Navigation and Technology
Name one new type of sailing ship used by explorers.
The caravel
Tobacco
Who led the Jamestown colonists and saved them from starvation?
John Smith
Who believed there was a shorter route west across the Atlantic?
Columbus
Compass
Astrolabe
What is a joint-stock company?
A company where investors pool their money to support a colony, hoping to earn a profit.
Name the joint-stock company that sent colonists to settle in North America.
The Virginia Company
What was one important advantage of the caravel?
It could sail against the wind.
Name two reasons Spain set up outposts in the Americas.
To protect their holdings
To spread their culture and religion
Name 2 problems that the Jamestown colonists faced at first.
Disease from contaminated river water and hunger/lack of food.
What led to the founding of the United States?
European colonization
How were Spanish colonies and English colonies different in terms of how they were funded?
Name 2 ways that John Smith helped saved Jamestown.
He forced them to farm.
He got food and support from the Native Americans.
How did new navigation tools and new ships help Europeans explore farther than before?
New ships made longer voyages possible and navigation tools let sailors plot direction at sea so they could travel farther across the ocean.
Name 2 ways that Jamestown was saved after John Smith returned to England.
New colonists arrived.
They grew tobacco, which was very profitable.
Why do you think the colonists chose to establish their colony on a peninsula?
It was easy to defend.