TCI Lesson 2: European Exploration & Settlement

Which of these settled in the Spanish borderlands?

• farmers and ranchers

• soldiers and missionaries

• pirates and runaway enslaved people

• miners and treasure seekers

Which of these was a major motivation for European exploration

• profit

• leisure

• freedom

• education

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

• They were enemies

• They were business partners

• The French converted American Indians

• The French forcefully enslaved American Indians

The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and people across the Atlantic Ocean between Europe and the Americas

• slavery

• colony

• coureurs de bois

• Columbian Exchange

What was the main goal of the Spanish missionaries?

• to protect the American Indians

• to trade with the American Indians

• to teach their religion to the American Indians

• to learn about the customs of the American Indians

How did Marco Polo encourage European exploration?

• He became wealthy after conquering the Incas

• He wrote a book about his travels in Asia

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

• He brought treasures back from his journey to the Americas

What event helped end conflict between the Jamestown colonists and the American Indians?

• The arrival of Captain John Smith

• the marriage of John Rolfe to Pocahontas

• the discovery of the lost colony of Roanoke

• the success of the trade of weapons and food

Which of these was a goal of the first European explorers?

• to establish trading posts

• to find a water route to Asia

• to exchange ideas with native peoples

• to explore North and South America

Spanish soldier-explorers, especially those who conquered the native peoples of Mexico and Peru

• slavery

• colony

• coureurs de bois

• conquistadores

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

• a reduction in the European population

• a delay in future Spanish and the French

• a war between the Spanish and the French

• a transfer of foods between Europe and the Americas