Columbus
Spain
France
England
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100

In _____ Columbus sailed the ocean blue

1492

100

San Augustine, Flordia was named this because

The settlers found the land on Saint Augustine's Feast Day

100

France mostly landed

In the Northern part of the New World, now known as Canada

100

England hired these people to steal money from Spanish ships

Privateers (aka pirates)

100

Circumnavigate means

to travel around something in a ship

200

The New World is not called Columbia because

Amerigo Vespucci lied and said that he discovered the New World first. The rumor was so wide spread that the New World became known as the "America's" after Vespucci's Christian name

200

Cibola is

the seven cities of gold

200

Samuel de Champlain settled this area for France and named it ______, thus beginning "New France"

Quebec

200

Jamestown was the Virginia colony that

Struggled for three years, but finally survived because they began planting and selling tobacco. This became a great source of money for England.

200

The Norwest passage is

The path to the Orient from the North. Searchers knew they couldn't get to the Indies through South America, so they tried going North instead.

300

Columbus was looking for

A trade route to the Indies

300

The Indians rose up against Spanish rule because

The Spanish explorers were cruel to the native people. They forced labor on them, abused them, and were not kind in spreading the faith. 

This brought many uprisings to the Spanish settlements

300

This religious group was sent by France to covert the native people to Catholicism

The Jesuits

300

England did not explore for a time because

the protestant reformation was going on at the time

300

Father Marquette

Was a Jesuit priest who spread the faith throughout North America (Including WI!) journeying down the Mississippi River

400

Columbus's expedition was a success because

He discovered the New World which began the Age of Exploration

400

This person led the Cibola expidition

Francisco Vasques de Cornonado

400

Jacques Cartier set off on three expeditions and founded _______, and many settlements along ___________ River

Newfoundland

St. Lawrence River

400

Sir Walter Raleigh attempted to found a settlement 

on Roanoke Island, Virginia. 

This is the home of the "lost colony"

400

The threefold purpose of these expeditions was

1) for a trade route for spices to bring wealth to their countries

2) for gold

3) to spread the Catholic faith

500

Columbus's expedition was a failure because

He did not find a route to the Indies and therefore did not establish a trade route for spices

500

Spain found the most success in founding colonies in this part of the New World

In the Southern part, which is now known as Mexico and Peru

500

The war between the Catholics and the _______ kept France from exploring the New World for a while

Huguenots

500

England only had a few settlements succeed in the New World but this led to  

Great interest in exploring the new world, which led to the foundation of the Virginia Trading Company

500

John Rolfe founded this colony

Virginia colony

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