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L2: European Exploration and Settlement in the Americas Flashcards

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The Americas were discovered by

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Christopher Columbus

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Christopher Columbus was a/an __________________ sailor

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Italian

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The __________ were the native people of San Salvador

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Tainos

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“San Salvador” means

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The Holy Savior

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The Columbian Exchange is:

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The transfer of people / animals and plants / diseases / ideas / technology between the New World and the Old World across the Atlantic Ocean

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Two main reasons Europeans settled in the Americas were:

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  1. Freeing religious persecution
  2. Fleeing economic distress
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7
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The Columbian Exchange still exists today

TRUE or FALSE?

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TRUE

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8
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Africans were brought into the Americas as ________

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Slaves

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9
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The deaths of many native populations in the Americas were caused by:

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  1. European brutality
  2. Diseases introduced by the Old World
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Slaves were brought in from ____ by Europeans into America

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West Africa

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What were some things that Europeans introduced in the Americas?

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  1. Food like wheat and rice
  2. Domesticated animals
  3. Diseases like smallpox, measles
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What were some things that Europeans brought back from the New World?

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  1. Gold, silver, and other valuables
  2. New World food like potatoes, beans, corns, etc.
  3. Slaves from the Americas
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13
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Which disease originated in the Americas and made its way to Europe during the Columbian Exchange?

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Venereal Syphilis

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The Transatlantic Slave trade involved:

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The Atlantic / Transatlantic / Euro-American slave trade involved the transportation of enslaved African people by slave traders, mainly to the Americas.

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The Middle Passage was:

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The sea voyage across the Atlantic Ocean undertaken by slave ships from West Africa to the Americas.

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Juan Ponce de León landed on the mainland of North America in search of

A

The Fountain of Youth

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17
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La Florida was discovered by

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Juan Ponce de León

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What is a pueblo?

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A village of apartment-like buildings made of stone and adobe, rising four and five stories high; mainly in the American Southwest

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Conquistadors are:

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Explorers (mainly Spanish and Portugese) who claimed land in the name of their home countries, and God.

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Presidios are:

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Walled forts or settlements

21
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Missionaries are:

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Religious people who try to persuade others to convert to their religion

22
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Another word for settlement:

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Mission

23
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Who led the settlement of New Mexico?

A

Juan de Oñate

24
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One of the first French explorers in America was:

A

Jacques Cartier

25
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Two people who explored the Mississipi River in hopes of finding the Northwest Passage were:

(These were French explorers)

A

Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet

26
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A valuable trading item in New France was:

A

Beaver fur

27
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The first settlement in New France was founded by:

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Samuel de Champlain

28
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The trading post built by Champlain was called:

A

Quebec

29
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Quebec was built near which river?

A

St. Lawrence River

30
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A French word for “fur trappers”

A

Coureurs de bois

31
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The French and the ____ were trading partners for fur trade

A

The Huron

32
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Robert Cavelier de La Salle claimed land to the west of the Mississippi in the name of France and named it:

A

Louisiana

33
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John Cabot is credited with discovering:

A

Newfoundland

34
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What was (or is) known as the Lost Colony?

A

The Roanoke Island

35
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The first permanent English settlement in America was:

A

Jamestown, Virginia

36
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Jamestown was named after:

A

King James I

37
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The powerful tribe that lived near the colony of Jamestown was:

A

The Powhatan tribe

38
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One of the first Dutch settlements in America was:

A

New Netherland

39
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Henry Hudson was exploring the north coastline of the Atlantic in hopes of finding:

A

The Northwest Passage

40
Q

Henry Hudson discovered the river that is known to us today as:

A

The Hudson River

41
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Dutch merchants formed the ____ to start a colony in America.

A

Dutch West India Company

42
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The first Dutch colonists settled along the upper Hudson, where they built ____ near present day ____

A

Fort Orange // Albany, New York

43
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In 1626, the Dutch West India Company sent ____ as New Netherland’s governor

A

Peter Minuit

44
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Dutch traders made deals with members of the powerful ________

A

Iroquois Confederacy

45
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The Iroquois Confederacy was:

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An alliance of five Indian groups who lived across the northern portion of New Netherland

46
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In 1647, ____ was appointed as the new governor of New Netherland

A

Peter Stuyvesant

47
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Peter Stuyvesant renamed New Netherland as:

A

New Amsterdam

48
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In 1664, the ____ took over New Amsterdam and named it _____

A

The English // New York

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