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 |