Countries
Vocabulary
Reasons for Exploring
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What country was Columbus from?
Spain
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What is an explorer?
A person who travels seeking new discoveries
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Why did Columbus explore?
He wanted to find a western sea route to Asia
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What did Christopher Columbus find?
the "New World"
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How many voyages did Christopher Newport take to bring more people to Jamestown?
four
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What country was Juan Ponce de Leon from?
Spain
200
What is a European?
A person from one of the countries in Europe
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Why did Ponce de Leon explore?
He wanted to discover riches and conquer land
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Where did Ponce de Leon land?
In Florida near Sunny St. Augustine
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Who was one of the first men to reach the Fall Line of the James River?
Christopher Newport
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What country was Jacques Cartier from?
France
300
What does it mean to colonize?
to establish a colony
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Why did Cartier explore?
To colonize the New World and to discover a western sea route to Asia
300
Where did Cartier land?
Canda, near Quebec
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Where did Christopher Columbus land?
St. Augustine
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What country was Christopher Newport from?
England
400
What is a colony?
A group of emigrants who settle in a distant land but remain connected with the parent country
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Why did Christopher Newport explore?
To discover riches, to find a western sea route to Asia and to colonize Virginia
400
Where did Christopher Newport land?
Virginia near Jamestown
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What river did Cartier explore?
St. Lawrence River
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What continent were all four of our explorers from?
Europe
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Name all four explorers
Columbus, Ponce de Leon, Cartier, Newport
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Which three explorers wanted to find a western sea route to Asia?
Columbus, Cartier, and Newport
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What river did Christopher Newport explore?
James River
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In what year did Christopher Newport explore?
1607
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