Age of Exploration
What is the Columbian Exchange?
Trade of crops, animals, goods, and diseases across the Atlantic Ocean.
What country did the Roanoke colonists come from?
England
Name one reason colonists of Jamestown would die.
- disease
- dirty water/poor sanitation
- spoiled food
- hostile Indians
Who are the Pilgrims?
English settlers looking for religious freedom
Land controlled by another country from far away. Settlers from controlling country are usually living in this territory.
Colony
Name one invention from the Age of Exploration.
compass, astrolabe, caravel
What was the name of the nearby Native American tribe that was helpful to the Roanoke colonists?
Croatoan Tribe
Jamestown is located in present day _____________.
Virginia
What was the name of the ship carrying the Pilgrims?
The Mayflower
Crops planted with purpose of being sold for large profits.
Cash Crop
Name one of Europe's most influential explorers.
Bartolemeu Dias, Vasco de Gama, Christopher Columbus, Henry Hudson, Jaques Cartier, Giovanni de Verrazzano
How many times did the English settlers try to make a permanent settlement on Roanoke Island?
Three
People were coming to Jamestown in search of _____________.
- land
- religious freedom
- opportunity for growth
When was Plymouth Colony established?
1620
A quickly arranged, primarily untrained army
Militia
Which countries were among the leading nations during the Age of Exploration? Name one.
Name two possible theories about what happened to the Roanoke Island Colonists.
- killed by hostile Indians
- moved to Croatoan Island to live with the Indians
- Shipwrecked on their way to Croatoan Island
- Ran out of food and had to move inland
- Ran out of supplies and attempted to make it back to England
When was Jamestown Colony founded?
The document created to serve as the form of government for Plymouth Colony was the....
A signed document funding a colony
Charter
Who benefitted the most from trans-Atlantic trade; Europeans, Native Americans, or Africans? Why?
Europeans because...
When was the colony of Roanoke first attempted?
1585
Which cash crop made Jamestown successful?
Tobacco
During the first Thanksgiving, the Pilgrims celebrated their harvests with who?
Wamponoag Indians
A written agreement often signed by a collection of people living in the same location
Compact