Problem Solving Assessments for Chapter 3:
European Exploration and Colonization

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Ch. 3 Questions     Ch. 3 Answers

Your Name:

1. Describe how Spain tried to gain wealth by looking for a new trade route to Asia:
   




2. Describe how Spain tried to gain wealth in the 1500s from its exploration of Central and South America:
   




3. Describe the people's rights problems of the Native Americans during the 1500s:
   




4. Describe how England's government hoped to gain wealth from North America by establishing colonies:
   




5. Use the four factors of group success to explain why the Jamestown colony survived:
   




6. Describe the three effects of people moving to the English colonies:
   




7. Vocabulary. Type the vocabulary word or words for each lettered definition:

   a. being hurt, punished, or not given equal rights because of one's beliefs:

   b. a written document that lists a set of rules that a group had to obey:

   c. the way traders go to reach a market:

   d. a person who borrowed money from someone and paid back the debt by working for that person:

   e. people or countries who compete against each other:
   

   f. means "conquerors" in Spanish:

   g. a place that is settled by a group of people and governed by the country from which the people came:

   h. crops or animals raised in order to be sold:

   i. to set up a business or company to make a profit:

   
   

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