COLONIAL LIFE
This holiday was established as a national holiday by Abraham Lincoln.
Answer: What is Thanksgiving?
This explorer is traditionally credited with reaching North America around the year 1000.
Answer: Who is Leif Erikson?
This agreement became a milestone in American history by establishing a form of self-government among the Pilgrims.
Answer: What is the Mayflower Compact?
This colonial region had fertile soil, a warm climate, and a long growing season.
Answer: What are the Southern Colonies?
This early English settlement mysteriously disappeared.
Answer: What is Roanoke?
This explorer discovered Florida, according to the exam's matching section.
Answer: Who is Ponce de León?
This governor signed a long-lasting peace treaty with a Native American leader that endured until 1662.
Answer: Who is Governor Carver?
These colonies were known as the “Bread Colonies” because they produced wheat, corn, barley, and oats.
Answer: What are the Middle Colonies?
These two religious groups were the largest groups of dissenters in England.
Answer: Who are the Puritans and Separatists?
This explorer traveled through the length of Asia and became famous for describing his travels.
Answer: Who is Marco Polo?
This Native American leader signed the peace treaty with Governor Carver.
Answer: Who is Massasoit?
This colonial region had long, cold winters, a short growing season, and rugged, stony ground.
Answer: What is New England?
This book was written by William Bradford and describes the early history of Plymouth Plantation.
Answer: What is History of Plymouth Plantation?
This Spanish conquistador conquered the Aztec Empire.
Answer: Who is Hernando Cortés?
Name the three social classes in the American colonies as presented in your course material.
Answer: The upper class, middle class, and lower class.
What were the two largest groups of English religious dissenters?
Answer: Puritans and Separatists.
These people signed agreements to work for a certain number of years in exchange for transportation, food, clothing, and shelter.
Answer: Who are indentured servants?
This explorer is associated with discovering the Mississippi River, according to the exam's matching section.
Answer: Who is Hernando de Soto?
This representative assembly was established in Jamestown in 1619 and became an important precedent for representative government.
Answer: What is the House of Burgesses?
Name two factors that made New England less suitable for agriculture.
Answer: Long, cold winters and rocky, stony soil. A short growing season is also correct.