Vocabulary
poor immigrants who paid for their trip to the colonies by agreeing to work
indentured servants
Italian mariner who looked to find a new route to China
Christopher Columbus
What made exploration desirable and possible?
scientific advances
What was the first successful English colony?
Jamestown
Who was the first female pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic?
Amelia Earhart
three-part trade between Europe, Africa, and North America
Triangular trade
where we got the term "America" from
Amerigo Vespucci
What is traveling to an unfamiliar area to learn more about it?
exploration
What was significant about the Roanoke Colony?
It "disappeared" and nobody knows what happened to it
What is the largest organ in the human body?
skin
brutal 2+ month long sea journey by slave ships from Africa to the Americas
Middle Passage
launched the first European voyages of exploration
Prince Henry the Navigator
What century did exploration begin?
15th
What three regions of English colonies eventually emerged?
New England, Middle, Southern
How many provinces does Canada have?
10
__________ wanted to purify the Church of England, while ___________ wanted to completely separate from the Church of England
Puritans; Pilgrims
conquered the Aztec Empire
Hernan Cortes
What nation was the first nation to go venturing off into the Atlantic?
Portugal
What caused the populations of the colonies to rise?
immigration
What Netflix show takes place in Hawkins, Indiana?
Stranger Things
document that was an agreement that the people would elect a leader and agree to obey its laws
Mayflower Compact
first explorer to sail around the entire globe
Ferdinand Magellan
This was when plants, animals, and microorganisms were mixed and dispersed between Native Americans and European explorers.
The Columbian Exchange
What colony was seen as a rare safe haven for religious toleration?
Rhode Island
What singer is the goddaughter of Dolly Parton?
Miley Cyrus