Age of Exploration Flashcards
The French working together with the Native Americans was known as
A
Middle Ground
B
Exchange
C
Enslavement
D
Christianization
A
1
Oldest Empire
2
Most war-like empire
3
Ruled by Mansa Musa
4
Relied on the slave trade the most
5
Destroyed by goats
1
Ghana
2
Songhai
3
Mali
4
Songhai
5
Ghana
Samuel de Champlain was well known for
A
Discovering North America
B
Founding Quebec
C
Claiming Eastern Canada
D
Exploring the American Southwest
B or C
Order the goals according to the following statement.
The people of Spain arrived in the New World, following Christopher Columbus. They immediately set to work setting up gold and silver mines and capturing more and more land for their king. They enslaved Native Americans to have them work in the mines and then took the remaining land for themselves. Sometimes, they would try to convert the Native Americans to their religion, but it was not a priority for them.
Goal #1 =
Goal #2 =
Goal #3 =
- Gold
- Glory
- God
Which of these was NOT a major motivating factor behind European exploration?
A
Religion
B
Money
C
Glory
D
Fear
D
Which disease caused fevers, left behind scars and killed millions of Native Americans?
A
Typhoid
B
Plague
C
Yellow Fever
D
Smallpox
D
French explorers cooperated with American Indians by -
A
becoming large landowners
B
adopting foreign religions
C
sharing farming techniques
D
establishing trading posts
D
Which of the countries claimed this area (Mexico)?
A
England
B
France
C
Spain
D
Portugal
D
What good did England want the most in the New World?
A
Slaves
B
Gold
C
Tobacco
D
Cotton
C
Which of these empires was the newest?
A
Egyptian
B
Ghana
C
Songhai
D
Mali
C
The Spanish brought all of the following except WHAT to the New World
A
Missionaries
B
Smallpox
C
Horses
D
Tobacco
D
Which of these does NOT show one of the characteristics of French interaction with the Natives?
A
trading
B
learning
C
enslaving
D
spreading religion
C
The Columbian Exchange was
A
the movement of people and goods from the Old to the New World and back
B
the meeting and working together between the Spanish and the Native Americans
C
the introduction of tobacco to the English economy
D
the goods bought and sold by Columbus from Hispaniola
A
This nation was most closely associated with the slave trade
A
Mali
B
Ghana
C
Songhai
D
Western Sahel
C
What did goats help cause in Ghana?
A
desertification
B
village destruction
C
failure of trade
D
assassination of Mansa Musa
A
- Which parts of the New World did the Spanish take over?
American Southwest and South America
- What physical good did the Spanish want? How did they get it?
Gold and through enslaving Native Americans
- What spiritual thing did the Spanish want? What did they build to make it?
Spread Christianity; missions
- What happened to the Native people who interacted with the Spanish?
Enslaved, attacked, given diseases, exposed to Christianity
- What items/goods/diseases did the Spanish bring? Which were good? Which were bad?
Cows, horses, typhoid, smallpox, Christianity
Good, good, bad, bad, both
. Where did the French settle in the New World?
Canada
- The French lived in the cold part of Canada. What effect did this have on the amount of French settlers?
Decreased because it was too cold to settle
. What job did most French settlers do? Where did they work?
Fur traders; Trading Posts
. How did the French interact with the Natives? What was this called? Give an example.
a. Positively
b. Middle Ground
c. Equal trade relationship; furs for metal/guns ALSO learning from each other
(language and culture)
- How did the French spread Christianity? What other results happened because of their work?
Missionaries and Bribery; exchange of culture, language, etc.
- What was the biggest difference between the English and the other two countries? What did
they not care about as much?
Did not care about spreading religion; only cared about Gold and Glory
- Which region did the English live in? How did this affect the number of settlers?
Northeast, the number of settlers decreased because of the cold temperature.
- How did the English work with the Natives? How did they get the Natives’ land?
a. Fought with them, took over their land using weapons and forts ; also worked with
them and shared techniques; mixed overall
b. Sometimes bought land, sometimes stole it
. What allowed the English to survive their early years in the New World? How did they learn
about it?
Squanto and other Natives who taught them how to farm, live off the land, and other techniques
that made living in the cold easier; Squanto knew English from previous explorers
. What good was the most important thing to the English, specifically?
Tobacco
