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| Many of the Vikings were from this European nation whose western coast borders the North Sea. | What is Norway? |
| He was the first Viking to see North America. | who was Bjarni herjulfson |
| This was the name that the Vikings gave to their settlement in present-day Canada. | what is vinland |
| This Viking tried to colonize present-day Canada. | Who was Leif Ericson? |
| In addition to Norse and Northmen, this term, also starting with an n, was another name for the Vikings. | norman |
| On his first voyage, when he accidently “discovered” America, Columbus was sailing for this European nation. | what is spain? |
| on his first voyage trying to reach the Indies, this was one of the reasons why columbus first saild southwest to the Canary island. | What is, to catch the wind that would push him west; |
| Columbus used to convince himself that he had found the Indies. | What is gold? (also in Asia) |
| king and queen of Spain at the time of Columbus’s first voyage on his Enterprise of the Indie. | who were isabella and ferdinand. |
| Columbus’s goal when he set out on his first voyage | to find an all water route to Asia, or try to sail west to reach the east? |
| The year that the Puritans began their Massachusetts Bay Colony in America | 1630 |
| year that the Vikings first saw North America. | What is 986 |
| The Protestant Reformation first began during this century. | What is, 16th |
| The year that pilgrims first began their colony in new world | What is 1620 |
| These English men and women wanted to simplify, or purify, the rituals, materials, and procedures, in the Church of England | puritans |
| These radical English Puritans wanted to completely break away from the Church of England. The first group of these separatists came to the New World on the Mayflower in 1620. | who were the pilgrims |
| name that columbus gave the first island that he landed on in the new world | san salvador |
| In c. 770, a group of Vikings settled this large island west of Norway. It’s name would suggest that it was very inhospitable | iceland |
| Eric the Red brought group of viking settlers to the southwestern tip of this enormous island, approximately 500 miles east of present day canada | greenland |
| after reaching the new world, columbus landed on a island in this body fo water | carribean sea |
| name pilgrims gave colony in America | plymouth |
| The year Jamestown was founded | What is 1607? |
| This captain helped save Jamestown | Who is John Smith? |
| The crop that financially saved Jamestown | What is tobacco? |
| This lawmaking body was set up in Jamestown in 1619. | What is the House of Burgesses? |
| This disease killed many of the first Jamestown settlers | What is malaria? |
| The year that Plymouth was settled | What is 1620? |
| Before coming to America, the Pilgrims went first to this European nation | What is the Netherlands (or Holland)? |
| This agreement (or document) was drawn up on board the Mayflower before the Pilgrims landed | What is the Mayflower Compact? |
| Plymouth, in 1691, became part of this larger colony | what is massachussetts bay, |
| Before leaving England, the Pilgrims were given a land grant in America from this joint-stock company | What is the London Company of Virginia? |
| The year the first Puritans landed in America. | What is 1630? |
| This Puritan leader told the Puritans that they were about to establish a “city upon a hill”. | Who is John Winthrop? |
| The Puritans wanted to stay in, yet reform, or purify, this church | what is the Anglican Church or Church of England |
| left out of the charter given to the Massachusetts Bay company | What is, where the company headquarters were to be located |
| Since, in Massachusetts Bay, the church leaders influenced the political leaders, Massachusetts Bay had elements of this type of government. | What is a theocracy? |
| This colony was founded partly as a haven for Quakers | What is Pennsylvania? |
| This middle colony was originally founded by the Dutch | What is New York? |
| They were also known as the Society of Friends | Who are the Quakers? |
| Besides New York, this was the other proprietary middle colony | What is Delaware? |
| The middle colonies had three huge rivers that flowed from the interior into the sea: the Delaware, the Susquehanna, and this river. | What is the Hudson River? |
| This was the last of the 13 British colonies to be founded in North America | What is Georgia? |
| Tobacco was mostly grown in Virginia and this southern colony | What is Maryland? |
| All of the southern colonies produced these raw materials for building ships | What are naval stores? |
| The year Georgia was founded | What is 1733? |
| He was the leader of the London philanthropists who founded Georgia | Who was James Oglethorpe? |
| His trial in 1735 helped set the precedent for freedom of the press | Who is John Peter Zenger? |
| There were two self governing colonies: Rhode Island and this colony | What is Connecticut? |
| This phrase describes how a legislature controls the spending of money | What is power of the purse? |
| In the so-called Triangular Trade, this product was often shipped from New England to west Africa | What is Rum |
| In New England, this was an example of direct democracy; the system where the male citizens would go and propose, debate, and vote on laws | What is the town meeting? |
