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Assignment:
Answer the following questions:
1. By what route and when did the first humans migrate to America?
2. Why was the Treaty of Tordesillas important?
3. European powers explored other continents for various and sometimes different reasons. What motivated Portugal, Spain and France, respectively, to explore other continents?
4. What was the "Columbian exchange?"
5. In their initial trading with Europeans, did the Indians feel they were being taken advantage of? Why/why not? How did this trade affect Indian hunting habits?
6. Why did England lag behind other European powers in the quest for colonies in the New World?
7. What was the main reason the Europeans attempted to "civilize" the Indians?
8. What slowed the French settlement of America?
9. What were the tendencies of various Europeans regarding intermarriage with Indians?