Life in the Colonies: Daily Living & Challenges
Colonists had to work together to survive. This word means a small community or settlement.
This type of house made of wooden poles and tree bark was used by many Northeastern tribes.
What is a longhouse?
The Pequot War was fought between English colonists and this Native American tribe
What is the Pequot?
This Italian explorer sailed for Spain in 1492 and is often credited with “discovering” the Americas.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
Colonists traded goods because money was limited. Trading without using money is called ___.
What is bartering?
The Plains tribes depended on this animal for food, clothing, and shelter.
What is buffalo?
The Pequot War took place in the early 1600s. What year did it begin?
What is 1636?
Explorers were searching for this imaginary water route through North America to reach Asia faster.
What is the Northwest Passage?
These English colonists came to North America in 1620 seeking religious freedom.
Who were the pilgrims?
Many tribes grew the “Three Sisters.” Name one of the three crops this name refers to.
What is corn/beans/squash?
One main cause of the Pequot War was disagreements about this important resource that the colonists wanted more control over.
What is land?
This explorer sailed along the St. Lawrence River and claimed parts of Canada for France.
Who is Jacques Cartier?
A deadly winter almost wiped out the settlers in this first successful English colony in North America.
This powerful group of tribes in the Northeast organized a group to keep peace and make decisions.
What is the Iroquois Confederacy?
This major 1637 attack led to the defeat of the Pequot people and is one of the most remembered events of the war.
What is the Mystic Massacre?
Explorers traveled for “God, Gold, and ___.” Fill in the missing word.
What is Glory?
Colonial children often learned to read using this small wooden paddle with printed letters on it.
What is a hornbook?
American Indians adapted to their environments. Tribes in the Southwest built homes out of this material because trees were scarce.
What is adobe/clay?
After the Pequot War ended, the treaty said that the Pequot could not return to their villages and that this would happen to their tribal name.
What is erased/banned?
This Portuguese explorer was the first to sail around the tip of South America and his crew circumnavigated the globe.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?