Important People
This Italian explorer sailing for Spain reached the Caribbean in 1492.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
This empire established colonies in Canada and the Mississippi River Valley.
What is France?
This mysterious colony disappeared without a trace, becoming known as the "Lost Colony."
What is Roanoke?
The name of the land bridge that connected Asia and North America during the Ice Age.
What is Beringia?
Which John was the leader of Jamestown who helped the colony survive its early years?
Who is John Smith?
This Native American woman helped Jamestown settlers and later married John Rolfe.
Who is Pocahontas?
This empire controlled Mexico, much of Central and South America, and Florida.
What is Spain?
This deadly winter in Jamestown saw food shortages and disease kill hundreds of settlers.
What is the Starving Time?
Early peoples crossed Beringia mainly in search of this.
What is food?
Which John introduced tobacco to Jamestown's economy?
Who is John Rolfe?
This Portuguese explorer accidentally discovered Brazil in 1500 while sailing to India and claimed the land for Portugal.
Who is Pedro Álvares Cabral?
This empire settled the Hudson River Valley and founded New Amsterdam.
What is the Netherlands (Dutch Empire)?
The word was found carved at the abandoned Roanoke settlement. It referred to a nearby location.
What is CROATOAN?
The movement of people from one place to another is called this.
What is migration?
Which John served as governor of the Roanoke Colony?
Who is John White?
This explorer is credited with discovering a sea route from Europe to India by sailing around the southern tip of Africa.
Who is Vasco da Gama?
This empire established the 13 colonies along the Atlantic Coast.
What is England?
What were some difficulties the people of Jamestown faced?
What is swampy land, mosquitoes, malaria, drought, and poor drinking water made life difficult at this colony.
Crossing Beringia eventually led to the settlement of these two continents.
What are North America and South America?
This John can be credited with both making Jamestown profitable and improving relations with the Powhatan through marriage.
Who is John Rolfe?
This Native American leader controlled a confederacy of tribes in Virginia and played a major role in both the survival and conflicts of Jamestown.
Who is Powhatan?
This empire often formed fur-trading partnerships with Native Americans and allied with the Huron.
What is France?
This cash crop became Jamestown's most profitable export and helped the colony survive economically.
What is tobacco?
This is the name for the early people migrated across Beringia and throughout the Americas because they survived by following food sources rather than staying in one place.
What are hunter-gatherers?
This explorer, sponsored by England, reached North America in 1497 and helped support England's future claims to land in the Americas.
Who is John Cabot?