Unit One Part One Review - Exploration and Colonization

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  1. 3. __________ crops were things that everyone needed and included things such as potatoes, wheat, and corn
  2. 8. New England colonists that were separatists, desiring a complete separation from the Church of England, established Plymouth
  3. 9. New England colonists who saw flaws in the Church of England, but hoped to repair it from within, established the Massachusetts Bay colony
  4. 11. One of the main reasons that exploration was occurring - a desire to gain fame or notoriety so that they could always be remembered
  5. 14. Both Virginia Dare and the colony, Virginia, were named after Queen ________ I of England
  6. 15. Crop that Rolfe smuggled in to Jamestown, that was extremely lucrative and saved the colony
  7. 18. One of the three regions of British colonies, this region included colonies such as NY, NJ, PA, and DE. It was the most diverse ethnically and religiously and primarily grew staple crops
  8. 19. One of the main reasons that exploration was occurring - a desire to learn more about the geography of the world, discover new plants and animals, etc
  9. 20. The first attempt at a British colony in the New World, located on the Outer Banks of NC, was ultimately abandoned and is now known as the "Lost Colony"
  10. 21. One of the main groups that explored and colonized the New World, big names included Henry Hudson
  11. 22. One of the main reasons that exploration was occurring - a desire to take over new lands and gain access to new resources - often occurred through violent means
  12. 25. Famously "sailed the ocean blue in 1492" and is credited as the first to reach the New World, even though he didn't realize that he wasn't in India
  13. 26. Term meaning the action or process of settling among and establishing control over the indigenous people of an area
  14. 27. One of the main groups that explored and colonized the New World, big names included Christopher Columbus and Amerigo Vespucci
  15. 28. The name of the both the chief and the tribe that neighbored the Jamestown colony
  16. 29. Individual that helped plan and finance British exploration to the New World, even though he never traveled there himself
  17. 30. One of the main reasons that exploration was occurring - a desire to find gold, silver, and the mythical Fountain of Youth
  18. 32. Individual who saved the colony of Jamestown from "The Starving Time", and would later go on to marry Chief Powhatan's daughter, Pocahontas
  19. 33. One of the three regions of British colonies, this region included colonies such as MA, CT, RI, and NH. It had the strongest educational system at the time and primarily relied on fishing and shipbuilding
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  1. 1. The name of the first English baby born in the New World (2 words/no spaces)
  2. 2. The nickname given to the colony of Roanoke after all of the colonists disappeared while Gov. White was back in England (2 words/no spaces)
  3. 4. Term meaning the action of traveling in or through an unfamiliar area in order to learn about it
  4. 5. One of the main groups that explored and colonized the New World, big names included Sir Walter Raleigh and Sir Francis Drake
  5. 6. ___________ crops were the most lucrative and included things such as sugar, tobacco, and cotton
  6. 7. Named after the ship they arrived on, this document, signed in 1620, established a form of self-governance for the Plymouth colony(2 words/no spaces)
  7. 10. Governor of the Roanoke colony and grandfather of Virginia Dare, he was the one to discover the colonists missing when he returned from England
  8. 12. First individual to recognize that the New World was in fact a separate continent, which led to it being named America in his honor
  9. 13. The first permanent British colony, established in 1607 in Virginia
  10. 16. One of the main groups that explored and colonized the New World, big names included Bartolomeu Dias and Vasco da Gama
  11. 17. The name of the neighboring tribe to the Roanoke colony that clues were left about when the colonists disappeared
  12. 23. One of the three regions of British colonies, this region included colonies such as VA, MD, NC, SC, and GA. It had the highest slave population of all three regions and primarily grew cash crops
  13. 24. Individual who wrote about his impact on the Jamestown colony, though historians have disproved much of his account
  14. 30. One of the main reasons that exploration was occurring - a desire to either spread their religion through missions, or a desire to escape persecution
  15. 31. This New England colony established in 1620, was founded for religious purposes