misc.
What happened when John White left Roanoke Island and went back to England, only to return 3 years later?
He found the colony destroyed and no trace of colonists
Known as ‘the Navigator’, he established his academy to train seafarers in 1400s:
Prince Henry
Arguably the most important contributions that the Spanish made to the New World in the continental exchange were domesticated animals and livestock.
True or False
true
She was known for her involvement with English colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia. She married John Rolfe.
Pocahontas
In 1620, this was signed which was the first document of self-government in America, before landing at Plymouth.
Mayflower Compact
The colony of roanoke was off the coast of?
North Carolina
In October 1492, Columbus arrived in ____ and his trip was sponsored by Isabel and Ferdinand which were from ______.
Hispaniola and Spain
One of the first and most famous Europeans to travel to Asia during the Middle Ages was Marco Polo.
True or False
True
In 1605, this Frenchman was known as “The Father of New France”; monopolized fur trade with the Hurons and set up Quebec City”
Samuel de Champlain
French explorer in 1530s, went down the St. Lawrence River, looked for riches, settled areas of present day Canada
Jacques Cartier
The first colony of roanoke was founded by?
Sir Walter Raleigh
By 1498 this Portuguese sailor went around Africa to the Indies.
Vasco da Gama
Leif Eriksson and the Vikings were the first Europeans to arrive in South America but didn’t stay long in around the year 1000.
True or False
False
The most ethnically and religiously diverse English colony by the late seventeenth century was in:
New York
This person in 1636, was banished because of his views on religious tolerance and he founded the colony of Rhode Island.
Roger Williams
Landed on Plymouth rock in 1620, they rejected the Church of England
Pilgrims
In 1519, the Spanish explorer Hernan Cortes reach Mexico, home of the _______ empire which dominated the highlands and conquers them
Aztec
Amerigo Vespucci, a Portuguese mapmaker, mapped North and South America and America is named after him
True or False
False—He was an Italian
In 1607, the Virginia Company founded this colony:
Jamestown (colony)
This explorer circumnavigated the World (1570s) from England and stole gold for Queen Elizabeth
Sir Francis Drake
This Puritan colony centered around the towns of Boston and Salem in 1628.
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Which of the following was NOT a contributor to the fall of the Aztec Empire in 1521:
A) Famine
B) Epidemic disease
C) Low birth rates
D) Hernan Cortes being killed
Hernan Cortes being killed
The founder of Pennsylvania who was granted land, by King Charles II in 1681
William Penn
In 1632, King Charles I granted ten million acres at the north end of the Chesapeake Bay to the Calvert family;
Baltimore
Slaves came from well-established societies and local communities of:
A) N. Africa
B) S. Africa
C) E. Africa
D) W. Africa
D) W. Africa