Explorers
100 – Who sailed in 1492?
Christopher Columbus
100 – First English colony?
Jamestown
100 – Built pyramids and calendar
Maya
100 – What was traded in Columbian Exchange?
Plants, animals, people, and diseases
100 – What was the House of Burgesses?
The first elected legislative assembly in the colonies (Virginia, 1619)
200-Who founded navigation school?
Prince Henry the Navigator
200 – Who saved Jamestown with tobacco?
John Rolfe
200 – Who conquered the Aztecs?
Hernán Cortés
200 – What is the Middle Passage?
The deadly journey enslaved Africans took across the Atlantic to the Americas
200 – Who married Pocahontas?
John Rolfe
300 – What were the 3 G’s?
God, Gold, Glory
300 – What was “Starving Time”?
Winter of 1609–1610 when Jamestown colonists ran out of food and many died
300 – Who conquered the Inca?
Francisco Pizarro
300 – Name 2 things from America to Europe
Corn and tobacco (also: potatoes, tomatoes)
300 – What cash crop was “brown gold”?
Tobacco
400 – Name 3 tools of exploration
Compass, astrolabe, caravel
400 – Colony named for the “Virgin Queen”?
Virginia
400 – What does Mesoamerica mean?
"Middle America" (region from central Mexico to northern Central America)
400 – Define Transatlantic Slave Trade
A trade system that forcibly transported Africans to the Americas as slaves
400 – What colony had the first assembly?
Virginia (House of Burgesses in 1619)
500 – Bonus: Name 3 European countries that explored the New World
Spain, France, England (also: Portugal, Netherlands)
500 – Name all 13 colonies
Virginia, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maryland, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Delaware, North Carolina, South Carolina, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Georgia
500 – Name all 3 Pre-Columbian civilizations
Maya, Aztec, Inca
500 – How did the Columbian Exchange change diets?
Introduced new staple crops like potatoes and corn to Europe, boosting population growth
500 – What made Jamestown successful long-term?
Profitable tobacco farming and stable leadership/government