Explorers
Who was the explorer for whom North and South America were named for?
Amerigo Vespucci
What is the written record of what man has done with the time God has given him?
History
What is known as the Lost Colony?
Roanoke
How many original colonies were there?
13
Who conquered Mexico for Spain?
Hernando Cortes
What is a group of people ruled by their own native country who settle in another land?
a colony
What was the first colony to offer complete religious freedom?
Rhode Island
Nearly all the people that came to the New World were seeking ______________.
freedom
In what year did Christopher Columbus discover the New World?
1492
What are large farms in the South that grew tobacco, cotton, and other crops?
Plantations
New Netherland was once a Dutch colony. It is now called _________________.
New York
What was the first permanent settlement in America?
Jamestown
Who was the first European to land in the western Hemisphere? (He was a viking.)
Leif Ericson
What is the imaginary line that runs east to west that splits the world into the northern and southern hemispheres?
the equator
Fishing was a major industry in the colony of _____________?
Massachusetts
Harvard College was originally started to train who?
ministers
Who claimed the eastern coast of North America for England?
John Cabot
What is the imaginary line that runs north to south that splits the world into the eastern and western hemispheres?
Prime Meridian
What was the name for a group of representatives in the Virginia colony?
House of Burgesses
Traveling preachers went from place to place, which often resulted in spiritual revival. These preachers were also called what?
circuit riders