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SSExam2017
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How long ago was America first discovered | About 30,000 years |
| Who came to America | people and animals from Asia |
| Where did they arrive | In modern day Alaska |
| What did they cross to get to Alaska | Bering Strait |
| When did they cross the Bering Strait | Ice Ages |
| What covered North America | Glaciers |
| What was used to cross the Bering Strait | land bridge |
| How long ago was America discovered the second time | 1,000 years |
| Who crossed the Atlantic first to America | vikings |
| Where did they come from | Norway |
| Where did the vikings land | Canada |
| What is that area called now | Newfoundland |
| What was the name of the son of Eric the Red | Leif Ericson |
| When was the third discovery of America | about 500 years ago |
| Who discovered America the third time | Christopher Columbus |
| From where did Christopher Columbus sail | Spain |
| What year did Christopher Columbus spot land | 1492 |
| What island did Christopher Columbus land on first | San Salvador |
| What island did Christopher Columbus see next | Cuba |
| What did Christopher Columbus name a large island he found | Hispaneola |
| What countries are now on Hispaneola | Haiti and the Dominican Republic |
| Who were the king and queen of Spain when Columbus sailed | King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella |
| Who was the first Englishman to sail around the world | Drake |
| Who is America named after | Amerigo Vespucci |
| What Frenchmen explored the Mississippi River | La Salle |
| What treaty line separated newly discovered lands Spain and Portugal found | Treaty of Tordesillas |
| Jolliet and Marquette explored the Mississippi River for what country | France |
| who crossed into modern day Texas at the same time as de Soto | Coronado |
| Giovanni Caboto who was sponsored by England sailed under what name | John Cabot |
| What early Italian explorer has a New York bridge named after him | Verrazano |
| Who explored the St. Lawrence River | Samuel de Champlain |
| What state's coast did Juan Cabrilho sail along | California |
| What gulf was explored and named by Jocques Cartier | St. Lawrence |
| What river did Hernando de Soto discover | Mississippi River |
| What explorer was sponsored by Holland and England | Henry Hudson |
| What English queen challenged Spain for control over The new world | Queen Elizabeth |
| What section of North America was named by Ponce de Leon | Florida |
| The Puritans and Pilgrims came to the new world in search of what | Religious Freedom |
| What was England's first permanent colony | Jamestown |
| What four settlements started where a river opens up to an ocean | New York,Boston,Baltimore, and Charleston |
| Who said"... that he who will not work shall not eat," | Captain John Smith of Jamestown |
| Who was the first European to be born in America | Virginia Dare |
| What two groups of people were brought to the new world to work for free | slaves and indentured servents |
| What mountain range lies directly West of the thirteen colonies | Appalachian Mountains |
| What document was written in 1620 and setup the rules and regulations for the Plymouth colony | Mayflower Compact |
| George Calvert founded this land in 1623 | Maryland |
| What was the major Dutch settlement in the new world | New Amsterdam |
| What country established Fort Christina | Sweden |
| Who founded Pennsylvania | William Penn |
| Who founded Georgia | James Oglethorpe |
| Who founded New Jersey | Lord John Berkley |
| Who founded Connecticut | Thomas Hooker |
| Who founded Rhode Island | Roger Williams |
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