Exploring+Colonies Word Scramble

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Exploring+Colonies

Exploration and Colonization: 13 Colonies

Term/Person/Event	Answer/Definition/Importance
Great Famine	food shortage; killed many Europeans
Black Death	deadly disease; killed millions of Europeans in the 14 century
100 Year War	conflict between France & England
Renaissance	widespread cultural revival of classical art, architecture, learning & lit.
Reformation	movement to reform the Chuch; divided the Church in half
Catholics follwed the ____________.	Pope
Protestants wanted to ______________.	Break away from the Church
_____________ helped create greater curiosity around the world.	Printing press
South route	Africa's coast; return to Europe
West route	Atlantic; return to Europe
Vasco de Gamma's route	Around the cape of good hope and then east of the Indian Ocean
_____________ took control of the spice trade.	Portugal
Columbus claimed land for ________.	Spain
Columbus believed he found __________.	India
Columbus had really found ____________________.	Carribean Islands (San Salvador)
Mission work	to send people to convert the native people to Christianity
Mercantilism	WAY EUROPEANS ENRICHED TREASURIES
WHY WAS SPAIN SO SUCCESSFUL IN CONQUERING THE NEW WORLD (AZTECS & INCAS)?	ACTED BRUTALLY TOWARDS THE NATIVE AMERICANS & THEIR DISEASES KILLED MANY NATIVE AMERICANS
WHAT DID SPAIN GET IN THE NEW WORLD?	WEALTH, SPICES, LAND, SLAVES & GOLD
NEW FRANCE; WHERE LOCATED?	MONTREAL & QUEBEC
NEW SWEDEN; WHERE LOCATED?	HUDSON RIVER, NY
SPAIN; WHERE LOCATED?	CENTRAL AMERICA, MEXICO, & FLORIDA
WHO ARRIVES IN AMERICA FIRST?	SPAIN
HOW LONG IS THE TRAVEL FROM ENGLAND TO AMERICA?	3-4 MONTHS
HOW MANY ATTEMPTS TO SETTLE VIRGINIA HAD FAILED BEFORE JAMESTOWN?	2
WHAT WAS THE DEATH RATE IN JAMESTOWN IN THE EARLY YEARS?	70%
JAMESTOWN; WHERE DID THEY SETTLE?	JAMES RIVER
# OF TREES TO BUILD JAMES FORT?	OVER 600
AGE OF POCAHONTAS WHEN SHE MET JOHN SMITH?	10-12 YEARS
2 THINGS THE SETTLERS ATE WHILE THEY WENT THROUGH THE STARVATION PERIOD IN JAMESTOWN?	DOGS, CATTLE
WALTER RALEIGH	FOUNDER OF ROANOKE
JOHN SMITH	LEADER OF JAMESTOWN
JAMESTOWN	FIRST PERMANENT COLONY IN AMERICA; SETTLED IN 1607
HOUSE OF BURGESSES	THE VIRGINIA ASSEMBLY; FIRST REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY IN THE WORLD
JOINT-STOCK COMPANY	COMPANY LED BY A GROUP OF INVESTORS
CHARTER	CONTRACT TO GIVE THE RIGHT TO ESTABLISH A COLONY
ROYAL COLONY	COLONY RULED BY THE KING'S CHOSEN PERSON
PURITANS	ENGLISH DISSENTERS WHO WANTED TO REFORM THE CHURCH
QUAKERS	PROTESTANT DISSENTERS
DISSENTER	PERSON WHO DISAGREES WITH A CHURCH
HEADRIGHT	LAND GRANT GIVEN TO ONE WHO COULD PAY HIS/HER WAY TO THE COLONIES
PILGRIMS SETTLED IN AMERICA FOR... (PLYMOUTH)	RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
JAMESTOWN SETTLED IN AMERICA FOR...	WEALTH $$$$
PILGRIMS NEEDED THE HELP OF THE NATIVE AMERICANS BECUASE...	THEY HAD FOOD
THE PURITANS WANTED TO CREATE A _____________ SOCIETY.	A RELIGIOUS COMMONWEALTH
THE 3 PURITAN VALUES	HARD WORK - TO HONOR GOD EDUCATION - SO KIDS COULD READ BIBLE REP. GOVERN. - TRADITIONAL SELF GOVERNMENT

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