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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 |