What river did Marquette and Jolliet reach and explore for France?
the Mississippi River
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Which explorer was the first to lead an expedition that circumnavigated the globe, by sailing through some narrow straits in the southern tip of South America?
Ferdinand Magellan
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Describe who controlled the Spice Trade before and during the Age of European Exploration.
Before: Arab traders and Venetian merchants; during: Portugal, (with Spain's help later), and then the Netherlands
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True or False: Sir Walter Raleigh organized the first English colony in North America, Roanoke.
True! But the colony wasn't successful. In fact, it mysteriously disappeared!
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Who claimed the area near Montreal, Canada for France? (Columbus, Cartier, or Hudson)
Cartier
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True or False: The Encomienda System divided the newly discovered (or soon-to-be-discovered) land in the Western hemisphere between Spain and Portugal.
False: The Treaty of Tordesillas did.
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True or False: Jamestown (Virginia) was the first permanent English settlement in North America.
True!
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Who followed in Bartolomeu Dias's footsteps by sailing around the southern tip of Africa, but went on even further, to explore the eastern coast of Africa?
Vasco da Gama
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Which good from North America got France interested in building colonies?
beaver pelts/fur
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What factors caused the transatlantic slave trade?
Growing sugar in plantations, need for cheap labor
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Who was Bartolome de Las Casas, and what did he do?
He was a Spanish missionary who tried to stop the enslavement of indigenous people in the encomienda system.
