History

Foundations of Colonial Ventures

Answer five simple questions about early European colonialism.

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1
Which of these was a major factor enabling Spanish conquest of large American empires like the Aztec and Inca?
Question 1
2
Which European country was the first to establish a lasting sea route to India by sailing around Africa?
Question 2
3
The colony of New Netherland, with its main settlement at New Amsterdam, was later conquered by England and renamed what?
Question 3
4
What was the primary economic activity in the early English colony of Jamestown, founded in 1607?
Question 4
5
Christopher Columbus, sailing for Spain, initially landed in the Americas in 1492 on an island in which present-day island group?
Question 5

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