Worksheets2.3 Study Guide - European Colonization
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which of the following was the greatest short-term effect of Spanish colonization on American Indians?
It sharply decreased their population.
It opened them to European ideas.
It gave them new crops to grow.
It led to their disappearance from the Americas.
What caused the Pilgrims to settle in New England?
They wanted to take part in the fur trade.
They wanted to escape poverty and starvation.
They wanted to practice their religion freely.
They wanted to convert Indians to Christianity.
What was the main cause of death among African captives being transported from the Americas on slave ships?
Slave mutinies resulted in thousands of deaths.
Most captives died from a lack of food and water.
Diseases spread quickly in the tightly packed holds of ships.
Captives were brutally beaten by slave ship captains.
Which of the following statements summarizes a result of the French and Indian War?
It gave France control over the Mississippi River.
It gave British colonists more freedom.
It marked the end of French power in North America.
It destroyed the American Indian alliances.
The first French colonists in North America were mostly interested in
taking part in the fur trade.
finding silver and gold.
gaining religious freedom.
building farms and plantations.
Which of the following best describes the transportation of newly enslaved Africans to the English colonies?
Enslaved African families were allowed to remain together
Enslaved Africans were allowed to leave the hold and go up on deck freely.
Enslaved Africans were forced aboard ships and chained together to prevent mutinies.
Enslaved Africans could choose to make the journey or return to their homelands.
What natural resource most attracted European traders to the lands that later became Canada?
timber
animal furs
minerals
fish and whales
The outcome of the French and Indian War was significant for the British most of all because they
defended their colonies in New England
gained control of French land east of the Mississippi
discouraged the Native Americans from fishing with the French again
joined with the Spanish to defeat the French.
Study the image:
What generalization about the experiences of American Indians on Spanish missions does this image best support?
American Indians were forced to endure long hours of hard manual labor.
American Indians were treated cruelly by the Spanish missionaries
American Indians often died from diseases that had been brought from Europe.
American Indians were expected to convert to Christianity.
