Chapter 1 Quiz Flashcards
Scientists believe the first human beings to inhabit North and South America were?
Migrants from Asia who crossed the Bering Straight into Alaska
When did human activity begin in North America?
40,000 years ago
Most Native Societies were?
Mor heavily concentrated in South America than in North America
Generally, the later years of the Renaissance were marked with religious conflict. Ottoman Turks practiced __?__, Spaniards under Isabella and Ferdinand Practiced __?__, and dissenters of England and Holland practiced __?__.
Islam, Catholicism, Protestantism
Natives introduced Europeans to __?__, and Europeans introduced Natives to __?__
Syphilis, Horses
The Treaty of Tordesillas was?
An order by the Pope establishing Spanish and Portuguese land claims in the New World
What was the primary motive of the conquistadors?
Increasing Spanish wealth trough gold and silver mining
Which European power dominated discovery and exploration of America in the 1500s?
Spanish
What was the first english ATTEMT at a settlement in North America?
Roanoke Island in 1587
__?__ is considered the “father of New France.” He founded __?__.
Champlain; Quebec
What was the turning point that propelled English settlements in the New World?
England’s defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1858
What describes the early years of Jamestown?
Famine, disease
What best describes the religious motives of the Pilgrims, also known as the separatists?
Settlers should completely break away from the Church of England and start a new religion.
In regard to European relations with Native Americans, what is true of the French?
The French established a friendly trading relationship with natives
