European Exploration and Settlement of North America

How were Spain's goals for exploring the Americas different from the goals of France and England?

• One of Spain's main goals was to open the fur trade with American Indians.

• One of Spain's main goals was to spread Christianity using mission settlements throughout the Americas.

• One of Spain's main goals was to found colonies based on religious freedom.

Settlers in Jamestown, Virginia, found success producing which good for European markets?

• bronze

• cotton

• tobacco

• timber

What was an important economic activity for North American French settlements?

• slave trade

• food trade

• fur trade

• disease trade

Vocab - What was the Columbian Exchange?

• A trade of culture, foods, ideas, and people

• A store at the mall that sells clothes

• The trade route Columbus took to find silks and spices

• An area where Native Americans practiced planting crops

What were the main reasons of European exploration to the Americas?

• Help spread diseases to Native Americans

• Get rich, spread Christianity, & get fame & glory

• Bring new ideas & technology to the Americas

• Test new shipping across the Atlantic

Which colony was the first permanent colony for England?

• Roanoke

• Plymouth

• Massachusetts Bay

• Jamestown

The "New World " was considered to be the continents of...

• North and South America
• Europe, Africa, and Asia
• Australia and Canada
• Asia and South America

The "Old World " was considered to be the continents of...

• Europe, Africa, and Asia
• North and South America
• Australia and Canada
• Asia and North America

What was the English colonists motivation for coming to, and settling, in North America?

• converting native americans to christianity

• silver mining

• money making opportunities and religious freedom

• sugar plantations

What was the motivation behind France wanting a colony in the New World?

• religious freedom
• spread their religion
• fur trade and trading posts
• growing tobacco as a cash crop