Age of Exploration
What was Christopher Columbus trying to find by sailing west across the Atlantic?
A new trade route to Asia.
Which European people established a settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland?
The Vikings
Which group wanted to bring the Church of England in line with the Bible?
The Puritans
Which colony was established by the English in 1607 and became profitable after its leaders dealt with its problems?
Jamestown
What did some gentlemen at Jamestown refuse to do?
Work
What type of lightweight ship, with triangular sails, did explorers use during the Age of Exploration?
A caravel
Who found Lake Champlain and the St. Lawrence River?
The French
Which group believed the Church of England would not change and wanted to start their own churches?
Separatists
Which colony was formed by wealthy Puritan men who joined the colonists in North America?
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Why did John Smith tell the Jamestown colonists, "If you don't work, you don't eat"?
Many colonists were refusing to work, causing crops not to be planted. Everyone needed to do his or her share of the work.
Name one reason Europeans began exploring the world.
Possible answers include:
Which country established the permanent colony of Jamestown?
England
What was the correct path the Separatists followed as they sought religious freedom?
England → Netherlands → Plymouth Colony
Which colony had only about half of its people survive the first winter?
Plymouth
What three problems did Jamestown experience?
Quarreling leadership, sickness from bad water, and disease
What three tools did inventors develop that helped explorers navigate?
The astrolabe, compass, and quadrant
Which country established the colony of New Netherland?
The Dutch
Why were the Pilgrims thankful after settling at Plymouth?
They were thankful for a place where they could live and worship according to the Bible.
Which Patuxet man taught the Pilgrims how to grow food in the New World?
Tisquantum
Which Spanish priest tried to improve the way Native peoples in the New World were treated?
Bartolomé de Las Casas
Which European country found a water route from Europe to India by sailing around the southern tip of Africa?
Portugal
What happened to the English colony at Roanoke?
The colony mysteriously disappeared. Possible explanations include joining the Croatoan people, being killed, starvation, disease, or a hurricane.
John Winthrop told the Puritans that their community should be what?
A model of Christian love.
What did Peter Stuyvesant want New Netherland to become?
A place where everyone shared the same religious beliefs.
What long-lasting effect resulted from the Jamestown colonists' decision to enslave Africans?
Generations of Africans were wrongfully enslaved for hundreds of years.