Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Explorers/Historians
Explorers/Historians
Daily Double
100
Spanish word for a large fleet of ships
What is Armada
100
a piece of ownership in a company is known as
What is stock
100
an English sea captain, attacked many Spanish ships and gave the gold and silver to Queen Elizabeth.
Who is Francis Drake
100
took command of Jamestown and ordered people to plant crops. Famous words "He who does not work, will not eat"
Who is John Smith
100
What is New Amsterdam now called
What is New York City
200
a document giving permission to a group to do something
What is a Charter
200
claim
what is something declared to belong to someone, especially land
200
an English captain who made a voyage for England and found the bay known as Hudson Bay.
Who is Henry Hudson
200
A powerful group of American Indians that traded and gave food to the Jamestown settlers
Who is the Powhatan Indians
200
When the first settlers arrived in Jamestown they were looking for
What is gold
300
a crop that people group and sell to earn money
What is a cash crop
300
invasion
what is the entry of an armed force into another country to conquer it.
300
An American Indian that taught the Pilgrims how to plant crops such as corn, pumpkins, and beans.
Who is Squanto
300
he founded a fur-trading post on the St. Lawerence River and called it Quebec
Who is Samuel de Champlain
300
which type of technology was used by the sailors in the 1400s?
What is a compass
400
is something declared as ones own
What is a claim
400
a person who agreed to work for a certain number of years in return for passage to America, food, clothing, and shelter.
What is indentured servant
400
was the leader of the Roanoke colony.
Who is John White
400
an explorer who first landed in the Americas while looking for a route to Asia.
Who is Christopher Columbus
400
how many ships were built for the Spanish Armada
What is 130 warships
500
is an attack by an armed force to conquer another country.
What is an invasion
500
to put money into a business in the hope of earning profit
What is invest
500
a Powhatan woman that married John Rolfe to make peace over land.
Who is Pocahontas
500
The settlers built a fort on the banks of a river and named their colony after
Who is King James I
500
what was the permanent French settlement in North America?
What is Quebec?
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