Exploration and Exchange
European Conquest and Colonization
English Colonies Grab Bag
English Colony Groups
Life in the English Colonies
100

What does the compass allow sailors to determine?

Direction (North, South, East, West)

100

Which conquistador led the conquest of the Aztecs?  Double points if you identify what European country he was from.

(Hernan) Cortés; Spain

100
Which cash crop helped make Jamestown, Virginia profitable and then drew more people to Virginia?

Tobacco

100

This colony region had good ports and rich forests... perfect for shipbuilding.

New England

100

Did most English colonists live in the city or country during the Colonial Era?

Country

200

List the OLD WORLD continents and NEW WORLD continents.

OW: Africa, Asia, Europe

NW: North America, South America

200

Which European country attempted the failed colony at Roanoke?

England

200

SURPRISE: Is your textbook a primary or secondary source?

Secondary

200

The House of Burgesses and plantation agriculture characterized this region.

Southern

200

Why did New England Colonies put a greater emphasis on literacy and education?

They wanted children to be able to read the Bible.

300

List something Christopher Columbus did on his first expedition to the New World that showed a lack of respect for the native islanders.

Kidnapping, planning to invade, claiming the island for Spain, etc.

300

Which European country generally had a positive (fur) trading relationship with the local natives?  Most of their settlements were in modern Canada.

France

300
Name a Native American who helped the colonists survive at Plymouth.  Double points if you ALSO name a tribe.

Squanto, Samoset, or Massasoit

[Bonus: Patuxet, Abenaki, or Wampanoag]

300

This colony region started with Pilgrims seeking religious freedom and grew to include fishing, whaling, trade and other sea-based business.

New England

300
Certain Colonists in Virginia had a say in law making by electing their own representatives to what group?

House of Burgesses

400

List at least three categories of "stuff" that moved back and forth between the Old and New World during the Columbian Exchange.

People, animals, plants, disease, technology.

400

Which Spanish monk argued against the way Spain was conquering, colonizing, and enslaving the New World?

(Bartolomé) de las Casas

400

Which English settler befriended Pocahontas, negotiated successfully with Powhatan, and forced the Jamestown settlers to work on planting crops?

John Smith

400

The region was known for growing grain and was populated by people from different parts of Europe (not just England).

The Middle Colonies

400

List the four social classes of people in the English Colonies in order from least wealth and power to most.

Slaves, Lower, Middle, Gentry

500

What does the astrolabe allow sailors to do?  You must be specific.

Determine latitude

500

Which European country established New Amsterdam to participate in the fur trade?  Eventually their colonies were taken by the English and renamed "New York".

The Dutch/The Netherlands

500

TWO JOHNS: Which John established the colony at Roanoke then went home for resupply?  Which John brought tobacco to Virginia and married Pocahontas?

John White; John Rolfe

500

This colony region was the least likely to have schools (public OR private).

Southern

500

What is the name of the economic theory that led to the British passing the Navigation Acts and limiting Colonial trade options?

Mercantilism

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