Lesson 2 - European Exploration

Using the map (North American Land Claims), which European country controlled present-day Florida in 1750?

• Great Britain

• Spain

• France

• Russia

Which of these was a major motivation for European exploration?

• profit

• freedom

• leisure

How did Marco Polo encourage European exploration?

• He told stories about his trip around the tip of Africa

• He wrote a book about his travels in Asia

• He brought treasures back from his journey to the Americas

What was an effect of Christopher Columbus's voyages to America?

• a reduction in the European population

• a war between the Spanish and the French

• a transfer of foods between Europe and the Americas

How did the Columbian Exchange affect many American Indian groups?

• They grew in number

• They died from diseases

• They were forced to move

Which statement is true about slavery in North America?

• Enslaved American Indians were treated with dignity

• European explorers rejected slavery in the Americas

• Enslaved Africans took the place of American Indian workers

What was the main goal of the Spanish missionaries?

• to teach their religion to the American Indians

• to trade with the American Indians

• to learn about the customs of the American Indians

Which of these settled in the Spanish borderlands?

• farmers and ranchers

• pirates and runaway enslaved people

• soldiers and missionaries

Which of these describes the relationship between the French and American Indians?

• The French converted American Indians

• They were business partners

• The French forcefully enslaved American Indians

Why did the London Company send colonists to Virginia?

• to start a money making colony

• to establish a trading post

• to make peace with the American Indians