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100
This Italian proved that Columbus had discovered a "New World"
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
100
This city is the first and oldest city in North America.
What is St. Augustine, Florida?
100
The name given to the English privateers who raided Spanish ships.
What are the Sea Dogs?
100
Columbus' fateful trip was made in this year.
What is 1492?
100
The belief in spirits found in nature is called this.
What is animism?
200
This Frenchman claimed the Mississippi River for France.
Who is Robert de La Salle?
200
This is the oldest surviving English settlement in North America.
What is Jamestown.
200
King Philip II of Spain was the largest European propenent of this Christian denomination.
What is Roman Catholicism?
200
Jamestown was founded in this year.
What is 1607?
200
Frenchmen who came to North America were primarily engaged in this business activity.
What is the fur trade?
300
This Spaniard may have been the first European to reach the land that is now the United States.
Who is Juan Ponce de Leon?
300
This crop became the "gold" that the English were looking for in the New World.
What is tobacco?
300
During the Age of Exploration, Europeans were seeking route to the Orient to obtain more of this material.
What are spices?
300
The first Africans to arrive at Jamestown were probably this type of person
What is an indentured servant?
300
This man funded the "Lost" colony of Roanoke.
Who is Sir Walter Raleigh?
400
This Spaniard was the first European to see the Grand Canyon
Who is Fancisco Vasquez Coronado?
400
This tribe of Indians kept the Jamestown Colony alive with food assistance.
Who are the Powhatan?
400
This flotilla suffered a 50% casualty rate in its unsuccessful attack on England
What is the Invincible (Spanish) Armada?
400
This is the first representative government body in the new world.
What is the House of Burgesses?
400
These Native Americans formed a peaceful confederation.
Who are the Woodland Indians?
500
This Frenchman found the St. Lawrence River.
Who is Jacques Cartier?
500
This man was the "savior" of Jamestown through his efforts to put everyone to work.
Who is John Smith?
500
Leif Ericson was the first of this group to come to North America approximately 500 years before Columbus.
What are the Vikings?
500
These monarchs funded Columbus' voyages.
Who are King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
500
These Native Americans gathered salmon and raised totem poles
Who are the West Coast Indians?
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