America
Who commissioned the first expedition from England to New World?
Walter Raleigh
What country did John Cabot reach?
Newfoundland
Name three islands that belong to The Caribbean
Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Haiti, Purto Rico, Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Virgin Islands
Who visited Australia in 1770?
James Cook
What are the indigenous people called?
Maori
What was the nationality of the first colonists?
Dutch
1947
The year of the first permanent English settlement
1607
During the 1750s thousands of French settlers were ____________ from Acadia.
Deported
Who were shipped in barbarous conditions?
Slaves
Within 20 years Britain had established its first __________ colony at Sydney
Penal
The first European settlers were mostly....
Whalers and traders
What language was mad the official language in 1822?
English
Where do they origins of South Asian English lie?
In Britain
The name of the ship the Puritans traveled on?
The Mayflower
What was Nova Scotia originally names?
New Scotland
What commodities were the slaves traded for?
Sugar, rum and molasses
Where did most of the convicts come from?
London and Ireland
What do they call the New Zealand accent?
Kiwi
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The first regular British contact came in 1600 with the formation of the?
British East India Company
Name on of the areas the Plymouth colonists came from in England
Lincolnshire, Notthinghamshire, Essex, Kent and London
What are Loyalists?
What year was slavery abolished?
1865
What are the first Australians called?
Aborigines
Christian ____________ work began among the Maori from about 1814
Missionary
Afrikaans was the language of .....
the majority of whites and those in power
In India, English is the language of....
Legal system, government, administration, education and more
What does "pre-eminence" mean?
To be better than others - vera betri en aðrir
What does "explorations" mean?
Travels - ferðalög
What does "adjacent" mean?
Adjoining / next to - samliggjandi
What is mean by "hemisphere"?
Half of the world
What does it mean "to chart"?
To map out - kortleggja
What does "homogeneous" mean?
The same - einsleitt
What does "revision" mean?
To make better - endurbætur