Early History
Marco Polo originally inspired European countries to explore after visiting Asia via the __ __.
Silk Road
The first goal for Europeans was to reach Asia by travelling around the southern part of ____.
Africa
French explorer, Jacque Cartier, will claim much of what present day North Ameican country for France?
Canada
Roanoke
What is the large religious group who started the Massachusetts settlement?
Pilgrims
Early humans reached America by way of a landbridge from ___ to North America.
Asia
The first country to successfully reach Asia by sea and begin the Age of Exploration was ____.
Portugal
T or F: The Dutch and French both built friendly relationships with the Native Americans that helped them become successful in America.
True
The first successful British settlement in America was _____, Virginia.
Jamestown
A second religious group who joined the Massachusetts settlers were those who wanted to "purify" that church. They were known as ___.
Puritans
The first humans to inhabit and live in North and South America are known as ___ ___.
Native Americans
Spain believed the fastest way to Asia may be by travelling across the ____ ___.
Atlantic Ocean
What valuable resource did both countries rely on to get wealthy in the Americas?
Beaver Fur
The Native American who helped British settlers and married John Rolfe was ___.
The Native who helped build relations with the British settlers in Massachusetts was named ___.
Squanto
The first humans to reach America lived a nomadic lifestyle, or otherwise known as ___-____.
Hunter-Gatherers
Christopher Columbus was the first Spanish explorer to reach the Americas. However, even as he neared his death, he still believed he had discovered islands off the coast of what country?
India
The Dutch created numerous trading posts and a large settlement before being conquered by the British. What colony did their settlement eventually become?
New York
The most successful resource that the British found in America was ___.
The ability to grow TOBACCO
Historians believe the first humans reached North America by way of the land bridge known as ____.
Beringia
After tribes were created, people in North America began to form their own ______ based on the _____ they lived in.
Cultures; Environment
To claim as much land as possible in the Americas, the Spanish began to send ______ who would serve as explorer-soldiers for the Empire.
Conquistadors
Who was the Dutch explorer that founded and created settlements in America for the Netherlands? A large valley and river are now named after him in this region.
Henry Hudson
About 20 years after the settlement in Virginia, a large religious group wanted to join. A storm knocked them off course to Massachusetts, which forced them to start a settlement known as ____.
Plymouth
The first European explorer to reach Asia was ____.
Vasco da Gama