Question

What was the initial reason for Columbus’s journey to the New World?(1 point)
Responses

to seek religious freedom as a result of the split of the Protestant Reformation
to seek religious freedom as a result of the split of the Protestant Reformation

to build a colony in North America to take advantage of fur trading
to build a colony in North America to take advantage of fur trading

to establish a slave trade route from the Americas to Africa to Europe
to establish a slave trade route from the Americas to Africa to Europe

to find a sea route to Asia that would give Spain direct access to valuable products of Asia

Answer 1

For their part, Native Americans introduced Europeans, Africans, and Asian to new foods, customs, and ideas. After 1492, elements of Native American ways of life gradually spread around the world. Sadly, disease also spread from the Americas to Europe and other parts of the world. Native Americans introduced Europeans to valuable food crops such as corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, beans, tomatoes, manioc, squash, peanuts, pineapples, and blueberries. Today, almost half the world’s food crops come from plants that were first grown in the Americas. Europeans carried the new foods with them as they sailed around the world. Everywhere, people’s diets changed and populations increased. In South Asia, people used American hot peppers and chilis to spice stews. Chinese peasants began growing corn and sweet potatoes. Italians made sauces from tomatoes. People in West Africa grew manioc and corn.

Use the excerpt to answer the question Based on this excerpt from the text, what impact did the Native Americans ultimately have on the rest of the world?

(1 point)
Responses

Their crops allowed Europeans to take longer voyages in order to explore more distant lands
Their crops allowed Europeans to take longer voyages in order to explore more distant lands

Their food was in high demand and brought great wealth to the Americas
Their food was in high demand and brought great wealth to the Americas

Their crops influenced people's diets in many different regions around the world
Their crops influenced people's diets in many different regions around the world

Their exposure to European disease eventually caused a serious decline in the global population

Answer 2

What was a primary challenge faced by the Jamestown colonists during the first few years?(1 point)
Responses

All of the crops they grew had to be shipped back to King James in England
All of the crops they grew had to be shipped back to King James in England

They faced fierce trading competition from the French and Dutch
They faced fierce trading competition from the French and Dutch

They lacked knowledge about the land and how to use their environment to survive
They lacked knowledge about the land and how to use their environment to survive

They chose an unsecure location, making it easy for the Spanish to find them.

Answer 3

France took the lead in colonizing the Upper Midwest region. From the early sixteenth century on, French soldiers, missionaries and fur traders left their slight mark upon the St. Lawrence valley, the upper Great Lakes and points west. For the early French explorers, the more continent they discovered the more their hopes were frustrated. They had hoped that the vast St. Lawrence-Great Lakes waterway was part of a Northwest Passage to the wealth of the Orient. The French presence was asserted by a network of forts, trading posts and missions dotting the lake and river routes traversing the continental interior. —Library of Congress

Use the passage to answer the question.

Based on your text and this reading, why was land near water so important for French settlers?

(1 point)
Responses

Settlers used water routes to hunt for food
Settlers used water routes to hunt for food

Settlers continued to look for a Northwest Passage Across the continent.
Settlers continued to look for a Northwest Passage Across the continent.

Settlers depended on water from the rivers and lakes for their crops
Settlers depended on water from the rivers and lakes for their crops

Settlers relied on water routes for transportation

Answer 4

What was one major similarity that Spanish, Dutch, French, and English settlements had in common relative to the relations with Native Americans?(1 point)
Responses

All relied on Native Americans for fur trading.
All relied on Native Americans for fur trading.

All established missions where Native Americans could live and work
All established missions where Native Americans could live and work

All respected their way of life and religious beliefs.
All respected their way of life and religious beliefs.

All believed they were superior to Native Americans.
All believed they were superior to Native Americans.

Answer 5

The initial reason for Columbus’s journey to the New World was **to find a sea route to Asia that would give Spain direct access to valuable products of Asia**.

Answer 6

Based on the excerpt, the impact that Native Americans ultimately had on the rest of the world is that **their crops influenced people's diets in many different regions around the world**.

Answer 7

A primary challenge faced by the Jamestown colonists during the first few years was that **they lacked knowledge about the land and how to use their environment to survive**.

Answer 8

Based on the passage, land near water was important for French settlers because **settlers relied on water routes for transportation**.

Answer 9

One major similarity that Spanish, Dutch, French, and English settlements had in common relative to their relations with Native Americans is that **all believed they were superior to Native Americans**.