NC Regions
NC Tribes
New World Travel
Attempts to Colonize
Vocabulary
100

This region is furthest to the west and has very cold winters

What is the Mountain region?

100

Because they were located in the Tidewater with lots of Oceans to supply them food.

Why had the Algonquian developed such excellent methods for fishing?    

100

This is trade between the East (Old World) and West (New World) that began following the “discovery” of the Americas.

What is the Columbian Exchange?

100
This was England's first attempt to colonize America.

What is Roanoke?

100

This means native to the area

What is the definition of "indigenous"?

200

This region is the region we live in.

What is the Piedmont region?

200

They lived in Wigwams, which are like modern tents.

Who are the Algonquin?

200

Land and Economic Opportunity!

What was a motivating factor for colonists to move to the "New World"?

200

These were the 3 main reasons colonists died in Jamestown during the first 2-3 years of its establishment.

What are disease, starvation, and brackish water?

200

This is a characteristic of a region that is naturally occuring.

What is a physical characteristic?

300

This region is next to the Atlantic Ocean.

What is the Tidewater?

300

They both wore deerskin because of the colder weather.

What did the Cherokee and Catawba dress in?

300

This was a motivating factor for colonists to move to the "New World" that we call "God".

What is "Spread Christianity"?

300

It was a failure because the colonists disappeared.

What is the colony at Roanoke?

300

The definition of "undeterred".

What is not discouraged?

400

This region is swampy and prone to flooding.

What is the Tidewater region?

400

They were the strongest tribe because they gathered hemp.

Who were the Tuscarora?

400

This country explored and conquered the most land in the Americas.

What is Spain?

400

This was the first successful English colony in America.

What is Jamestown?

400

The definition of "succumbed".

What is gave in to or were overcome by?

500

This region is flat, with sandy soil that is the state's best farmland

What is the Coastal Plains?

500

They believed in a Great Spirit above lesser spirits.

How was the Tuscarora religious belief system similar to their Algonquin neighbors?

500

They believed that Native Americans were not using the land efficiently, so it was available for them to take.

Why did Europeans believe they had the right to claim land in America?

500

This is the country that established the first permanently settled city in what is present day America.

What is Spain?

500

This is a place that is controlled by a distant, more powerful country.

What is a colony?

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