European Exploration and Colonial America Quiz

Explorers: people who ____________________ to or ____________________ unknown places

• investigate, travel

• travel, investigate

• explore, discover

• navigate, explore

Three Motivations for European Exploration

• God, Gold, Glory

• Land, Labor, Love

• Peace, Prosperity, Power

• Trade, Travel, Territory

Portuguese: Sailed around the continent of ____________________

• Africa

• Asia

• Europe

• Australia

Portuguese: Traded goods and enslaved ____________________

• people

• animals

• plants

• minerals

French: Established ____________________ ____________________ in Canada and along the Mississippi

• trading posts

• military bases

• farming communities

• religious missions

French: Treated American Indians ____________________ than other European nations

• better

• worse

• equally

• harshly

Spanish: Explored and claimed the American ____________________

• Southwest

• Northeast

• Midwest

• Southeast

Spanish: Treated American Indians ____________________ and fought them

• poorly

• kindly

• neutrally

• indifferently

West African Kingdoms: Ghana, Mali, and Songhai became powerful by controlling ____________________ of ____________ and ____________________ ____________________

• trading, gold, people

• resources, silver, land

• routes, salt, trade

• territories, copper, slaves

The ________________ ________________ colonies were founded for religious reasons.

• New England

• Southern

• Middle

• Western