Vocabulary
What is the name of a person who studies artifacts?
(Explorer, Cash Crop, Archaeologist, New World)
Archeologist
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
Sailors used astrolabes to determine______
(direction, latitude, speed, time)
Latitude
What religious goal inspired many European colonizers?
A. to visit holy sites
B. to live in poverty
C. to spread their beliefs
D. to learn about other faiths
C. to spread their beliefs
A(n) ________is a Spanish colonizer who came to theAmericas in the 1500s.
[colony, contagious disease, conquistador, East Indies]
Conquistador
Double Points
Colonizers hoped to find a Northwest Passage that would lead them
A. across the ice of the North Pole.
B. down the enre length of the Mississippi River.
C. through North America to Asia.
D. into the interior where they could find gold.
C. through North America to Asia.
A person who travels in search of new geographical information is called...
(Explorer, Cash Crop, Archaeologist, New World)
Explorer
DOUBLE POINTS
Why was gold important to colonizers?
A. Europeans used gold in their food.
B. Europeans made weapons out of gold.
C. Europeans measured wealth in gold and silver.
D. Europeans could use gold to repair their goods.
C. Europeans measured wealth in gold and silver.
Double Jeopardy
What do farmers do with a cash crop?
sell it for money
Why did many American Indians die from contagious diseases?
A. They were enslaved and forced to work in the mines.
B. They got red of giving European colonists free food.
C. They did not have the technology of gunpowder or swords.
D. They were exposed to diseases that spread quickly.
They were exposed to diseases that spread quickly.
DOUBLE POINTS
How is a colony different from other places in which people settle?
A. It is ruled by another country.
B. It was started many years ago.
C. It is designed to be temporary.
D. It has a very simple way of life.
It is ruled by another country.