| A | B |
| Archaeologist | Scientist who studies the human past by examining the things people left behind |
| starving time | period when 60 of 214 colonist died |
| Migrate | to move from one location to another |
| Culture | A way of life shared by people with similar arts, beliefs, and customs. |
| Cultural Diffusion | The spread of culture from one area to another |
| Domestication | The practice of breeding plants or taming animals to meet human needs. |
| Civilization | A form of culture characterized by city trade centers, specialized workers, organized forms of government and religion, systems of record keeping, and advanced tools. |
| Irrigation | the practice of bringing water to crops |
| Environment | All of the physical surroundings in a place, including land, water, plants, and climate |
| Natural Resource | Useful material found in nature, including water, vegetation, animals, and minerals |
| Christopher Columbus | Explorer who sailed west in hopes of finding Asia |
| Ponce de Leon | Explorer who first sighted North America |
| Columbian Exchange | The transfer of plants, animals, people and diseases across the ocean |
| Middle Passage | Introduction of African slaves to America |
| St Augustine | First Spanish Colony |
| Jamestown | First English Colony |
| Land of Flowers | La Florida |
| Pedro Menendez | founded St.Augustine |
| Roanoke | the lost colony |
| Walter Raleigh | founded Roanoke |
| Croatoan | carved into the trees of Roanoke |
| King James | for whom Jamestown was named after |
| Virginia Company | sponsored the Jamestown voyage |
| Pocahontas | saved John Smith |
| Powhatan Tribe | enemies of Jamestown colonist |
| John Rolfe | found a way to harvest tobacco; married Pocahontas |
| Indentured Servants | brought to colonies to pay off debt |
| House of Burgesses | First representative government in U.S |
| John White | led 2nd expedition to Roanoke |
| Artifact | a tool or object made by humansMigrate |