Unit 2 Vocab
European Exploration
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
100
A Spanish conqueror is also called this name
What is a conquistador?
100
This famous explorer sailed West looking for a shortcut to Asia, and accidentally found the Americas. He believed he was in India and so he called the Natives there "Indians". He has a holiday named after him (which gave you a day off of school)
Who is Christopher Columbus?
100
The 4 colonies of the "New England" region were:
1) Massachusetts
2) Rhode Island
3) Connecticut
4) New Hampshire
100
The 4 colonies in the "Middle Colonies" region were:
1) New York
2) New Jersey
3) Delaware
4) Pennsylvania
100
The 5 colonies of the "Southern Colonies" region were:
1) Virginia
2) Maryland
3) North Carolina
4) South Carolina
5) Georgia
200
When a country sends people to a land far away, claims the land as their own, and sets up their own government and civilization there, it is called a ____________.
What is a colony?
200
This group of people is widely accepted as having been the actual first Europeans to arrive in the Americas (500 years before Columbus)
Who are the vikings?
200
Describe the climate (weather) of the New England colonies.
What is cold, harsh snowy winters, short summers
200
Describe the climate (weather) of the Middle colonies
What is more mild, hot summers, cold winters, longer growing seasons for crops
200
Describe the climate (weather) for the Southern colonies
What is hot, not too dry, little to no snow, long growing seasons for growing crops
300
This is a small, faster and safer ship Europeans used to explore the world.
What is a caravel?
300
These are often called the "3 G's" of exploration, and were the reason many European countries had for exploring the New World and creating colonies there.
What are GOLD, GOD, and GLORY?
300
These were the two religious groups in the New England colonies (both start with the same letter)
*looking for 2 answers here
Who are the Pilgrims and the Puritans?
300
This was the very accepting, tolerant religious group found mostly in the Middle colonies. (also a popular brand of oatmeal)
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Who are the Quakers?
300
Large farms in the Southern colonies that depended on slaves to work in the fields there were called _______________.
What are plantations?
400
These crops were grown and sold in large amounts to make a lot of money (mostly grown in the South). Examples of this vocab word are cotton, tobacco, indigo, and rice.
What are Cash Crops?
400
Europeans exploring west were looking for a water route, or short cut, to Asia to more easily get to this trading route between Europe and Asia. *hint, they traded for spices and fancy fabrics here
What is the Silk Road?
400
This was the event where extremely religious Puritans believed women, often seen as outsiders, in their town were actually evil and casting spells on other girls causing them to act insane.
What were the Salem Witch Trials?
400
The Middle Colonies were called the __________ _______________ of the American colonies because they grew so many grains like wheat.
What is the Bread Basket?
400
Slaves forced to work on the plantations in the Souther Colonies were brought to the Americas from this country.
What is Africa?
500
This is the name of the horrible voyage taken across the Atlantic Ocean by African slaves on ships heading to the New World.
What is the Middle Passage?
500
In Mercantilism, colonies are created to send goods back to the ____________ ______________ who makes money off of the colonies.
What is the "mother country"
500
The colonies of New England made their money by doing this:
What is manufacturing, ship building, trading?
500
The Middle colonies made their money doing this:
What is manufacturing and farming grains like wheat and oats?
500
The Southern colonies made their money by doing this:
What is growing and selling lots of plants on large farms called plantations?