Exploration
What is a person who travels to discover or learn about new places called?
Explorer
What was the name of the exchange of plants, animals, people, and diseases between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres?
The Columbian Exchange
Roanoke Island was located off the coast of what present-day state?
North Carolina
What company helped establish Jamestown?
The Virginia Company.
What did the Pilgrims believe was wrong with the Church of England?
They believed it was too corrupt
What European country sponsored Columbus's first voyage to the Americas?
Spain
What was one major negative effect of European contact on Native Americans?
Europeans brought diseases that Native Americans had little or no immunity to.
In what year did the second group of Roanoke colonists arrive?
1587
In what year was Jamestown established?
1607
What did the Pilgrims want to do that was different from the Puritans?
The Pilgrims wanted to separate completely from the Church of England.
What were the three ships Columbus used on his first voyage?
The Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria
Name one crop Europeans brought to the Americas
Wheat, barley, rice, or cotton.
What did the Roanoke colonists depend on Native Americans for because they had limited farming and fishing skills?
Food through trade
Who was an important leader who helped organize Jamestown?
John Smith
What agreement did the Pilgrims create to establish a plan for governing their colony?
The Mayflower Compact
What part of the world did Columbus believe he had reached when he arrived in the Americas?
Asia
Name one crop or food that was brought from the Americas to other parts of the world.
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Why did trade between the Roanoke colonists and Native Americans become difficult?
Conflict between the settlers and Native Americans made trade very difficult.
What crop became an extremely important cash crop in Virginia?
What did the colonists agree to do under the Mayflower Compact?
Work together, create laws for the good of the colony, and follow the group's laws and decisions
Why did Columbus want to find a westward route to Asia?
To find a more direct route to Asia and avoid expensive trade routes.
Why did the Eastern and Western Hemispheres have different plants and animals before the Columbian Exchange?
They had been separated by oceans for a long time, so their plants and animals developed separately.
Who was the governor of the second Roanoke colony, and why did he leave the colony?
John White; he returned to England to get supplies
What was created in Virginia in 1619 and became an important example of representative government?
The House of Burgesses
Under the New England Way, who held authority in the community and could punish people who disagreed with church teachings
The congregation