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| What is an explorer? | Someone who goes to new places to find new things |
| Who is Marco Polo? | A merchant who went traveling to China with his brother and dad. |
| Why was Marco Polo important? | He brought back gun powder, spices, compasses, silks, and wild stories about his journey. |
| What was the name of the type of ships they used to sail on during long journeys? | caravels |
| Exploring was like a business. If things didn't go well what happened? | They would lose money. |
| Exploring was like a business. WHat happened if things did work out well? | They would find riches and make a profit that would be shared with all those who contributed. |
| Christopher Columbus kept a journal of his travels. What is this called? | a primary source |
| Spreading information that you hear about is called? | a secondary source |
| What is the Columbian Exhange? | The movement of people, plants, animals, and germs across the Atlantic Ocean |
| These are aitems that were taken from Europe and brought to the New World | silks, horses, compasses, spices, gunpowerder, diseases, wheat, sugar, coffee, cows and pigs |
| These were items taken from the New World to Europe. | corn, potatoes, beans, cocoa, gold, silver, tobacco and turkeys |
| What is a colony? | a settlement far from the country that rules it |
| Why was if fairly easy for the Europeans to take over the New World? | The Native Americans trusted them and helped them |
| After the Europeans befriended the Native Americans what did they do to them? | They turned their backs on them and conquered them too! |
| Which Europeans came over and controled most of the New World at first? | The Spanish |
| Which Europeans decided they wanted to control some of the New World to? | The English |
| What did Europeans want from the New World? | riches and land for colonies |
| What piece of paper (document) did colonists need in order to start a new colony? | a charter |
| Which country challenged Spain's control of the New World? | England |
| The English raided the Spanish colonies and took things that didn't belong to them (their treasure ships). | England burned the Spanish Armada. This boosted their confidence. |
| What is the Northwest Pasage? | A water route through North America to the riches of Asia |
| Why were all the explorers looking for the Northwest Passage? | They wanted the riches of China that Marco Polo had written about. |
| Who was Jamestown named after? | King James |
| Why did one half of the colonists of Jamestown die the first year? | They were more interested in searching for gold thena working. |
| What is the plant that samed Jamestown? | tobacco |
| What is a cash crop? | A crop that can be sold to make money. |
| What are crops? | plants |
| What is another word for cash? | money |
| What is an indentured servant? | poor citizens who couldn't afford their fair to America. Wealthier people paid their way in exhange for 5-7 years of free labor. |
| Why did indentured servants come to the New World? | for the chance to have a better life, own property, and practice their own religion |
| What does Protestant mean? | to protest |
| Protestants did not practice which religion? | Catholicism |
| Why did the Protestants come to the New World? | religious freedom |
| What famous group of Protestants do we celebrate each year? | Pilgrims |
| What is the view that Native Americans have about the land? | It belongs to everyone to share equally. |
| What is the view that Europeans had about the land? | They could conquer it and own it. |
