Question | Answer |
What is the Mayflower? | The name of the ship the Pilgrims sailed on. |
What is a colony? | A settlement in a new country ruled by a distant country. |
Who were the Pilgrims? | People who left England because they were seeking religious freedom. |
What is Plymouth? | The location where the Pilgrims settled. |
What is a mission? | A church settlement that includes farms, houses, and schools. |
What is a hacienda? | A huge land area owned by the Spanish. |
Today, New Spain's land is called... | Mexico and the United States Southwest |
Jamestown was... | the first successful English colony in North America |
Who was the chief's daughter that helped the colonists? | Pocahontas |
Who led the first successful colony? | John Smith |
The English settlers first planted corn as a crop. | False (it was tobacco) |
Spain wanted to colonize in North America to... | add to its wealth and power |
Champlain claimed land for... | France |
How did French settlers make money? | By trapping and trading furs |
New York was settled by the.. | Dutch |
What were the three classes of society in New Spain? | Viceroy, middle, and lower |
Missionaries tried to convert Native Americans to... | Roman Catholicism |
What do you find on a hacienda? | cattle ranches
farms
mines
lumber mills
several towns and villages
a large house for the owner
a chapel
Native American laborers
different types of people - teachers, priests, doctors, carpenters, cowhands |