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Euro. Colonization
Green 7 Review for test on European Colonization
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Crusades | series of wars fought between Christians and Muslims for control of the Holy Land. Caused Europeans to travel off of their land and experience new foods, clothing, etc. |
| Renaissance | Rebirth of learning, Europeans desire to find out what is out there beyond the borders of their manors |
| Three Goals of the Spanish Conquistadors | God, Gold and Glory |
| Francisco Pizarro | Conquered the Incas |
| Hernando Cortes | Conquered the Aztecs |
| Moctezuma | Aztec Emperor |
| Conquistadors | Spanish Conquerers |
| missionaries | people who attempt to convert people to their religion |
| Two Viceroyalties of Spain | New Spain and Peru |
| Bartolome de Las Casas | fought for the fair treatment of Native Americans in the New World |
| Samuel de Champlain | founder of the first French colony in the New World |
| Coureurs de bois | "runners of the woods"-French colonists who lived and worked in the woods |
| What Native American group were the French friendly with? | Algonquins |
| Peter Stuyvesant | leader of the colony of New Amsterdam-put in charge because of his strict rule |
| Peter Minuit | bought the island of Manhattan from Native Americans for a cheap price |
| What European country originally controlled New York? | Netherlands |
| What was the biggest way the French made money in New France? | fur trapping and trading |
| push factor | reasons people leave their home land |
| pull factor | things that are attractive about a place that make people want to settle there |
| Examples of Push Factors | famine, religious persecution, war, unemployment, primogeniture, overpopulation, disease |
| Examples of Pull Factors | jobs, religious freedom, plenty of land, the lure of gold |
| This country had the strongest navy until 1588 | Spain |
| the waterway through or around North America that European explorers were unable to find because it did not exist | Northwest Passage |
| Roanoke | failed English colony off the coast of North Carolina, mystery surrounds what happened to the colonists |
| Jamestown | the first permanent English colony in North America |
| John Smith | helped Jamestown by establishing harsh rules like "if you don't work, you don't eat" |
| John Rolfe | introduced tobacco to Jamestown. Helped to make the colony profitable |
| Problems at Jamestown | diseases, lack of food, everyone searched for gold instead of growing crops, bad drinking water, fighting with Native Americans, disorganized government |
| Mayflower Compact | agreement made on the Mayflower-settlers agreed to work together to make the colony a success |
| House of Burgesses | first representative government in the English colonies |
| joint stock company | companies backed by investors-share the profits and the risks |
| indentured servant | a person who agrees to work in exchange for passage to the new world |
| Who was the first person to sail completely around the world? | Ferdinand Magellan |
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