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Vocabulary
Explorers and Early Settlers
William Penn's Colony
Longitude and Latitude
The Colony Grows, Life
in the New Colony
100
A person who travels in search of something? A. immigrant B. nomad C. explorer D. adventurer
What is C, an explorer?
100
In 1608, this Englishman became one of the first explorers to come to present-day Pennsylvania.
Who is John Smith?
100
The meaning of the word Pennsylvania?
What is "Penn's woods"?
100
These imaginary lines cross one another to form a grid over the Earth's surface.
What is lines of longitude and lines of latitude?
100
In the early 1700s, the Pennsylvania colony grew because __________.
What is many people traveled there from Europe?
200
What is the name of an official document that tells how something should be done?
What is a charter?
200
John Printz set up the capital of New Sweden at ______. A. Germantown B. New Amsterdam C. Tinicum Island D. Philadelphia
What is C, Tinicum Island?
200
Who was the religious group that dressed and spoke plainly and believed that all people were created equal?
Who were the Quakers?
200
These lines run north and south.
What are lines of longitude?
200
Who introduced a way to make cornmeal?
Who is Sybilla Masters?
300
a settlement ruled by a distant country
What is a colony?
300
These two countries began to struggle for control of the land in the northeastern part of the Americas.
Who are the Swedish and the Dutch?
300
This person led the colony of Pennsylvania for many years after the death of William Penn.
Who was Hannah Callowhill Penn?
300
These lines run east and west.
What are lines of latitude?
300
England, Germany, the Netherlands, Scotland, and Ireland
What are the countries from which immigrants came to Pennsylvania?
400
If I were to move to a new country and live there, what would I be considered?
What is an immigrant?
400
These were used to make hats that were very popular in Europe.
What are beaver skins?
400
The Pennsylvania assembly gained the right to suggest new laws through this charter in 1701.
What is the Charter of Privileges?
400
This is located at 0 degrees latitude.
What is the equator?
400
The inventor of a stove, lightning rod, and bifocal glasses.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
500
In this area, you would likely see farms, prairies, and livestock.
What is a rural area?
500
Hired by the Dutch in 1609 to find a direct water route to Asia across the Atlantic Ocean?
Who is Henry Hudson?
500
William Penn made agreements with these people that gave the colonists more land.
Who are the American Indians?
500
Lines of longitude, or meridians, measure distance east and west of the __________.
What is the prime meridian?
500
What was the first nonreligious college in the colonies?
What is The College of Philadelphia, known today as the University of Pennsylvania?