Vocabulary
Explorers
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European Powers
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100

A system of money?

What is currency

100

Henry Hudson mistook what river for the Northwest passage?

what is the Hudson river

100

Christopher Columbus sailed to the Americas in what year?

What is 1492

100

Which European country was the first to send explorers to the Americas? 



Who is Spain

100

Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?

Who is Spongebob SquarePants 

200

A reduction of quantity?

What is depletion

200

Ponce De Leon was searching for what mythical place before he was fatally wounded?

what is the fountain of youth

200

In 1718 CE, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville founded the settlement of ___________ in what is now Louisiana.

What is New Orleans

200

In which present-day location was the first permanent European settlement in North America? 

What is Florida

200

How old is Coach Sibley?

What is 26

300

A system of trade for goods and services that uses money rather than barter?

What is a monetary economy

300

Juan de Onate was searching for the “City of Gold, “ also known as?

What is Cibola

300

In 1664 CE, the English took over New Amsterdam and renamed it ________________?

what is New York

300

What industry was developed by the French as a result of Jacques Cartier’s claims around the Gulf of St. Lawrence?

What is the fur trade

300

Who was the first President of the United States?

Who is George Washington

400

A chain of islands?

What is an archipelago

400

Which Italian explorer was sent by the French to find the Northwest Passage?



Who is Giovanni Verrazano

400

In 1565 CE, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés established a Spanish base called ______________ in what is now Florida.

 what is St. Augustine

400

Which country was the biggest threat to Dutch land holdings?

Who are the English

400

______________ lines measure the distance of a place north or south of the equator.



What is Latitude

500

Relying chiefly on agriculture and farming?

What is an agrarian

500

Which European explorer mapped the Gulf Coast region for the first time?

 

Who is Alonso Álvarez de Pineda

500

In 1608 CE, Samuel de Champlain founded the city of ______________ (in present-day Canada).

What is Quebec

500

The Swedish claimed land along the __________ river when they settled in North America?

What is Delaware

500

What teacher does Coach Sibley share a birthday with?

Who is Mrs. Lee?