Journey From Asia
Christopher Columbus
Pilgrims
Colonies
100
Time when earth was very cold and covered with ice.
What is the Ice Age?
100
Country that sent Christopher Columbus to America.
What is Spain?
100
The first settlement
What is Jamestown?
100
Colonies that had good harbors, lots of forests, rocky soil and a short growing season
What is the New England colonies
200
People who moved from place to place
What are nomads?
200
The purpose that Christopher Columbus was searching for a Asia.
What is a new trade route?
200
Freedom to practice religion freely
Why did Pilgrims come to America?
200
Extra crops planted and sold
What is a cash crop?
300
A movement of a large number of people into a new homeland
What is migration?
300
Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria
What was the name of the three ships Christopher Columbus sailed?
300
Disease and starvation
How did many Pilgrims die the first winter?
300
Ship building, lumber, grain mills, and fishing
How did New England colonies make money?
400
In search of food as large animals disappeared.
Why did the first people come to America?
400
The island Christopher Columbus really discovered instead of the West Indies.
What is the Bahamas?
400
Pilgrims signed this agreement to obey the laws before they got off the ship.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
400
Used slaves to work plantations
What are the Southern colonies?
500
Piece of land that prehistoric people use to migrate from Asia.
What is the Bering land bridge?
500
The author of a book that Christopher Columbus got his ideas from before setting sail on his expedition.
Who is Marco Polo?
500
Country where the Pilgrims migrated from
What is England?
500
The theory that the 13 original colonies was to provide Great Britian with raw materials and markets.
What is the theory of mercantilism?
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