Vocabulary
Directions/Geography
Native Americans
Early European Settlers
13 Original Colonies
100
A king or queen
Monarch
100
How many continents and oceans are there?
7 continents 4 oceans
100
Which group of Indians build large apartment houses and irrigation canals to farm?
The Pueblo
100
1. How many Africans were brought to America as slaves?
10 Million
100
What was the name of the first permanent English settlement in North America?
Jamestown
200
What was the step in the slave trade called where slaves were shipped to America?
The Middle Passage
200
What do we call an instrument that shows directions?
compass
200
Which Native Americans build a great civilization in Mexico?
The Aztec
200
What was an indentured servant?
A person who agreed to work a set number of years for a person who would pay their fare for a trip to the English colonies.
200
What was a colony that was owned by a person or small group of people called?
Proprietary Colony
300
One of the explorers who came from Spain to America
conquistador
300
What tells what the symbols mean on a map?
map key
300
Which Indians build an empire in South America
The Inca
300
What did the Catholic Church do to help African slaves/
They allowed them to get married and stay together after the children were born.
300
1. Which group started the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
The Puritans
400
A place ruled by another country
colony
400
What is the word that means to sail around the world?
Circumnavigating
400
What did 5 Iroquois nations form?
A confederation
400
Name 3 of the Spanish conquistadors who conquered land in North and South America.
Hernan Cortes Fracisco Pizarro Francisco De Coronado
400
Name 3 reasons why 1619 was an important year in Jamestown:
1. Women came to the colony 2. Africans and Indentured Servants came to the colony 3. The House of Burgess was established
500
An object such as a tool or jewelry made by a person who lived long ago.
artifact
500
What are the cardinal directions? What are the intermediate directions?
Cardinal: North, South, East, West Intermediate: NE, NW, SE, SW
500
Which Indians built beautiful cities, invented the calendar and developed a system of writing?
The Maya
500
Name 3 reasons Europeans wanted to start exploring new ways to get to Asia.
1. Technology improved ocean travel 2. People wanted to learn ab out new ideas 3. England, Spain, France and Portugal wanted power
500
Name 4 reasons why English settlers came to America?
1. Religious Freedom 2. To find wealth 3. To own Land 4. To get away from the wars in Europe
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