Explorers
Who were the first Europeans to land in North America?
The Vikings
What was the first English colony?
Jamestown, Virginia
What year did African slaves come to America?
1619
What os the biggest continent on Earth?
Asia
Who was the first European to set foot in Vermont?
Champlain
Where did the Vikings land?
Newfoundland
Why was Massachusetts Colonized
Religion
Why were African slaves brought to southern colonies?
To farm cash crops
What is the invisible line around the Earth that separates the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
The Equator
What nation did Columbus sail for?
Spain
What were the three major cash crops of the southern colonies?
Tobacco, Cotton, Indigo
What 3 goods were exchanged in the "Triangular Trade"?
raw materials, manufactured goods, and slaves
What whole continent in the Southeastern hemisphere is also just a single country?
Australia
What modern day country did Columbus land in?
Bahamas
Who were the Europeans who colonized "New Amsterdam"?
The Dutch
Who started the slave trade?
The Dutch
What is the invisible line that separates East and West?
The Prime Meridian
What indigenous group did Columbus encounter?
Taino
The English, The Dutch and the ___ had the first colonies on the Atlantic coast of what would become the thirteen colonies.
The Swedish
What was the last state to outlaw slavery?
Mississippi
What direction doe Latitude lines run?
What Direction do they measure?
East and West
North and South