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WorksheetsEuropean Colonization and Native American Relations Worksheet
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
Why did the demand for enslaved workers from Africa increase in the European colonies in the Americas in the 1500s and later?
Too few Europeans came to settle in the colonies.
Mercantilist theory said that workers should not be paid.
Native Americans insisted on being paid for their work.
They were forced to labor in the mines and on plantations.
Why did the French have better relations with Native Americans than other European countries that established colonies in the Americas?
The French exported fewer goods to their home country than other nations did.
The French did not bring diseases from their home country as other nations did.
The French posed less of a threat to Native Americans than other nations did.
The French did not try to convert Native Americans to Christianity as other nations did.
Which technological innovation allowed sailors to use the position of stars to plan a course?
telescope
caravel
compass
astrolabe
Which explorer’s stories of China’s fabulous wealth inspired other Europeans to search for sea routes to Asia?
Kublai Khan
Prince Henry
Marco Polo
Bartolomeu Dias
What is one way in which Columbus’s explorations impacted the Americas?
Native peoples of the Americas quickly adopted European lifestyles.
Native peoples of the Americas largely abandoned their territory to live in Europe.
Native peoples of the Americas formed military alliances with European nations.
Native peoples of the Americas began losing control of their lands.
What was the purpose of the Treaty of Tordesillas?
It divided claims in the Americas between Spain and Portugal.
It gave Portugal complete control of the African slave trade.
It ended a war between Portugal and England over control of North America.
It limited exploration of North America to the east coast.
In the 1500s and early 1600s, explorers from England, France, and the Netherlands hoped to find
a sea route between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
a way to reach Asia by sailing around Africa.
the elusive “Silk Road” that linked Europe to China.
the “fountain of youth” mentioned in Native American legend.
What is the most likely reason native peoples did not die in large numbers from diseases such as smallpox before Europeans arrived in the Americas?
Native peoples had a superior knowledge of medicine.
Native peoples typically sacrificed sick people to their gods.
Such diseases were unknown to native peoples.
Native diets were more nutritious than those of Europeans.
In addition to finding gold and other sources of wealth, the first Spanish settlers in the Americas
Hoped to learn much about Native American religions.
Wanted to break away from Spain and start a new country.
Fled Europe to escape religious persecution.
Hoped to convert Native Americans to Christianity.
Which of the following show the results of the Columbian Exchange?
Horses allowed Europeans to travel more quickly.
Corn became an important part of the Native American diet.
Farming began to take hold in parts of the Middle East.
Livestock such as pigs, chickens, and cattle were introduced to the Americas.
What were the Three G’s that motivated Europeans to expand their explorations?
Gold, Guts, Glory
Glory, Gold, Gunpowder
Gold, Glory, God
God, Gold, Gunpowder
Which nation set up trading posts in West Africa and began the African slave trade in the mid-1400’s?
England
Portugal
The Netherlands
Spain
Spanish explorers were known as _____________________.
D. Conquistadors
A. Samurai
B. Pharaohs
C. Vikings
What is mercantilism?
A theory that states a nation becomes powerful by building up its supply of gold and silver.
A period of intellectual and artistic creativity that spread across Europe in the 1300s.
A series of attacks by European Christians in an attempt to gain back lands lost to Muslim rulers in the 900 and 1000 C.E.
A movement founded on the ideas of Martin Luther which questioned the power and authority of the Catholic Church.
According to the map, who explored areas around the coast of Florida?
Ponce de Leon
Cabeza de Vaca
De Soto
Coronado
The French were mainly using their colonies in North America to
Trade fur
Farm
Fight Natives
Search for gold
A cartoon showing how Pocahontas (the "Native-American princess" of Jamestown, VA)
met John Smith (one of the early leaders in Jamestown colony)
primary source
secondary source
This excerpt is from an account of the founding of Jamestown in 1607.
Based on the excerpt and your knowledge of U.S. history, why was the founding of this colony significant?
Because it offered the English access to vast gold deposits
Because it was an English settlement built on religious freedom
Because it provided the English with immediate profits
Because it represented the first permanent English settlement
