Geography
The meaning of 'geo.'
What is Earth?
American Indians lived in America (before, after) the European Explorers came to America?
What is before?
Explorers came to America from this continent.
What is Europe?
This settlement was named after the king.
What is Jamestown?
A large farm on which crops are grown by free workers or slaves.
What is a plantation?
These are the 4 cardinal directions.
What is North, South, East, and West?
Something from nature that is useful to people, such as soil, water, and minerals.
What is a natural resource?
Name 1 reason explorers came to America.
What is
Gold (wealth or land),
Glory (fountain of youth or power in their country)
God (spread religious beliefs)?
The Pilgrims settled here for religious freedom.
What is Plymouth?
Which of the following was NOT a New England Colony?
A. Massachusetts
B. Virginia
C. Rhode Island
D. New Hampshire
B. Virginia
Lines that circle Earth from east to west
What are Lines of Longitude?
The American Indians used natural resources to make items they needed. Which of the following did they NOT make?
A. Rope
B. Paper
C. Shield
D. Pottery
B. Paper
Name 3 navigation tools the explorers used on their ships to help find their way across the ocean.
Map
Compass
Stars
Astrolabe
'The Lost Colony'
What is Roanoke?
Name a job you could have worked in the Middle Colonies, New York or Pennsylvania?
What is
farmer - lumberman - miner - trader/merchant - sailor
Physical feature on Earth's surface such as mountains, plain, valley, and peninsula.
What are landforms?
Which one is NOT a home the American Indians lived in?
A. Tepee
B. Abode pueblo
C. Ice Houses
D. Wigwam
C. Ice Houses
A crop that is grown in large quantities for sale.
What is a cash crop?
The ship that brought the pilgrims to America.
What is the Mayflower?
This country owned the 13 colonies.
What is Great Britain?
A sphere shaped representation of Earth.
What is a globe?
A very valuable animal whose skin was used to make tepees, warm blankets, and even shields.
What is a buffalo?
Name 1 European Explorer.
Who is Christopher Columbus
John Cabot - Juan Ponce de Leon
Jacques Cartier - Henry Hudson
The European settlers brought this with them, and it killed off many many American Indians.
What is diseases?
In most colonies you could only vote if you owned this.
What is land or property?