Chapter 3 - Early NYC

Question 1

Route

Answer 1

A road or waterway that travelers follow

Question 2

Claim

Answer 2

To declare that land belongs to a country

Question 3

Colony

Answer 3

Is land ruled by another country

Question 4

Governor

Answer 4

The Official in charge of a colony

Question 5

Who is Verrazano?

Answer 5

An Italian explorer who explored New York Bay.

Question 6

Who is Henry Hudson?

Answer 6

Sailed the Hudson River

Question 7

Who is Samuel de Champlain?

Answer 7

French explorer that founded Quebec, Canada

Question 8

What is latitude?

Answer 8

Measure how far something is north or south of the equator

Question 9

What is longitude?

Answer 9

Measure how far something is east or west of the prime meridian.

Question 10

What is a founder?

Answer 10

A person who starts something

Question 11

What is slavery?

Answer 11

It’s a cruel system in which one person owns another

Question 12

What is diversity?

Answer 12

Variety among the people

Question 13

What is tolerance?

Answer 13

A respect for other people’s differences

Question 14

What is a RIGHT?

Answer 14

A freedom the government must protect

Trial by Jury

Question 15

What is an assembly?

Answer 15

A group elected by the people to make laws

Question 16

What is a tax?

Answer 16

A fee paid to the government for services

Question 17

What is the charter of liberties?

Answer 17

It described how government would work and it listed people’s rights

Freedom of religion

Governor did not control the assembly