Vocabulary
A system of money?
What is currency
Henry Hudson mistook what river for the Northwest passage?
what is the Hudson river
Christopher Columbus sailed to the Americas in what year?
What is 1492
Which European country was the first to send explorers to the Americas?
Who is Spain
Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?
Who is Spongebob SquarePants
A reduction of quantity?
What is depletion
Ponce De Leon was searching for what mythical place before he was fatally wounded?
what is the fountain of youth
In 1718 CE, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville founded the settlement of ___________ in what is now Louisiana.
What is New Orleans
In which present-day location was the first permanent European settlement in North America?
What is Florida
How old is Coach Sibley?
What is 26
A system of trade for goods and services that uses money rather than barter?
What is a monetary economy
Juan de Onate was searching for the “City of Gold, “ also known as?
What is Cibola
In 1664 CE, the English took over New Amsterdam and renamed it ________________?
what is New York
What industry was developed by the French as a result of Jacques Cartier’s claims around the Gulf of St. Lawrence?
What is the fur trade
Who was the first President of the United States?
Who is George Washington
A chain of islands?
What is an archipelago
Which Italian explorer was sent by the French to find the Northwest Passage?
Who is Giovanni Verrazano
In 1565 CE, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés established a Spanish base called ______________ in what is now Florida.
what is St. Augustine
Which country was the biggest threat to Dutch land holdings?
Who are the English
______________ lines measure the distance of a place north or south of the equator.
What is Latitude
Relying chiefly on agriculture and farming?
What is an agrarian
Which European explorer mapped the Gulf Coast region for the first time?
Who is Alonso Álvarez de Pineda
In 1608 CE, Samuel de Champlain founded the city of ______________ (in present-day Canada).
What is Quebec
The Swedish claimed land along the __________ river when they settled in North America?
What is Delaware
What teacher does Coach Sibley share a birthday with?
Who is Mrs. Lee?