Crossing the Ocean Sea
Who was the Viking who came to Vinland?
Leif Erikson
Who was America named after?
Amerigo Vespucci
What group of persecuted believers did Jean Ribault bring to Florida?
Huguenots
What Italian sea captain sailed to the New World from England?
John Cabot
What is the title of the painting of Pocahontas that hangs in the US Capitol?
The Baptism of Pocahontas
Where was Christopher Columbus Born?
Genoa, Italy
Who was the Spanish explorer who first landed in Florida?
Juan Ponce De Leon
How tall were the walls around a Timucuan village?
12 feet
What year did John Cabot sail?
1497
What did the English call Pocahontas?
Rebecca
What products did Europeans obtain in trade from the Indies?
Spices
Who was the first European explorer to travel around the world?
Ferdinand Magellan
What was the name of the settlement near present-day St. Augustine?
La Caroline
What was the name of John Cabot's ship?
Matthew
What did John Smith name the northeastern region of the future United States?
New England
What were the 3 ships that carried Christopher Columbus and his crew?
Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria
Who was the first European explorer to see the Pacific?
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Who was the English sea captain that attacked St. Augustine?
Don Pedro Menendez
What was the name of the first child of English parents born in America?
Virginia
John Rolfe
What was the name of the Kind and Queen who sponsored Christopher Columbus?
Who explored the southeast?
Hernando de Soto
What is the oldest European city that was founded in America?
St. Augustine
What was the name of the settlement where the first english child was born in America?
Roanoke
What was the name of the Powhatan leader?
Chief Wahunsenacawh