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100

Who explored the coast of Africa for Portugal?

Dias

100

A tool invented by the Arabs that sailors used to determine their location?

Quadrant

100

The first person to sail from Europe to India was ___________________?

Vasco da Gama

100

The people who started their own churches and kept apart from the Church of England were called?

Separatists

100

Why did English cities motivate people to start colonies?

a. to make money

b. to start families

c.for religious reasons because the cities had become wicked

d. to get far away from England

c. for religious reasons because the cities had become wicked

200

Who set foot on an island in the Americas in 1492?

Christopher Columbus

200

A group of traders who travel together to trade and sell their goods are called?

A caravan

200
It was declared that Indians were humans with souls by the ______________.

Pope

200

A Patuxet Indian taught Pilgrims to grow good in what colony?

Plymouth

200

Who was the chief of several woodland tribes in the Chesapeake Bay area?

a. Dias

b. Christopher Columbus

c. John Winthrop

d. Powhatan

d. Powhatan
300

Who wrote about the treatment of the American Indians?

Las Casas

300

What is an invention that allowed sailors to know which direction they were sailing?

A compass
300

The English founded the colony _________________ but many of the colonists would not work.

Jamestown
300

The first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, who wanted the community to be a model of Christian love was?

John Winthrop

300

Who helped Portugal become skilled at exploration? 

a. Prince Henry

b. the Pope

c. da Gama

d. Las Casas

a. Prince Henry

400

Who made the colonists at Jamestown work in the fields?

John Smith

400

What gives the power to the ship?

A big square sail

400

To pay for their voyage to America, many people became indentured ______________.

servants

400

What did Columbus persuade his men to do when they became restless?

persevere

400

Where did Columbus go after sailing along the coast of Africa?

a. Spain

b. Portugal

c. France

d. the Canary Islands

d. the Canary Islands

500

Who governed New Netherland?

Peter Stuyvesant

500

What allows a ship to sail into the wind?

A small triangular sail

500

The people who wanted to change the Church of England by removing the false teachings and practices were called? ________________

Puritans

500

Which colony set up a congregational church government?

Massachusetts Bay Colony

500

When did Columbus set foot on an island in the Americas?

a. December 19th, 1643

b. October 12th, 1492

c. November 28th, 1942

d. January 18th, 1941

b. October 12th, 1492