Multiple Choice
Who set foot on an island in the Americas in 1492?
a. Da Gama
b. Columbus
c. Me
d. Las Casas
b. Columbus
The first person to sail from Europe to India was____.
Vasco de Gama
Tool invented by Arabs for sailors to determine their location
quadrant
The people who taught from the Bible and removed false teachings.
Puritans
Who wrote about the treatment of American Indians?
a. Powhatan
b. Da Gama
c. Dias
d. Las Casas
d. Las Casas
It was declared that Indians were humans with soul by this individual____
pope
A group of traders who travel together to trade and sell their goods.
caravan
What did Columbus persuade his men to do when they became restless?
Persevere through the tough times
Name the man who made the colonists at Jamestown?
a. Bilbo
b. Columbus
c. John Smith
d. John Winthrop
c. John Smith
The English founded the colony______but many of the colonists would not work.
Jamestown
An invention that allowed sailors to know which direction they were sailing.
compass
In what way did English cities motivate people to start colonies?
Religious reasons, lack of land, and resources
Who surveyed the coast of Africa for Portugal?
a. Peter Stuyvesant
b. Dias
c. Las Casas
d. John Winthrop
b. Dias
A Patuxet Indian taught Pilgrims to grow food in the _____ Colony.
Plymouth
Separating Puritans of the 16th and 17th centuries who did not think the Church of England would change; started their own churches according to God's Word
Separatists
What were the three regions of colonies called?
New England, middle, and southern colonies
Who governed New Netherland?
a. Peter Stuyvesant
b. Da Gama
c. John Smith
d. Las Casas
a. Peter Stuyvesant
1st governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, who wanted the community to be a model of Christian love, was____.
John Winthrop
People who agreed to work for a period of time to pay off a debt
Indentured Servant
Who were "the strangers" that established a colony with the Separatists?
They were individuals who were needed to help found a colony. These were people who were not Separatists.