Navigating the Seas
Tool used to determine direction while sailing.
What is a compass
He landed on an island in the Americas in the year 1492.
Who is Christopher Columbus
Priest who spoke out against native mistreatment.
Who is Bartolomé de Las Casas
Leader who made Jamestown colonists work the fields.
Who is John Smith
This European country established profitable fur trades.
What is France
Tool invented by Arabs to determine a sailor's location.
What is a Quadrant
Portuguese explorer who sailed around southern Africa.
Who is Bartolomeu Dias
Church authority that declared Native Americans have souls.
Who is The Pope
First permanent English colony established in the New World.
What is Jamestown
Governor who ruled New Netherland and New Amsterdam
Who is Peter Stuyvesant
Group of traders traveling together to sell goods.
What is a Caravan
First European explorer to successfully sail to India.
Who is Vasco da Gama
The life choice Las Casas made after freeing his own slaves.
What is becoming a monk / priest
Group that wanted to purge false practices from the Church of England.
Who are Puritans
Main factor that slowed down the growth of New France.
What is cold weather
Portuguese ship equipped with triangular sails.
What is a Caravel
The measurement of distance north or south of the equator.
What is Latitude
Document read aloud to natives before conquering them.
What is the The Requirement
Colony where a Patuxet Indian taught the settlers how to grow food.
What is Plymouth
The original name given to the region that later became New York.
What is New Netherland
Zig-zag sailing method used to move against the wind.
What is Tacking
The Country that financed Dias and da Gama's long sea journeys.
What is Portugal
Group of Roman Catholic monks that built peaceful missions.
Who are the Franciscans
The first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony who preached on Christian love.
Who is John Winthrop
The Label given to French Protestants who were forbidden from moving to New France.
Who are the Huguenots