Chapter 2 Quiz

French traders and Huron and Algonquian hunters

-Created a network that made each group dependent on the other.

The Five Nations or Great League of Peace

-Curtailed the mourning wars among Iroquois in upper New York.

What first attracted French interest in North America?

-Fishing in waters near Newfoundland.

How did the Spanish King Phillip II react to explorations by France and England? Group of answer choices

-He established a string of forts.

What influenced European countries other than Portugal and Spain to become active in the New World?

-Hope for wealth, glory, and power.

A major result of the Beaver Wars was that

-Indians were never able to replace population loss resulting from warfare.

The _________ was a business form in England that encouraged the English to invest in founding colonies.

-Joint-stock company.

The huge European demand for beaver pelts

-Led Indians to kill more beaver than could be replaced by natural reproduction.

Why had the Spanish been comparatively lucky in their colonizing mission to the Americas? Group of answer choices

-Mesoamerica's sedentary populations were already familiar with social hierarchies and the paying of tribute.

When Henry Hudson's voyage gave the Dutch a claim to the Hudson River area in 1609, what was he actually seeking? Group of answer choices

-Passage to the Pacific Ocean.

Choose the correct order in which European nations embraced global colonization:

-Portugal-Spain-France-England.

Sir Francis Drake is best known as a

-Privateer who helped defeat the Spanish Armada.

What group dominated the government and economy of the Netherlands after 1648? Group of answer choices

-Prosperous merchants.

In the mercantile system, colonies were useful to European countries because they Group of answer choices

-Provided raw materials and markets for manufactured goods.

Samuel de Champlain

-Retraced Cartier's route up the St. Lawrence River.

England's first activity in the New World was to

-Steal wealth from Spain.

Queen Elizabeth I was

-Unwilling to risk her treasure on North American adventures.

The term "middle ground" refers to

-an area where European and Indian cultures and people coexisted in relative peace.

During 40 years under Dutch control, the most profitable product of the New Netherlands was

Fur.

For the Dutch, toleration, cultural diversity, amicable relations with Indians, and slavery all served what end?

Profiting through trade.