Explorers
Geography
Early Settlements
English Colonies
Grab Bag
100

The number one motive of Spanish Conquistadors.

What is wealth.

100

The name given to the study of climate, landforms, bodies of water and natural resources of a specific place.

What is geography

100

The first permanent English settlement in North America.

What is Jamestown.

100

Religious separatists settled in this colony.

What is Massachusetts Bay Colony.

100

During this phase of the slave trade, enslaved Africans were transported across the Atlantic Ocean.

What is the Middle Passage.

200

Explorer who founded the cities of Montreal and Quebec.

Who was Jacques Cartier.

200

Line on a globe separating the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

What is the equator.

200

This kept Capt. John White from resupplying Roanoke settlement.

What is the Spanish Armada. 

200

Founded for religious freedom for Quakers.

What is Pennsylvania.

200

The first European explorer to claim land in the Americas.

Who is Columbus.

300

This nation claimed land along the Hudson River Valley.

Who was Holland.

300

The large river that divides the United States into Eastern and Western regions.

What is the Mississippi River.

300

Provided the first successful leadership to Jamestown.

Who was Capt. John Smith.

300

Georgia was founded for two reasons, one was to help debtors avoid prison. What is the other reason?

What is keeping the Spanish from settling north of Florida.

300

The two technological tools that helped early explorers navigate.

What are the compass and astrolabe.

400

He wanted to set up a trading empire along the Mississippi River.

Robert de La Salle.

400

Northern most ocean.

What is the Arctic Ocean.

400

Helped struggling settlers in Plymouth survive their first year.

Who was Squanto.

400

The climate of the Southern Colonies is best suited for this occupation.

What is a planter (plantation owner).

400

The two ways enslaved Africans were sold in the Americas.

What is a scramble and auction.

500

The number one impact of European exploration.

What is land claims by European nations.

500

Lines running east and west on a globe.

What are parallels of latitude.

500

This saved settlers in Jamestown when gold wasn't found.

What is tobacco.

500

The only common requirement for voting in all 13 colonies.

What is being a male property owner.

500

Nearly all African slaves in the English colonies where put to work in this colonial region.

What is the Southern Colonies.

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