Exploration
In 1492, Christopher Columbus thought he arrived in this country
What is India?
This explorer proved the land Columbus discovered was not India, but a "New World"
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
The major cash crop of Jamestown
What is tobacco?
This holiday took place at Plymouth colony
What is Thanksgiving?
The pilgrims were apart of this English colony
What is Plymouth?
The motivations for countries to be exploring the globe (Name three)
What are glory, God, gold, trade routes?
This explorer sailed around Africa to reach India
Who is Vasco da Gama?
The two events that led to "the Starving Time"
What are droughts, food shortages, lack of supplies, being surrounded by the Native American tribe?
This colony is known as "The Lost Colony"
What is Roanoke?
When the "Lost Colony" disappeared, only this word (the name of a nearby Native American tribe) was found carved into a tree
What is Croatoan?
This country monopolized the trade of enslaved Africans
What is Portugal?
This explorer discovered Flordia when trying to find the "fountain of youth"
Who is Ponce de Leon?
The three things John Smith changed when he became president of Jamestown
What is 1) everyone has to work, 2) No more searches for gold, and 3) Change in location inland?
John Winthrop was the governor of this religious group who settled in New England
Who are the Puritans?
This joint stock trading company was formed by English merchants to pursue a new investment opportunity and establish a settlement
What is the Virginia Company?
This event impacted colonization because it justified religious intolerance and the continutation of religious conquests for land
What are the Crusades?
This explorer's crew circumnavigated the globe even though he died before completing the journey
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
The first representative government in the English settlements
What is The House of Burgesses?
The first New England settlement
What is Plymouth?
The three sister crops
What are corn, beans, and squash?
This person was the King of England when John Cabot discovered Canada for the British Empire
Who is King Henry VII (7th)?
This explorer conquered the Aztec Empire
Who is Hernan(do) Cortes?
This Native American tribe lived near the Jamestown colony and had their land and crops stolen from them.
What is the Powhatan tribe?
The leader of the "Lost Colony," John White, had to leave the colony for England because of this
What is lack of supplies?
These FOUR geographical regions are where Indigenous people of North America occupied before European settlement
What is the Southwest, Northwest, Northeast, and Southeast?