Section 1
Who underestimated the size of the globe and tried to sail west to reach India for Spain?
Christopher Columbus
What English colony was the first successful colony and was based on Tobacco?
Jamestown
What did Portugal discover in Sub-Sahara Africa that they and most European Countries began to purchase in large numbers?
Slaves
What was England's Oldest Colony?
Ireland
What English colony was the first settlement and vanished without a trace?
Roanoke
Before the Discovery of America, what two countries began to search for Sea routes to India and China to gain Spices, Silks, and Gems?
Spain and Portugal
What English Explorer discovered Hawaii and charted many aspects of the Pacific Ocean before being killed by native Hawaiians?
Captain Cook
After the fall of Spain's power, what nation rose to be the Super Power of the World?
England
Who was sent on a mission to the French to order them to withdraw from 'British' Territory?
George Washington
What is the term that means 'a pirate that works for a government'?
Privateer
Who landed on the coast of South America and realized these lands were actually a New World?
Amerigo Vespucci
What native tribe was in the South, quickly adopted European technologies, and would develop a written language?
Cherokee
What did Spain do to prevent a sense of unity among the native population?
Destroyed sites of cultural and religious significance
Why did the French build a series of Forts in the Ohio River Valley?
To prevent British Expansion
How did Portugal and Spain settle the dispute between them about land in the new world?
They went to the Pope and the pope divided the world between them
Who conquered the Aztec tribes in the name of Spain?
Hernan Cortes
What native tribe was from Florida and was founded from the remnants of other tribes and escaped slaves?
Seminole
What was the average life span of a slave working on a Caribbean Plantation?
7 Years
What does Salutary Neglect mean?
England's policy of letting local government set laws in America and not strictly governing
What was the Columbian Exchange?
The trade between Europe, North America, and Africa where natural resources were sent to Europe, Slaves to North America, and Refined Goods to Africa
In the agreement reached between Spain and Portugal, what territory did each side get?
The West would belong to Spain; The East would belong to Portugal
What English Explorer became the first Englishman to reach mainland North America?
John Cabot
What was the group that began piracy off the coast of North Africa in the name of Islam?
The Barbary States
What treaty ended the French and Indian War?
Treaty of Paris 1763
What was the name of the French and Indian war in Europe?
The Seven Years War