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European Exploration and Colonization
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- Q1All of the following were advantages the Spanish had over the Native Americans exceptbetter foodsteel weaponshorsesdiseases30s
- Q2This group of people were sent to the Americas to convert natives to Christianity.explorerssailorsconquistadorsmissionaries30s
- Q3This was the first permanent European settlement in the United States in Florida.QuebecMontrealSt. AugustineNew Orleans30s
- Q4What disease destroyed Native American Indian populations?measlessmallpoxchicken poxmumps30s
- Q5This was the movement of plants, animals and diseases between the Old and New World.Columbian ExchangeTriangular TradeNorthwest Passagecaravel30s
- Q6These are triangular and square sails that allowed boats to sail with and against the wind.steel weaponscaravelsailingmissionaries30s
- Q7This explorer sailed west to Asia, landed in the Caribbean instead and didn't realize he had discovered a "New World."Hernan CortesColumbusFrancisco Pizarro30s
- Q8This was two ways that French settlers made money in New France.fur and clotheshorses and fishfish and fursteel weapons and guns30s
- Q9These were Spanish military explorers sent to the Americas for gold, glory and god.missionariesexplorerssailorsconquistadors30s
- Q10This is what the early European explorers were looking for to find a shorter route to Asia.QuebecColumbian ExchangeNorthwest PassageSt. Augustine30s
- Q11The conquistador conquered the Incas.Hernan CortesFrancisco PizarroColumbus30s
- Q12This was the conquistador that conquered the Aztecs.Francisco PizarroColumbusHernan Cortes30s
- Q13Which country established colonies in South America(except Brazil), Central America, Caribbean Islands, Gulf CoastNetherlandsFranceSpainEngland30s
- Q14Which country established colonies in the Hudson River Valley?EnglandSpainFranceThe Netherlands30s
- Q15Which country established colonies in St. Lawrence, Mississippi and Ohio River Valleys?EnglandSpainFranceNetherlands30s