The state in which Spanish leaders decided to extend their colony into in the middle 1500's
What is Florida?
100
Places where the French and Native Americans met to trade goods
What are trading posts?
100
During the 1700's, some families began moving to a rugged stretch of land near the Appalachian Mountains
What is the backcountry?
100
A globe shows two major lines used in finding location
What are the equator and prime meridian?
100
He led the Spanish effort to conquer Florida and helped to establish the colony of St. Augustine.
Who is Pedro Menendez de Aviles?
200
Another name for military forts built by the Spanish to protect the missions
What are presidios?
200
Control of this helped leaders of New France reach new lands where they could build trading posts
What is the Mississippi River?
200
George Washington and his soldiers built this on a meadow in what is now southwestern Pennsylvania
What is Fort Necessity?
200
People commonly speak of Earth as being divided into half spheres called__________.
What are hemispheres?
200
He founded the first Spanish missions in California
Whos is Junipero Serra?
300
These large estates which were self-sufficient communities were built by wealthy ranchers and worked by Native Americans.
What is haciendas?
300
A stream or river that flows into a larger river
What is a tributary?
300
The traditional lands of many American Indian peoples became part of the British empire due to this event
What is the French and Indian War?
300
Imaginary lines of _____________circle Earth in an east-west direction.
What is latitude?
300
He was the first French explorer to map the Mississippi River
Who is Jacques Marquette?
400
A Pueblo leader named Pope led this fight in which the Spanish were driven out of New Mexico.
What is the Pueblo Revolt?
400
With a ideal location near the mouth of the Mississippi River it became a busy trading center.
What is New Orleans?
400
This official announcement said that colonists were no longer allowed to settle on land west of the Appalachian Mountains
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
400
Imaginary lines of longitude circle Earth in a ____-_____
direction
What is north-south?
400
The French lost a key battle to the British in __________.
What is Quebec?
500
The Spanish built a road ___ __________ ______to connect New Mexico to Mexico City.
What is El Camino Real?
500
Robert La Salle claimed the entire Mississippi River valley for France. He named this territory ______________.
What is Louisiana?
500
Many Native Americans resisted the British settlers. In 1763, an Ottawa leader called on his warriors to revolt against the British. This fight was known as____ _____.
What is Pontiac's Rebellion?
500
Units of measure for latitude and londitude
What are degrees?
500
As settlers were moving west, they crossed the Appalachian Mountains and entered this region of fertile land and thick forests