Famous Explorers
Early Settlements
Colonies in the US
Colombian Exchange
100

This explorer sailed from Spain in 1492 with the intentions of finding a new trade route to India

Who is Christoper Columbus 

100

This settlement was started in 1607 and was the first permanent English settlement in the new world

What is Jamestown

100

The three colonial regions are 

What is New England, Middle, and Southern
100

The term Colombian Exchange gets its name from this explorer 

Who is Christopher Columbus 

200

This viking leader is credited as the first European to discover North America in 1000 AD 

Who is Leif Erikson
200

This was the first permanent settlement by the Spanish in 1565

What is St. Augustine
200

This colonial region is best known for a focus on cash crops

What is Southern Colonies 

200

Some of the items sent FROM the new world back to Europe included this product that would eventually turn into a cash crop

What is tobacco 
300

These were the ships used by Christoper Columbus 

What are the Nina, the Pina, and the Santa Maria
300

This settlement is famously known as the "Lost Colony" because its inhabitants mysteriously vanished

What is Roanoke

300

This colony was founded by Pilgrims looking to exercise for religious freedom

What is Massachusetts 

300

The Native Americans benefited greatly from this item in the exchange that changed the way transportation worked in the new world for years to come

What are Horses 

400

This Englishman is credited for helping save Jamestown. He famously said, "He who does not work, shall not eat"

Who is John Smith

400

Founded by English Pilgrims arriving on the Mayflower, this colony established early self government.

What is Plymouth

400

This is a colony controlled directly by the English monarch

What is a Royal Colony

400

Europeans brought horses, cattle, and weapons to trade to the Native Americans. However, they also brought with them crippling ________

What is disease 
500

This individual was pivotal in strengthening relations between settlers and Native Americans at Jamestown by eventually marrying the daughter of the local tribe, Pocahontas.  

Who is John Rolfe

500

This was an early trade hub and central settlement along the coast of modern day South Carolina

What is Charles Town

500

This is the earliest U.S. Colony, founded in 1607

What is Virginia 

500

This new food from the new world became extremely valuable in Europe

What is Chocolate