PERS and Vocab review

Vocab

100

Which reason deals with government, kings, rule?

Political

200

Which reason deals with practicing religion and spreading religion?

Religious 

300

Which reason deals with making money?

Economic

400

Which reason deals with people and personal reasons for exploring?

Social

500

What is land that is ruled by a government from another country?

Colony

PERS Examples

100

People of the Puritan Church escaped to the New World to avoid being hunted by the Church of England 

Religious

200

Columbus was tasked to claim North America in the name of Spain

Political

300

Catholic missionaries from Spain went to the New World to convert Native People to Christianity

Religious 

400

The French explored North America to find ways to expand their fur trade

Economic 

500

A Frenchman who recently got out of jail traveled to the New World for a fresh start and new opportunities

Social

Other stuff

100

What was Columbus looking for when he set out on his voyage?

Asia, China, India, gold, clout 

200

Who was the guy who actually discovered America before Columbus?

Leif Erickson

300

True or False: Ancient humans traveled from Australia to America over a land bridge 

FALSE

400

How many requests for a shoutout has Carl had?

Over 100,000

500

What color is history/social studies?

Science = green, math = red, ELA = yellow, 

history = blue