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What is a cash crop?
a crop that is grown to be sold for a profit
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Who were the Norse?
This European group was the first to make it to North America.
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What is a compass?
The Chinese invented these tools that help sailors know where north, south, east, and west are.
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What is tobacco?
John Rolfe harvested this plant, which became the first cash crop.
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What are germs/diseases?
The Colombian Exchange brought these that killed millions of Native Americans.
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What is an expedition?
a journey with a special purpose
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Who is Christopher Columbus?
This Italian explorer was looking for the Indies when he landed in San Salvador by mistake.
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What are maps?
The invention of these tools allowed for safer and further travel because they showed coastlines.
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What is gold?
The English sent many expeditions to the Americas to search for this item.
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Who are the Taino?
This Native American group welcomed Columbus with food and gifts.
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What is barter?
the trading of goods for goods
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Who is Juan Ponce de Leon?
This Spanish explorer was searching for the Fountain of Youth.
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Who is Prince Henry?
This man started schools for sailors.
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Who is Squanto?
This Native American showed the Pilgrims how to grow maize and fertilize the land.
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What is an encomienda?
A piece of land that Spain gave to loyal colonists.
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What is an ally?
a political or military partner
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Who is Etienne Brule?
This French explorer was looking for the Northwest Passage but ended up finding Lake Huron.
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What are the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria?
Columbus's 3 ships...
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What is the Mayflower Compact?
This agreement by the Pilgrims was an early form of self-government.
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Who is Samuel de Champlain?
In 1608 King Henry VI sent this man to New France to be its governor?
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What is a pilgrim?
someone who travels to a special place for religious reasons.
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Sir Walter Raleigh
In 1585, Queen Elizabeth gave this explorer a charter to start a colony in North American for the purpose of finding gold.
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What is The Virginia Company
King James I sent members of this merchant company to start a new settlement in the Americas. This new settlement became known as Jamestown.
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Who were Separatists?
These people of England wanted to leave the Church of England and form their own church.
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Who were the enslaved Native Americans and Africans?
These peoples rebelled against the rulers of New Spain because of the unfair treatment on the encomiendas.
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