Early Settlers
The very first English settlement disappeared from where?
Roanoke Island.
Name the three civilizations we learned about during this unit.
Maya, Aztec, Inca
What was the celebration Pilgrims created?
Thanksgiving
Who was John Smith
The leader of a colony
What is the term used for someone who believes in multiple gods?
Polytheistic/polytheist/polytheism
Roanoke Island was just off the coast of what is now known as what state?
North Carolina
The Aztecs came from Mexico, what was the symbol on their flag?
An eagle eating a snake
The Mayflower
What colony was John Smith the leader of?
Jamestown
What is tobacco used for?
To smoke or to sell to make money.
Spain and Portugal went to conquer land because they wanted to be...
Rich
What crop did early civilizations grow and eat.
Corn
Who was the Native American who could speak English and helped the Pilgrims survive?
Squanto
Where was Jamestown located?
Virginia
What people were forced by English settlers to grow tobacco for no money?
Enslaved Africans.
Who did Spanish/Portuguese send to take control of land in Mexico, Central, and South America?
Conquistadors
What did the Mayans use their knowledge of the stars to create?
What were the three things Squanto taught the Pilgrims to do in order to survive?
Why did the Puritans leave England and settle in the Americas?
They wanted to worship God in their own way.
What colony was started by the Puritans? (MBC)
Who was the leader of the Europeans at this time?
Queen Elizabeth
What road did Inca soldiers, farmers, and messengers travel along?
The Royal Road
The Pilgrims did not travel to the Americas in search of tobacco or gold and silver. What did they leave England for?
To worship god in their own way.
What was the college the Puritans created?
Harvard College
What was the name of the mountain city the Inca built? (This is hard, it begins with a T)
Tenochtitlan