Exploration & Discovery
Which Italian explorer gave the New World its name?
Amerigo Vespucci
What was the name of the first successful settlement in the New World?
Jamestown
Who founded Rhode Island in 1636?
Roger Williams
The idea that American Indians crossed the Bering Strait into the New World from Asia is considered a fact or a theory?
Theory
What was the name of the written plan created for governing the Plymouth Colony?
The Mayflower Compact
Which Viking explorer reached the New World around the year 1000
Leif Erikson
What was the first permanent European settlement in the United States?
St. Augustine
Which group founded Maryland in 1636?
Lords Baltimore ( George Calvert)
American Indian groups had which 2 similar traits?
Laws and Religion
What group of People wanted change for the Church of England, and which ones wanted to completely separate from the Church of England?
a. Puritans
b. Separatists
Puritans wanted change, Separatists wanted to separate
Christopher Columbus Sailed for the King and Queen of which country?
Spain
This Settlement became the capital of New Mexico and was founded in 1609
Santa Fe
Who founded Connecticut in 1636?
Thomas Hooker
American Indians had which 2 different traits?
Homes and food sources
Which people were brought into America as part of the Columbian Exchange?
Africans Slaves
Columbus believed the earth was small or bigger than its actual size?
Smaller
Sir Walter Raleigh unsuccessfully founded with colony?
Roanoke
A colony established by one individual or family is what type of colony:
a. Proprietary
b. Corporate
c. Royal
Proprietary
What was the name of the famous "sea dog" who fought against Spain and defeated the Spanish Armanda?
Sir Francis Drake
What valuable resource traveled from the Americas to Europe during the Columbians Exchange?
Gold
Who do explorers say really discovered the New world?
We don't know for sure because different groups arrived at different times
Who founded Georgia in 1732?
James Oglethorpe
A colony controlled directly by the king through his minsters or council was what kind of colony?
a. Proprietary
b. Corporate
c. Royal
Royal
Spain discovered what 2 wealthy empires that led other European countries to explore the New World?
Aztecs & Incas
What was brought from Europe to the Americas and caused serious illness among the indigenous people?
Diseases