These consist of landforms and ecosystems. For example, terrain types, bodies of water, natural units, etc.
What are geographical features?
100
This European country claimed the most amount of land in the Americas.
What is Spain?
100
The soil in an area played an important factor in making the choice to settle in that area or not. (True or False?)
What is true?
100
New settlements were located near water for what important purpose? (Hint: not related to fresh drinking water)
What is to move people and supplies?
Acceptable answers: transportation, trade or travel
100
Green.
What is Ms. Herrmann's favorite color?
200
A geographical feature that explorers from Europe would not have wanted to build near would be...
What is a volcano?
200
This country claimed land only in South America.
What is Portugal?
200
This country claimed land and settled in small areas on the east coast of North America. (Hint: Peter Pan)
What is the Netherlands?
200
There are 2 types of resources that European explorers chose to build their colonies near, name them.
What are oceans and rivers?
200
Name the three continents of the New World.
What are North America, Central America, and South America?
300
Living near mountains was beneficial (a good thing) because of a few different factors.
What is protection from enemies, food and building materials?
300
Name the two continents that the Netherlands claimed land in.
What is North America and South America?
300
Spain claimed land on what two continents?
What are Central and South America?
300
Name a less commonly discussed (talked about) resource that European explorers would have built a settlement near.
What is a lake or pond?
300
Two trade items people in Europe wanted from people in Asia are...
What are spices and silks?
400
This geographical feature covers most of the Earth and provides humans with a means of travel and food, but not drinking water.
What is the ocean?
400
Name the two European countries that claimed land in the most Northern part of North America?
What is Russia and England?
400
This country claimed and settled land in the northeastern part of North America.
What is England?
400
Along with new culture, religion and lifestyles, new settlements also brought a new ________________.
(Hint: page 38 of your History textbook)
What is language?
400
This European explorer was given credit for discovering the New World when there is evidence that another explorer discovered it 500 years earlier.
Who is Leif Erikson?
500
Fresh water from a river could be used for two important things that were needed for survival. (Hint: the Native Americans used it for the same purposes)
What is to drink and to water crops with?
500
The country that claimed the LEAST amount of land in North America?
What is Sweden?
(Sweden sour! Hee hee)
500
The definition of generalization.
What is 'a statement that true most of the time'?
500
Spain had a very specific goal for the types of settlements they wanted to build on their newly claimed land.
What is to build missions and spread their religion?
500
Name the three original goals of European exploration.
What is to find a Northwest passage to Asia, to claim land and riches, and to spread religion?