Lesson 6
Who was the Italian man who came to America in 1492?
Christopher Columbus
In what way did some of the Spaniards in the New World behave shamefully?
They enslaved some of the islanders
What is the oldest European city in America?
St. Augustine (in Florida)
What is the name of the lost colony in Virginia?
Roanoke
Whose life did Pocahontas save?
Captain John Smith's life
Who was the Viking who came to America to tell people about Jesus?
Leif Erikson
When the Spanish realized the New World islands weren't what they originally thought, what did they label them?
the West Indies
What was the name of the group of people who were persecuted believers from France?
Huguenots
What is the name of the first English child born in America?
Virginia Dare
What is the Northeast region of our country that was named by John Smith?
New England
What was the name of the King of Norway who taught Erikson about Jesus?
Olaf
Who was the German geographer and mapmaker who created a world map in 1507?
Amerigo Vespucci
What country were the people from who built St. Augustine?
Spain
What Italian sea captain sailed to the New World from England?
John Cabot
Pocahontas came to believe in Jesus and married what man?
John Rolfe
What country did Christopher Columbus think he had found when he landed? The __________________
Indies
Who was the first Spanish explorer in Florida?
Ponce de Leon
Who was the English sea captain who attacked St. Augustine?
Sir Francis Drake
What is the name of the first permanent English settlement in America?
Jamestown
England
What country sponsored Christopher Columbus' voyage across the ocean?
Spain
What Spaniard explored all over the southeast region of our country?
Hernando de Soto
What happened to the one French Huguenot settler who decided to stay in South Carolina?
Spanish settlers captured him.
In 1643, what did the settlers of Virginia call their assembly?
the House of Burgesses
What was the name of Pocahontas' nation?
Powhatan