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This explorer found the New World while searching for  a sea route to the Indies

Who is Christopher Columbus? 

100

This is the Viking who was the first European to visit America

Who is Leif Ericson?

100

This is the place that the pilgrims settled in the New World. 

What is Plymouth? 

100

This is the story of what has happened in the life of a country or people

What is History?

100

These were the three ships that sailed to America with Columbus 

Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria 

200

This man was the leader of Jamestown

Who is John Smith?

200

This explorer gave America its nickname "New World." 

Who is Amerigo Vespucci?

200

This was the name for the group of English people who came to America for religious freedom. 

What are the Separatists?

200

The nickname for the English sea captains who raided Spanish boats

What is a "sea dog?" 

200

These were the king and queen of Spain who paid for Columbus's voyages 

Who are King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella?

300

This man was the captain of the Plymouth colony

Who is Miles Standish?

300

This French explorer hoped to find a waterway through North America to the Pacific Ocean

Who is Jacques Cartier?

300

This is the name for the group of English people who came to America for adventure

What are the Strangers?

300

This is a tent made by stretching animal skins over poles 

What is a "tepee?"

300

This is the year that Columbus landed in America 

When is 1492?

400

This Native American was the father of Pocahontas

Who is Powatan?

400

The Cherokee Native American who developed the only known Indian alphabet of his time

Who is Sequoya?

400

This is what the people in Europe called the mysterious sea they had never explored

What is the Sea of Darkness?

400

This is a body of land with water on three sides

What is a peninsula?

400

This is the city that Christopher Columbus grew up in

What is Genoa, Italy?

500

This is the English settler in Jamestown who married Pocahontas

Who is John Rolfe?

500

This was the first European to explore the land that is now the United States- He also named Florida

Who is Ponce de Leon? 

500

These were the names of the three small English ships who sailed to Virginia in 1606

What are the Susan Constant, the Godspeed, and the Discovery?

500

These were the fabled cities which Francisco de Cornado searched for but never found

What are the Seven Cities of Cibola 

500

These are the seven continents on the earth.

What are Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, North America, South America, and Antartica? 

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