Conquistadors
The 13 Colonies
Pilgrims
Explorers
Miscellaneous
100
A conquistador is spanish for
What is conqueror?
100
The colonies that had thick woods and waters rich with fish and whales were called
What are the New England Colonies?
100
The pilgrims left England on this ship
What is the Mayflower?
100
Columbus called the Native Americans he encountered this
What is Indians?
100
What happened to dissenters of Puritan rules in Massachusetts?
What is they were forced to leave their colony?
200
The conquistador that conquered the Aztec was
Who is Hernando Cortez?
200
The problems many colonists faced at Jamestown were
What are diseased mosquitoes, dirty water, little food, and swampy land
200
The relious group most settlers disagreed with was
What is the Church of England?
200
The exchange of goods and ways of life between the Eastern and Western Hemisphere was called
What is the Columbian Exchange?
200
Why did the pilgrims go ot Plymouth?
What is their ship was blown off-course?
300
Some advantages conquistadors had over Indians were
What is armour, better weapons (guns), immunity to diseases, more people
300
Harsh weather, hunger, and disease plagued this colony
What is Plymouth?
300
The first Thanksgiving was held to celebrate this
What is survival and success in farming?
300
This event angered Spanish explorers
What is the raids of their ships by the English?
300
The Jamestown settlers avoided starvation by
What is farming the land and digging wells for water?
400
The reason Cortez wanted to conquer the Aztec was
What is for their gold and land?
400
The motivation for England to build colonies in North America was because they wanted
What is gold and natural resources?
400
This group helped the pilgrims survive at Plymouth
What is the Wampanoag?
400
The explorer who found South America was
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
400
The government in Jamestown is best described as
What is self-government?
500
Cortez did not have many allies (friends). How did he get more people to fight with him?
What is he recruited nearby tribes that were angry with the Aztec for having to pay high taxes?
500
The first English colony was called
What is Roanoke Island?
500
The reason Puritans sent a small group of colonists ahead of the others was
What is to get a colony started for the others?
500
Explorers desired
What is gold, land, and power?
500
The pilgrims decided to leave their homeland because
What is they faced religious persecution? (They wanted religious freedom)
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