Who explored the coast of Africa for Portugal?
Dias
A tool invented by the Arabs that sailors used to determine their location?
Quadrant
The first person to sail from Europe to India was ___________________?
Vasco da Gama
The people who started their own churches and kept apart from the Church of England were called?
Separatists
Why did English cities motivate people to start colonies?
a. to make money
b. to start families
c.for religious reasons because the cities had become wicked
d. to get far away from England
c. for religious reasons because the cities had become wicked
Who set foot on an island in the Americas in 1492?
Christopher Columbus
A group of traders who travel together to trade and sell their goods are called?
A caravan
Pope
A Patuxet Indian taught Pilgrims to grow good in what colony?
Plymouth
Who was the chief of several woodland tribes in the Chesapeake Bay area?
a. Dias
b. Christopher Columbus
c. John Winthrop
d. Powhatan
Who wrote about the treatment of the American Indians?
Las Casas
What is an invention that allowed sailors to know which direction they were sailing?
The English founded the colony _________________ but many of the colonists would not work.
The first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, who wanted the community to be a model of Christian love was?
John Winthrop
Who helped Portugal become skilled at exploration?
a. Prince Henry
b. the Pope
c. da Gama
d. Las Casas
a. Prince Henry
Who made the colonists at Jamestown work in the fields?
John Smith
What gives the power to the ship?
A big square sail
To pay for their voyage to America, many people became indentured ______________.
servants
What did Columbus persuade his men to do when they became restless?
persevere
Where did Columbus go after sailing along the coast of Africa?
a. Spain
b. Portugal
c. France
d. the Canary Islands
d. the Canary Islands
Who governed New Netherland?
Peter Stuyvesant
What allows a ship to sail into the wind?
A small triangular sail
The people who wanted to change the Church of England by removing the false teachings and practices were called? ________________
Puritans
Which colony set up a congregational church government?
Massachusetts Bay Colony
When did Columbus set foot on an island in the Americas?
a. December 19th, 1643
b. October 12th, 1492
c. November 28th, 1942
d. January 18th, 1941