The sacred book of Christians
Bible
Places rueld by another country, not by thier own people.
Colonies
An agreement.
Compact
archeologists
People who settle in colonies.
Colonist
Symbols of power of countries and rulers. These often honored the kngs and queens who permitted/paid for exploring.
Flags
Another word for conqueror.
Conquistador
The 1500's when the Europeans were exploring for new trade routes and lands unknown to them.
Show shapes of bodies of land and water, locations of physical features, where winds blew, and sea monsters.
Maps
Sailed small ships across large oceans that few had crossed before.
Explorers
People who go on religious journeys
Pilgrim
The first successful Englishment settlement in the Americas.
Jamestown
Then name given by Europeans to the Americas, which were unknown to most Europeans before the voyages of Christopher Columbus.
New World
The ship in which the Pilgrims sailed from England to the Americas.
The Mayflower
The regions of the world that were known to Euorpeans before the discovery of the Americas.
Old World
An agreement most of the Pilgrims signed, agreeing to live together peacefully.
The Mayflower Compact
The place the Pilgrims settled.
Plymouth
Who sponsored Christopher Columbus' voyage?
Queen Isabella and King Ferndinand of Spain
The letters carved on the gatepost of a ruined fort in Roanoke.
CROATOAN
The lost colony.
Roanoke
Believed to have saved Captain John Smith's life by laying her head on his, during what may have been a Native American ceremony.
Pocahontas
A shortcut from Europe to Asia through North America.
Northwest Passage
The name of the three ships Christopher Columbus took on his first voyage across the Atlantic Ocean.
the Nina
the Pinta
the Santa Maria
The leader who said, firmly, that any man who would not work would not eat. His leadership helped the colony to survive a cold winter because of this rule.
Captain John Smith
The chief of the Wampanoag people. He made an agreement with the Pilgrims that neither would attack each other and would help protect each other against attacks.
Massasoit