Indigenous societies and European colonization

What were the \"three G\'s\" of European exploration?

Answer: Gold, glory, and God

Elaborate on European reasoning for colonization.

Answer: Technological improvements through contact and trade with Indigenous peoples of the Americas, wealth, power, and spreading Christianity

What was the major food source of the Indigenous peoples of what is now the southwest United States and Mexico?

Answer: Corn, also referred to as maïze

What were the primary methods used by the Indigenous peoples of what is now the northwest United States obtain food?

Answer: Hunting, fishing, and foraging

What were the primary methods used by the Indigenous peoples of what are now the great plains/grain basin regions United States obtain food?

Answer: Hunting, due to a lack of other natural resources

What were the primary methods used by the Indigenous peoples of what is now the northeast United States obtain food?

Answer: Agriculture and hunting

Describe the Columbian Exchange.

Answer: The exchange of goods, ideas, people, and diseases between Europe, Africa, and the Americas

Describe the impact of the Columbian exchange on Europe.

Answer: Europe saw an increase in the quantity and variety of foods available (namely corn and potatoes) and transitioned from feudalist to capitalist economic systems.

Describe the impact of the Columbian exchange on the Indigenous peoples of the Americas.

Answer: European diseases devastated a vast majority of the Indigenous population, and European animals and technology changed their approaches to hunting and warfare.

Describe the impact of the Columbian exchange on Africa.

Answer: There was a massive increase in the kidnapping of African people by Europeans, who would force them into slavery.