Vocabulary
agricultural crop grown to sell for profit
cash crop
Italian mariner looking to find a new route to China
Christopher Columbus
How did the compass, astrolabe, and the quadrant help explorers?
Helped sailors determine their direction
What were the three regions the colonies were divided into?
New England colonies, the Middle colonies, and the Southern colonies
What ancient civilization used to worship cats?
Egypt
large property that used slave labor
plantation
conquered the Aztec Empire
Hernan Cortes
What European nation (not including the Vikings) was the first to go venturing off into the Atlantic?
What was the name of the "lost" colony that "disappeared"?
Roanoke
What is the name of Rapunzel's pet chameleon in Tangled?
people who come to permanently live in a foreign country
immigrants
where we got the term "America" from
Amerigo Vespucci
Who supported Columbus and provided him with ships and men for his voyage?
Monarchs Isabella and Ferdinand
What was the first successful English colony in the Americas?
Jamestown
How many bones does a shark have?
Zero
sea journey by slave ships from Africa to the Americas
The Middle Passage
launched the first European voyages of exploration
Prince Henry the Navigator
What are the names of Columbus' three ships?
The Nina, the Pinta, the Santa Maria
What phrase did John Winthrop use that meant he wanted his colony of Massachusetts to be an inspirational example to the rest of the world on rightful living?
"A City Upon a Hill"
Who holds the record for winning the most Olympic gold medals?
Michael Phelps
poor immigrants who paid for their trip to the colonies by agreeing to work
indentured servants
first explorer to sail around the entire globe
Ferdinand Magellan
What was the name of the island Columbus established a fort on?
Hispaniola
Describe how the Triangular Trade worked.
Europe brought goods/weapons to Africa for slaves, they then transported people to serve as slaves in the Americas, then they exported the products produced by slaves to Europe
Name 10 Pokemon.
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