Exploration
What country was Christopher Columbus from originally?
Italy
Who was the first person to call it the New World? (It's where we got the name "America")
Amerigo Vespucci
Fransisco de Coronado discovered what unique landmark in North America as he searched for the Seven Cities of Cibola?
Grand Canyon
Which group of people wanted to purify all of the things they believed to be bad from the Church of England?
Puritans
Great Awakening
The merchant who had traveled to the east by land and discovered what China had to offer.
Marco Polo
Which Spanish explorer discovered the Pacific Ocean?
Vasco de Balboa
What was the first successful French settlement in the New World?
Quebec
Who founded Rhode Island?
Roger Williams
A great Puritan minister who was one of the first leaders of the Great Awakening?
Jonathan Edwards
Who funded Christopher Columbus' trip to find the West Indies?
Kind Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain
Which Spanish explorer discovered Florida while on his search for the Fountain of Youth?
Juan Ponce de Leon
Name one of the first few missionaries to the Native Americans.
John Eliot, Roger Williams, David Brainerd, John Wesley
What kind of people settled in the area now known as New York? They called it...New Netherland.
the Dutch
Famous English preacher who started the Methodist Church.
John Wesley
What were the names of the three ships that sailed with Christopher Columbus' expedition?
Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria
Which Portuguese explorer sailed around the tip of Africa to find a sea route to India?
Vasco da Gama
Which settlement did John Smith help the settlers with in the New World?
Jamestown
The Quaker who founded Pennsylvania and helped plan the city of Philadelphia?
William Penn
Great evangelist who was good friends with Benjamin Franklin. He preached over 18,000 sermons in his lifetime.
George Whitefield
What island did Columbus land on in October of 1492?
San Salvador
Who was the English mapmaker who sailed across the Atlantic and landed in Canada thinking he had reached the Far East?
John Cabot
The first written agreement for self-government in America.
Mayflower Compact
The great preacher who started the first orphanage in America near Savannah, Georgia.
George Whitefield
Who was the faithful Indian helper to the missionary David Brainerd?
Tattamy