Vocabulary Explorers Tools for Exploration The English Colonies Miscellaneous
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What is a cash crop?
a crop that is grown to be sold for a profit
100
Who were the Norse?
This European group was the first to make it to North America.
100
What is a compass?
The Chinese invented these tools that help sailors know where north, south, east, and west are.
100
What is tobacco?
John Rolfe harvested this plant, which became the first cash crop.
100
What are germs/diseases?
The Colombian Exchange brought these that killed millions of Native Americans.
200
What is an expedition?
a journey with a special purpose
200
Who is Christopher Columbus?
This Italian explorer was looking for the Indies when he landed in San Salvador by mistake.
200
What are maps?
The invention of these tools allowed for safer and further travel because they showed coastlines.
200
What is gold?
The English sent many expeditions to the Americas to search for this item.
200
Who are the Taino?
This Native American group welcomed Columbus with food and gifts.
300
What is barter?
the trading of goods for goods
300
Who is Juan Ponce de Leon?
This Spanish explorer was searching for the Fountain of Youth.
300
Who is Prince Henry?
This man started schools for sailors.
300
Who is Squanto?
This Native American showed the Pilgrims how to grow maize and fertilize the land.
300
What is an encomienda?
A piece of land that Spain gave to loyal colonists.
400
What is an ally?
a political or military partner
400
Who is Etienne Brule?
This French explorer was looking for the Northwest Passage but ended up finding Lake Huron.
400
What are the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria?
Columbus's 3 ships...
400
What is the Mayflower Compact?
This agreement by the Pilgrims was an early form of self-government.
400
Who is Samuel de Champlain?
In 1608 King Henry VI sent this man to New France to be its governor?
500
What is a pilgrim?
someone who travels to a special place for religious reasons.
500
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.
500
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.
500
Who were Separatists?
These people of England wanted to leave the Church of England and form their own church.
500
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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