods, or manual labor.

• encomienda

• encomendero