History - Chapter 1

Question 1

Portuguese traveler who in 1448 attempted to reach Asia by sailing down the coast of Africa to the Cape of Good Hope (southern tip of Africa)

Answer 1

Bartholomew Diaz

Question 2

A series of holy wars waged to capture the holy land from the Muslims and drive them out of Western Europe

Answer 2

Crusades

Question 3

Portuguese traveler who in 1498 repeated the same trip as Bartholomew Diaz who attempted to reach Asia by sailing down the coast of Africa to the Cape of Good Hope (southern tip of Africa) then farther east to India

Answer 3

Vasco da Gama

Question 4

The Norse (or Viking) explorer who is among the first Europeans to travel to the newly discovered lands

Answer 4

Leif Ericson

Question 5

Italian sailor who in 1492 led an expedition of 3 ships under the flag of a Spain to find a more direct route with Asia. After traveling a month at sea he landed in the present day Bahamas

Answer 5

Christopher Columbus

Question 6

Italian explorer who led Portuguese and Spanish expeditions along the coast of South America

Answer 6

Amerigo Vespucci

Question 7

Small bands of private soldiers or adventures who pushed the Spanish claim for land riches in Central America, South America, and the North American southwest.

They killed and enslaved the native populations they encountered, taking control of the land and extracting gold and silver from the New World to enrich themselves Spain in the Roman Catholic Church

Answer 7

Conquistadors

Question 8

Conquistador who conquered the Aztec empire of Mexico in 1519

Answer 8

Hernando Cortez

Question 9

Conquistador who brought down the Inca empire of Peru in 1531 through 1535

Answer 9

Francisco Pizarro

Question 10

Conquistador who explored the Florida Peninsula in 1513

Answer 10

Juan Ponce de Leon

Question 11

Spanish conquistador who traveled throughout the south eastern region of North America in 1539 through 1542

Answer 11

Hernando de Soto

Question 12

Conquistador who explored the North American Southwest in 1540-1542

Answer 12

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

Question 13

Italian sailor who explored for the French the New World in 1524 searching for a Northwest passage through North America to reach Asia

Answer 13

Giovanni da Verrazano

Question 14

French explorer who in 1535-1536 explored the Gulf of St. Lawrence in the St Lawrence River

Answer 14

Jacques Cartier

Question 15

French explorer known as the father of New France (French possessions in North America) who founded Quebec in 1608

Answer 15

Samuel de Champlain

Question 16

English privateer, or Sea Dog, who (with the blessings of Queen Elizabeth) raided Spanish ships and the New World settlements for gold and silver.

He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth of England

Answer 16

Francis Drake

Question 17

1st British settlement established in 1586 on an island off the coast of present day North Carolina.

Consisted of 117 people under leadership of Governor John White

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Roanoke Island

Question 18

Governor of the first English settlement called Roanoke Island.

His daughter was the first English child born in North America

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Governor John White

Question 19

First English born child born in North America. Grand daughter of Governor John White

Answer 19

Virginia Dare

Question 20

First permanent English settlement in North America established by the Virginia Company in the colony of Virginia in 1607

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Jamestown

Question 21

English soldier who emerged as a leader in Jamestown and then is to bring order and discipline to a starving, chaotic, fearfulpeople

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Captain John Smith

Question 22

Early settler who developed a variety of tobacco in Virginia

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John Rolfe

Question 23

Southern colony founded in 1634 by the Calvert family of England as a refuge for British Catholics

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Maryland

Question 24

Chartered in 1663 to create a buffer zone between hostile Indians and the more settled populations of Virginia

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Carolina

Question 25

They came a separate colony in 1719 and was settled by planters from Barbados

Answer 25

South Carolina

Question 26

Founded by James Oglethorpe in 1733 it between the last of the original 13 British colonies in the North American mainland and the final southern colony

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Georgia

Question 27

The idea that colonies should complement and supplement but not compete with the economy of the mother country

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Mercantilism

Question 28

A group of religious dissenters who left England in 1620 for the New World were the established a colony of Plymouth Leaving the church of England to be corrupt the settlers intended to separate themselves from the church They became more widely known as pilgrims because they traveled on a long religious journey called a pilgrimage to reach America

Answer 28

Separatists

Question 29

They traveled on a long religious journey and were also known as separatists They crossed the Atlantic Ocean in a tiny ship called the mayflower Led by William Bradford

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Pilgrims

Question 30

The name of the ship that the pilgrims used to cross to cross the Atlantic Ocean

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Mayflower

Question 31

The agreement that the pilgrims made on which they agreed to abide by laws made by their own elected officials once they reached America

Answer 31

The Mayflower compact

Question 32

A colony that later absorbed Plymouth

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Massachusetts Bay colony

Question 33

A famous Puritan who was a leader in the Massachusetts Bay colony

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John Winthrop

Question 34

Like the separatists, these people believed the church of England to be corrupt but instead of separating from the church they intended to purify it

Answer 34

The Puritans

Question 35

Trade routes by which the new Englanders sold rum to traders (both European and African) on the west coast of Africa, with which they bartered for slaves who then traded in sold in the West Indies. From there the colonists purchased molasses which they brought back to New England in order to make more rum

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Triangular trade

Question 36

New England colony founded by Roger Williams and in Hutchinson both of whom religious dissenters from the Puritan theocracy in Massachusetts

Answer 36

Rhode Island

Question 37

Helped found Rhode Island. Was banished from the Puritan (Massachusetts) colony in 1635

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Roger Williams

Question 38

Helped found Rhode Island. Was banished from the Puritan (Massachusetts) colony in 1638

Answer 38

Anne Hutchinson

Question 39

Established in 1637 by settlers led by Thomas Hooker who left Massachusetts in 1633

Answer 39

Connecticut

Question 40

Which two colonies were primarily settled by immigrants from the Massachusetts Bay colony with both colonies involved in controversy with Massachusetts over boundaries and their own independent existence One of these states was eventually absorbed back into Massachusetts

Answer 40

New Hampshire and Maine

Question 41

A member of the society of friends, or Quakers, who founded the colony of Pennsylvania in 1681 as a refuge for Quakers who were persecuted and discriminated against in England

Answer 41

William Penn

Question 42

This middle colony was founded by William Penn in 1681 as a refuge for Quakers

Answer 42

Pennsylvania

Question 43

A middle colony which was originally settled by the Dutch in new Netherland in 1624 but was later surrendered to the British and New Amsterdam in 1664

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New York

Question 44

He began the settlement at New Amsterdam in 1626

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Governor Peter Minuit

Question 45

This middle colony was created when the duke of York granted land to other British nobels which were later united in 1702 to form this colony

Answer 45

New Jersey

Question 46

This middle colony was originally settled by Swedish immigrants as new Sweden but was later separated from Pennsylvania in 1701 to function as its own colony

Answer 46

Delaware

Question 47

A set of British laws governing the conduct of trade and commerce in empire

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Navigation acts

Question 48

The tendency for the British government overlook violations of the law and it's far flung colonies

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Salutary neglect

Question 49

The British legislative branch of government

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Parliament

Question 50

This region developed large family farms and was often called the breadbasket. Commercial agriculture played a large role in the prosperity of this colony and one of its Philadelphia would become a major port city

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Middle colonies

Question 51

This region was known for it shipping and commerce

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New England colonies

Question 52

This region was known for tobacco as its principal cash crop and its plantation system for growing the tobacco

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Southern colonies