European Explorers
Christopher Columbus and Ponce de Leon were explorers from what country?
Spain
A _______ is a person who travels to little-known places looking for land or other new discoveries.
Explorer
Settlers from what country settled in Quebec City?
France
What are the four cardinal directions on a compass?
North, South, East, West
What did European explorers believe about land ownership?
What country decided that the best way to get to Asia was to sail around the tip of Africa?
Portugal
A ______ is a large group of ships.
Fleet
What was the name of one of the first Spanish communities created?
St. Augustine
When looking at a map of the World, using cardinal directions found on a compass, describe where Canada is.
Northwest
What did Native Americans believe about land ownership?
They believed that land belonged to everyone and should be shared.
Where were European Explorers ultimately trying to go when traveling West and why were they traveling there?
To get spices from India and China
A perspective can also be called a ______ of _____.
point of view
What were two reasons for why it was important to be connected to various bodies of water in the 1500s?
Trade, water source, travel
When looking at a map of the United States, using cardinal directions used on a compass, describe where Florida is.
True or False: People today view landownership similar to Native Americans.
False
Name one European Explorer that we learned about from England.
Henry Hudson or John Cabot
A Peninsula
What did the first English settlers name their settlement?
Jamestown
What on a map tells us what the symbols on a map mean? Such as the capital building has a star by the name.
The map key
Name two ways where customs and ideas of the Native Americans differed from those of the European explorers?
Language, food, religion, land ownership, how to use and treat the land.
What were European explorers trying to find when sailing West?
The Northwest Passage
In a _________ government, voters elect people to speak for them.
Representative
Name two bad things that happened to the people who lived in Jamestown after they arrived to their new home.
"The Starving Time"/Many died/fire destroyed almost everything/John Smith hurt in a gunpowder accident
What is the name of a map that shows how a place fits into a bigger place?
A Locator Map
Why did European explorers and Settlers travel to the Americas? What was something in common that they all wanted?
Fortune/Wealth/Money