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Colonization

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  • What's one question you have about colonization or indigenous people?
    answers will vary
  • What were 3 of the motivations of English settlers in America?
    wealth, religious freedom, land ownership, trade routes
  • What is a colony?
    A group of people who leave their native country to form a settlement in a new country.
  • What was the main cause of death of the indigenous people of North America?
    disease
  • Name 2 countries who had colonies in the Americas.
    Spain, France, Portugal, England, Russia, Netherlands
  • What were 2 challenges the colonists faced?
    distance from home land, dangerous and unknown land, conflict with indigenous people
  • How did colonization of North America affect the indigenous groups?
    death, loss of land, disrupted their traditions
  • What does indigenous mean?
    native, local, original or first
  • Who are the indigenous people of North America?
    Native Americans
  • The United States, Norway and Brazil all started out as colonies, true or false?
    True