Vocabulary
The act of traveling to find new lands, resources, or knowledge.
exploration
The region known for fishing, shipbuilding, and trade.
What are the New England Colonies?
According to the assessment, these explorers were the first Europeans to arrive in what is now the United States
The Spanish
This colony was NOT one of the original 13 Colonies: Georgia, Florida, New York, or Pennsylvania.
Florida
People who experienced this could be mistreated because of their beliefs or characteristics.
What is persecution?
When people from one country take control over another region.
colonization
The region that included New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware.
What are the Middle Colonies?
This European nation had a major influence on the Middle Colonies, including New York.
What is the Netherlands, or the Dutch?
This colony was founded by Roger Williams, who believed in religious freedom.
Rhode Island
Explain one difference between the New England and Southern Colonies in both geography and economy.
Sample: New England had a rocky climate and supported fishing, shipbuilding, and trade. The Southern Colonies had conditions suited to farming and cash crops
A place where people live and work as a community.
settlement
The region known for plantations and cash-crop farming.
What are the Southern Colonies?
What were three reasons that Europeans created new colonies in America?
god, glory, gold
This colony was founded by James Oglethorpe as a place for debtors to start anew.
What is Georgia?
What planet is known as the Red Planet?
Mars
An agricultural crop grown to sell for a profit.
cash crop
This was the main economic activity in the Southern Colonies.
What is agriculture and farming?
Name one way European colonization affected Indigenous tribes living in the 13 Colonies.
Answers may include loss of land, displacement, conflict, or changes to traditional ways of life.
These people came to America seeking religious freedom.
Who were the Pilgrims?
Who is the all time leading scorer in the NBA?
Lebron James
The pursuit of financial profit or advantage.
What is economic gain?
Name two colonies that belonged to the New England region.
Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, or New Hampshire; any two.
How many players are on a baseball team?
9
The Pilgrims came to America mainly to seek this.
What is religious freedom?
What show is set in Hawkins Indiana?
Stranger Things