Lesson 2: European Exploration and Settlement

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Who was Marco Polo?

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Italian merchant that explored China and India

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How did Marco Polo inspire others to explore the world?

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Wrote a book about his travels

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What was the main motivation of European exploration? Options: Leisure, Slaves, Education

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Profit

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What is the Columbian Exchange?

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transfer of crops, animals, people, and diseases

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What was the Columbian Exchanges long-term effects on Native Americans?

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90 % of the American Indians died for diseases

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What was the goal of the FIRST European explorers? Options: to seal gold, to find the northwest passage, to find a water route to Asia, to stay alive

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to find a water route to Asia

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Why did slave traders begin sending African slaves to the Americas?

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to replace the American Indian slaves

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Who settled in the Spanish borderlands? Options: Coureurs de Bois, conquistadors and missionaries, Marco Polo and Columbus, Presidios and Missions

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conquistadors and missionaries

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What was the goal of the Spanish missionaries who came to the Americas?

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convert the native people to Christianity

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What was an important economic activity for both the French and Dutch settlements? Options: slave trade, food trade, fur trade, disease trade

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fur trade