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Vocabulary
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100

The Nina, Pinata and the Santa Maria

What are the 3 ships sailed by Columbus

100

1942

Columbus discovered the West Indies

100

Cost Great Britain revenue

 What is smuggling

100

People who moved from place to place

What is a nomad?

100

Homes made of sundried mud bricks

What is adobe

200

First European to see the Pacific Ocean

Who is Balboa?

200

1620

Pilgrims land in Plymouth Rock

200

Period of very cold temperatures

What is the Ice Age?

200

Way of life

What is culture

200

Spanish explorers

What are conquistadors?

300

Searched for the Fountain of Youth

Who is Juan Ponce de Leon

300

1620

Mayflower set sail

300

Settlement that disappeared

What is Roanoke Island

300

Society ruled by religious leaders

What is theocracy

300

Religious communities

What are missions

400

Helped the Virginia colonists

Who is Pocahontas?

400

1765

What is the Stamp Act

400

Happened in Boston in 1773

What is the Boston Tea Party

400

Period of artistic creativity

What is Renaissance?

400

Large estate

What is a plantation

500

Native Americans that assisted the colonists

Who is Squanto and Samoset

500

1770

What is the Boston Massacre

500

Law lowering taxes on molasses imported by colonists

What was the Sugar Act

500

Fast sailing ship

What is a caravel?

500

Farming just enough to meet the needs of the family

What is subsistence farming

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