Explorers
Columbus
English Colonization
NE, M, S?
Grab Bag
100
Who was the conquistador who destroyed the Aztec capital of Tenotichilian?
Cortez
100
What was Columbus trying to prove with his journey?
a shorter trade route to the Indies
100
What was the first permanent English settlement?
Jamestown
100
Which region had poor rocky soil and a short growing season?
NE
100
What is the name for a person who signs a contract to work 5 to 7 years in return for passage to the colonies?
Indentured Servants
200
Who was the Norwegian explorer who settled in Newfoundland?
Leif Ericksson
200
Where did Columbus land?
Hispaniola in the Caribbean
200
Where was the first permanent English settlement located?
present day Virginia on the Atlantic Coast
200
What region is referred to as the Bread Basket colonies because they grew cash crops of wheat, oats, and corn?
Middle
200
The need for agricultural workers in the Southern colonies led to what?
Slaves from Africa
300
What were the reason for Spanish exploration?
God, Glory, and Gold
300
What was one effect did the arrival of European in the Americas have on Native Americans?
90% die from European diseases
300
Why did the Pilgrims leave England?
escape religious persecution
300
Which region had rich soil and a long growing season?
Southern
300
What document did the Pilgrims sign before leaving the ship which said they would work together for the common good?
Mayflower Compact
400
What kinds goods did Europeans want from Asia\Indies?
spices, silk, perfume
400
What was the exchange of ideas and resources that happened after 1492 called?
Colombian Exchange
400
What group settled the Hudson River Valley (present day NY) and was later forced off the land by England?
Dutch
400
Which region had resources of trees, fish, and whales?
NE
400
What was the first representative assembly in the European colonies?
House of Burgesses
500
What were the reasons for French exploration?
Fur, Fish, and Friends
500
What is it called when you believe your culture is superior and others are inferior?
Ethnocentrism
500
What is the economic system that the colonies should benefit the Mother Country (England)?
Mercantilism
500
What regions had plantation that grew cash crops of tobacco and rice?
Southern
500
What is the name for the Transatlantic trade route the most famous of which was "rum, slave, molasses and sugar"?
Triangular Trade
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