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Who did John Rolfe marry?

Pocahontas

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What is the name of the Pilgrim’s ship?

Mayflower

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Who was the first discoverer of Central and South America?

Christopher Columbus

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How many trips did Columbus make to the New World?

4

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Who started the first successful round-the-world trip?

Ferdinand Magellan

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Who was the first Virginia settlement named after?

England’s King James I

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What was the “starving time”?

The harsh winter of 1609, lack of food

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What body of water is in-between Europe and North America?

Atlantic Ocean

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Where did spices grow that Europeans wanted?

Southeast Asia, Indonesia, India

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Who built a sailing school in Portugal?

Prince Henry the Navigator

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How did the Powhatan people treat the new English settlers?

They attacked them

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What was the paper called that King James I gave the new settlers?

A charter

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What festival did the Pilgrims celebrate with the Native Americans?

Thanksgiving

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What continent did the Portuguese first go around to get to India?

Africa

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Which explorer was born in Genoa, Italy?

Christopher Columbus

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What were the first Massachusetts settlers called?

Pilgrims

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Why did the Pilgrims come to America?

For freedom to worship God

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What are the four large bodies of water on Earth called?

oceans

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Where is the Strait of Magellan?

At south end of South America

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How many of the 241 people survived the first round-the-world trip?

18 men

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What Native American tribe did Squanto belong to?

Wampanoag

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What is the Mayflower Compact?

America’s first self-governing agreement

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What are the seven landmasses on Earth called (geographic name)?

continents

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How did the West Indies get their name?

Columbus mistakenly thought he was by India

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Who was the leader who first made it around the world?

Juan Sebastian Del Cano

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