Vocabulary
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Holiday
100

A person who goes on a long journey, usually for a religious purpose

What is a pilgrim?

100

The people who worked at the Plymouth colony.

Who was everyone? 

100

A Native American that helped better the relationship between the Native Americans and the colonists in Jamestown.

Who is Pocahontas? 

100

The American Indians providing food and labor for the Spanish colonists.  

What was an example of cooperation between the Spanish colonists and the American Indians?

100

The country that started the tradition of putting up a Christmas tree.

What is Germany? 

200

Tobacco that was grown in Jamestown to be sold.

What is a cash crop?

200

People who left England to find freedom to practice their own religion.

Who were the Separatists and the Puritans? 

200

The practice of other religions in England in the early 1600s.

What was not legal to do in England in the early 1600s?

200

Part of the class system in New Spain that included someone born in New Spain who's parents were born in Spain.

Who were the criollo/criolla? 

200

The country where children hang their Christmas stockings at the end of their beds on Christmas Eve.

What is England?

300

Someone who is sent to another country to convince others to believe in a particular religion.

Who is a missionary? 

300

John Smith returned to England in this year. 

What is 1609. 

300

Part of the class system in New Spain made up of persons of mixed European and Indigenous American ancestry.

What is mestizos?

300

A group of people in the lowest class of the New Spain class system.

Who were the Indians and African people? 

300

The shortest day of the year, which occurs around December 21.

What is the Winter Solstice? 

400

A document that is signed by the king or queen of a country, and that gives an organization particular rights.

What is a Royal Charter?

400

Person who claimed the Mississippi river and its basin for France, naming the territory "Louisiana" after King Louis XIV.

Who was de La Salle?

400

Established in 1585 by Sir Walter Raleigh, this was the first attempt at a permanent English settlement in North America.

What was Roanoke colony? 

400

A land ruled by another country. 

What is a colony? 

400

Kris Kringle, Old Saint Nick, Saint Nicholas

What are other names for Santa Claus?

500

An agreement between the Pilgrims and other passengers on The Mayflower who formed their own government in the new colony. 

What is the Mayflower Compact? 

500

Gold, spices, and the Northwest Passage. 

What are things Cartier was sent to look for?

500

The first successful English colony. 

What was Jamestown?

500

A person who agrees to work for a set period of time without pay in exchange for benefits like food, shelter, and travel expenses. 

What is an indentured servant?

500

A popular red-and-white striped candy we eat around Christmas time. 

What are candy canes?