Explorers
Name three reasons people explored.
gold, glory, God, land, trade, adventure, curiosity
Name 5 colonies
New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
How did exploration change maps?
Discovered new lands, discovered earth was larger than we thought
What is the difference between a plantation owner and a farmer?
Plantation owners were rich and had slaves to do the work, farmers did the work themselves and were typically poor.
How did the Native Americans help the colonists?
Taught them how to grow crops, traded food and materials, shared art and traditions, medicines
Name three explorers.
John Cabot. Jacques Cartier. Samuel de Champlain. Christopher Columbus. Sir Francis Drake. Vasco da Gama. Henry Hudson. Amerigo vespui
What was the name of the article (written by Thomas Payne) that sparked the colonists’ desire for independence from Britain?
Common Sense
On what continent is India located?
On what continent is Egypt and Madagascar located?
Asia
Africa
Why is it important for us to know about Native Americans?
Not repeat history, American citizens, history of this land
hat was the most dangerous thing accidentally brought by the Columbian Exchange?
Disease, smallpox
What were the conditions like for most explorers? What was life like on the boat?
Moldy food, stinky, no bathing, sea sickness, disease, etc.
What ship did the pilgrims sail on?
Mayflower
What was the main focus of exploration for early explorers?
What did explorers want from Asia?
Find new trade routes to Asia, They wanted to travel via water because it was faster.
They wanted to trade for spices.
When explorers came to this land, it was full of Native Americans. Where did they all go?
killed in war, killed by disease, moved to reservations, blended with other races
Columbus gave us this name because he thought he had landed in this location.
Indians
Why are explorers an important part of our history?
Helped us discover new (to us) places; spread art, agriculture, and ideas; began the colonization of America
What are two examples of things brought from the Old World to the New World?
Possible answers: Grains (wheat, rice, barley, oats), Animals (cattle, sheet, pigs, horses), Foods (peaches, pears, coffee beans, onions), Diseases.
How many stripes does the United States flag have?
The United States flag has 13 stripes, one for each of the original 13 colonies.
What were 3 motivations of European Explorers?
Possible answers: Gold, Spread Christianity, Glory, Trade for Spices, Discoveries, Advanced Technology, Prove the earth is round, They had a paid trip, Curious about the world due to Marco Polo's book about his travels.
Why did so many Native Americans contract diseases when the explorers arrived?
Because Native Americans were never exposed to the germs that Europeans had and therefore their immunity systems could not fight them off and they became sick.
Columbus thought he was in Asia but he actually landed where?
These lands
Name 12 states in the untied states
Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, New York, Washington, Maryland, Virginia, Maine, Georgia, Texas, Mississippi, Nevada, California, etc
What was the Columbian Exchange?
The exchange of goods and diseases between the Old and New World.
What was the Columbian Exchange?
The exchange of goods and diseases between the Old and New World.