U.S. History: Chapter 1

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Some scholars explain early settlement in North America with coastal route theory, which states

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settlers arrived in small boats and worked later in the west coast of north and South America

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The land-bridge theory states that settlers

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crossed the land-bridge in pursuit of prey

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What affect did growing crops such as beans, corn, and squash have on the early peoples of the Americas?

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helped with the population growth and villages

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What affect did natural resources like salt in the Sahara desert have on North Africa?

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provided for a thriving network with Western Africans

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The Portuguese traders who arrived in Africa in the 15th century created

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trading forts at key harbors

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The first voyage to circumnavigate the globe was led by

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Fernidad Magellan

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How did religious conflict in Europe affect European colonization of the Americas?

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Rival nations carried conflict from Atlantic to their colonies.

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The Spanish king was displeased with the conquistadors’ activities in the colonies because the conquered people

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often died due to treatment

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What objection did American Indians most likely have to the work of Spanish missionaries?

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they had to give up traditions

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The first French explorers to the New World came to seek

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a passage to Asia