Columbus
Other Explorers
Roanoke
Jamestown
Pilgrims
100
Columbus always believed he had reached this continent.

What is Asia?

100
The Vikings were the first Europeans to discover this continent.

What is North America?

100

This Englishman wanted to set up colonies in North America to make England richer.

Who is Sir Walter Raleigh?

100

The colony of Jamestown was named after this man.

Who was King James of England?

100

The people who didn't want to be a part of the Church of England were called ______________.

What are Separatists?

200

The king and queen of this country paid for Columbus's first voyage to the New World.

What is Spain?

200

This word means to sail all the way around the world.

What is circumnavigate?

200

The first English colony was set up in an area that is now this state.

What is North Carolina?

200

Within 8 months, most of the Jamestown settlers were killed by this.

What is disease?

200

The Pilgrim men signed this document, which set up their government.

What is the Mayflower Compact?

300

These were the names of Columbus's three ships.

What are the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria?

300

This man explored Panama for Spain.

Who is Balboa?

300

The first settlers named their colony ___________, after the Native American tribe that lived nearby.

What is Roanoke?

300

This plant was know as "Virginia gold"?

What is tobacco?

300

This was the name of the Pilgrims first settlement.

What is Plymouth?

400

These were the names of the king and queen that paid for Columbus's first voyage.

Who are Ferdinand and Isabella?

400

Ferdinand Magellan circumnavigated the world by sailing around this continent.

What is South America?

400

When the settlers in Roanoke began struggling, they sent this man back to England for help.

Who is Captain John White?

400

The winter of 1609-10 in Jamestown was so harsh, it was known as this period.

What is the "Starving Time"?

400

The first successful harvest of the Pilgrims, and the following feast shared with the Wampanoag tribe, is commemorated by this American holiday.

What is Thanksgiving?

500

This is the name of the transfer of animals, foods, and diseases between Europe and the New World.

What is the Columbian Exchange?

500

This Viking was the first European to step foot onto North America.

Who is Leif Erikson?

500

When John White finally returned to Roanoke, this is what he found. 

What are no settlers, only the word CROATAN carved into a fence post?
500

The group of elected representatives in Jamestown was called this.

What is the House of Burgesses?

500

What happened to Squanto's tribe when he was visiting England?

They all died of smallpox.

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