Geography
How many continents are there in the world?
7
Who was King James mother?
Queen Mary
His crew mutinied and threw him overboard.
How many main islands is Japan made out of?
4
What was the name of the first successful British colony in modern day US?
Jamestown
What is the southernmost continent?
Antartica
Which two countries were King James king of when he took the throne.
England and Scotland
Samuel Champlain was an explorer from which country who set up a colony in Quebec, Canada.
France
After uniting Japan, Hideyoshi led his troops into the water to conquer other countries. Which country sent their turtle ships to stop them in the water?
Korea
Why did King James want to send people over to North America? What were they looking for?
Gold
What continent do you live on?
North America
Who tried to blow up King James with a match?
Guy Fawkes
What is the ocean that the explorers had to cross to get from Europe to North America?
Atlantic
Ieyasu, the leader after Hideyoshi, moved the capital of Japan to the city of Edo. Today what do we call the name of this city?
Tokyo
People wanted to find religious freedom away from England. These people known as Pilgrims traveled to North America on what ship?
Mayflower
What continent did the Spanish send conquistadors to to mine for gold and quartz?
South America
What Virginian colony was named after King James?
Jamestown
Henry Hudson thought he had found the Northwest Passage and he thought he had found the Pacific Ocean. He did not. What body of water do we call it today?
The leader Ieyasu didn't want samurai to continue killing in times of peace. He encouraged them to wrestle instead. Today people still do this form of wrestling for entertainment.
sumo wrestling
Which crop made the colonies prosper?
Tobacco
What continent did European buy and trade slaves from for the colonies?
Africa
How many people did King James send on the first voyage to start a new colony and look for gold? (estimate to the nearest hundred)
100
What is one of the diseases the explorers would die from when they didn't have enough vegetables specifically Vitamin C.
Scurvy
In the time of the early 1600's, Ieyasu was the head of the military which is the most powerful person in the country. What was the title name called?
Shogun
After 100 years after the Jamestown colony was established what percentage was slaves?
50%