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The First Americans
Christopher Columbus
Spanish Explorers
Pilgrims
English Settlers
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Who were the first people to live in America?
The Native Americans
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In the 1400s, why did people go to India and China?
To get jewels, silks, and spices.
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Why did many Spanish Explorers come to America?
To find the 7 cities of gold
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Why did the Pilgrims come to America?
Freedom of Religion
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Name 2 reasons the English came to America.
To have a better life To have freedom of religion To get rich
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True or False- It is believed that there was land that connected America and Asia.
True
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Why did Christopher Columbus start sailing West across the Atlantic Ocean?
To find an easier way to Asia.
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Name one defining feature about Estevanico.
He was an African Searched the Southwest for gold He was killed by Native Americans
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Where did the Pilgrims FIRST live after England?
Holland
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What crop did the settlers start to grow in order to make money?
tobacco
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What did the Native Americans teach people that came to the United States later?
How to make medicine Farming Hunting Fishing
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Who gave Christopher Columbus his 3 ships?
Queen Isabella
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What did Francisco Coronado discover for Spain?
Southwest part of America. He found farmers and villagers and claimed the whole Southwest for Spain.
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When the Pilgrims first landed in America, where did they land?
Cape Cod
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How many colonies were there by the time all the English settled?
13
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Vocabulary Question: What is a continent?
Large bodies or chunks of land on Earth. We have 7 on Earth.
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Name Christopher Columbus' 3 ships
Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria
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What river de Hernando de Soto find?
The Mississippi River. He also claimed Florida for Spain.
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What was the plan for government called that the Pilgrims made on the Mayflower?
The Mayflower Compact
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Who helped the English grow their tobacco?
African slaves
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How many different areas of America did the Native Americans live in?
5- Northwest Southwest Midwest Great Plains East
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What year did Christopher Columbus land in the Bahamas (that he thought was India)
October 12, 1492
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Vocabulary word question: Name one thing that happened in the Spanish missions
Native Americans worked against their will Priests taught Native Americans how to be Catholic Some missions became towns
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What was the name of the colony that the Pilgrim's started called?
Plymouth
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What was the name of the first colony that the English started?
Jamestown