Chapter 1 - The Collision of Cultures

Sugar

Sugar

________ was a labor- intensive crop, and demand for workers increased rapidly.

Eskimos

________ fished and hunted seals traveling by dogsled.

Frances

________ first colony was in Quebec founded in 1608.

Native Americans

________ were portrayed as ‘ exotic savages by Europeans.

sixteenth century

In the ________, the mines in Spanish America yielded more than ten times as much gold and silver as the rest of the worlds mines put together.

White Americans

________ portrayed Africans as uncivilized and primitive to justify their enslavement.

Clovis people

The ________: established one of the first civilizations in the Americas.

Nomads

________ hunted moose and caribou.

Africa

In 1502, European settlers began importing slaves from ________.

England

________ was leery of Spain, the dominant force of America Roanoke.

Europeans

________ introduced important new crops to America (including sugar and bananas), domestic livestock (cattle, pigs, and sheep), and perhaps most importantly the horse.

Meso Americans

________, the people of what is now Mexico in March of Central America.

Catholic Church

________ was an important force for colonization Northern Outposts.

St Augustine

________: a Spanish fort established in 1565.

Siberia

The Clovis were believed to travel from ________ across the Bering land bridge into Alaska and then move southward to warmer regions including New Mexico.

Netherlands

The ________ gained its independence from Spain in the early 17th century.

Commerce

________ and Nationalism gave the first incentive for Europeans to look toward new lands.

Columbus

________ had been celebrated for centuries as the "Admiral of the Ocean Sea.

Prince Henry the Navigator

________ was sent to find a sea route to Asia but instead wanted to explore the western coast of Africa Christopher Columbus.

epidemic of the Bubonic Plague

A(n) ________ killed a third of the European population which debilitated its already limited economy causing Europeans to look for land and people elsewhere.

English settlement

The first ________ was in Jamestown, Virginia in 1607.

English Reformation

The ________ was very different from the Protestant Reformation because it occurred because of a political dispute between the king and the pope than as a result of doctrinal revolts.

residents of Tenochtitlán

The ________ created public buildings, schools, an organized military, a medical system, and a slave workforce The Civilizations of the North.

‘ Clovis people

The ________ established one of the first civilizations in the Americas and they lived about 13, 000 years ago.

sixteenth century

In the ________, the market for slaves grew as a result of the rising demand for sugarcane.

Netherlands

The ________ became one of the leading trading nations in the world The First English Settlements.