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Lesson Review
Use with Pages 444–449.
Lesson 3: European Colonization
Directions: Identify the European country associated with each of the following
events. For Portugal write P in the blank, for Spain write S, for England write E,
and for France write F. You may use your textbook.
1. a colony was formed in the region where Aztecs had been defeated
2. thirteen colonies had been established in North America by 1732
3. began exploring Africa in the early 1400s to spread Christianity
4. encomienda system of forced labor was established by government
5. colonization caught the interest of merchants and other people who sought wealth and
religious and political freedom
6. clashes over land rights with Native Americans and British resulted in war in North
America
7. first colony was settled by citizens who did not own land in home country
8. convicts were sent to settle New South Wales, Australia
9. landed in South America as early as 1500
10. control of Canada was lost after defeat by Great Britain
11. Mexico, Central America, part of South America, islands in the Caribbean, and the
southwestern United States were controlled by 1550
12. Canada was claimed after explorations by Jacques Cartier
13. first colony was founded at Quebec
14. Brazil was first colony
15. first successful North American colony, Jamestown, was established
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16. set up sugar cane plantations and forced Native Americans to work in Brazil
Notes for Home: Your child learned about early colonization by the Portuguese, Spanish, English, and
French.
Home Activity: With your child, discuss how Europeans changed the ways of life of the native peoples in
the lands they conquered and settled.
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