Routes
Vocabulary
Goods/Trade
Colonizers
Random
100

Who settled on the island Hispaniola? 

1. Christopher Columbus

2. Juan Ponce de Leon

3. John Cabot

4. Jaques Cartier

Who is Juan Ponce de Leon?

100

To study the past, an archaeologist specializes in learning from...

  1. artifacts
  2. books.
  3. interviews
  4. videos

What is artifacts? 

100

What items were transfered and introduced to the other side of the Atlantic?

1. animals and crops

2. gold and silver

3. cash crops

4. animals

What is animals and crops? 

100

The Aztecs were taken down by what contagious disease? 

1. small pox

2. plague

3. chicken pox

4. hay fever

What is small pox?

100

How old is Miss Henry? 

What is 22?
200

Most explorers traveled from...

What is Asia/Europe?

200

A compass works by Earth’s...

  1. large oceans
  2. magnetic field
  3. spinning on its axis
  4. orbit around the sun

What is a magnetic field? 

200

What did Columbus search for for 3 months? 

1. pearls

2. gold and spices

3. ornaments

4. money

What is gold and spices?

200

 Why did colonizers plant flags?

  1. to teach Christianity
  2. to help American Indians
  3. to find their way back again
  4. to claim land for their country

What is to claim land for their country? 

200

How many years has Miss Henry taught? 

What is 1 year? 

300

What is the name of the river that Henry Hudson sailed on? 

What is the Hudson River? 

300

The Age of Exploration began with a search for new trade routes to...

  1. Africa
  2. America
  3. Asia
  4. Europe

What is Asia?

300

Which foods came from America...

  1. wheat and rice
  2. apples and pears
  3. lettuce and cabbage
  4. potatoes and squash

What is potatoes and squash? 

300

Why was gold important to colonizers...

  1. Europeans used gold in their food.
  2. Europeans made weapons out of gold.
  3. Europeans measured wealth in gold and silver.
  4. Europeans could use gold to repair their goods.

What is Europeans measured wealth in gold and silver?

300
What is Miss Henry's favorite Starbucks drink?

What is a pineapple paradise refresher? 

400

If an explorer knew what direction was north, he...

  1. could create a map of unexplored land
  2. could find the other cardinal directions
  3. would know how fast his ship was moving
  4. would know how far away from land he was

What is could find the other cardinal directions?

400

Why did many American Indians die from contagious diseases? 

  1. They were enslaved and forced to work in the mines
  2. They got tired of giving European colonists free food
  3. They did not have the technology of gunpowder or swords
  4. They were exposed to diseases that spread quickly.

What is they were exposed to diseases that spread quickly? 

400

Spanish explorers found the perfect climate to grow cash crops such as...

1. corn

2. sugarcane

3. tobacco

4. wheat

What is sugarcane? 

400

What country had colonies in the New World?

1. Spain

2. Germany

3. Mexico

4. England

What is England? 

400

What is Miss Henry's favorite food? 

What is pasta?

500

Why did the rulers of Spain want a shorter route to the East Indies? 

  1. to practice fighting in wars
  2. to study a different culture
  3. to send away their prisoners
  4. to get silks and spices

What is to get silks and spices? 

500

 How is a colony different from other places in which people settle? 

  1. It is ruled by another country
  2. It was started many years ago
  3. It is designed to be temporary
  4. It has a very simple way of life

What is it is ruled by another country? 

500

Cortes and his arm stuffed their pockets with what before they left the Aztec capital?

1. silver

2. food

3. gold

4. coins

What is gold? 

500

Who sponsored Columbus's exploration? 

Who are King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella? 

500

What is Miss Henry's biggest pet peeve?

a. when kids don't do their HW

b. when kids talk over me

c. when kids sit at recess

d. all of the above

What is all of the above? 

M
e
n
u