Chapter 4 QUIZ - Class Notes & Book Flashcards
A wild, empty land that has not been settled is called a ___.
wilderness
What English colony is known as the “Lost Colony?”
Roanoke
The groups of merchants who financed the founding of Jamestown was called _____.
The London Company
On what river was Jamestown built?
The Jamestown River
An area where the ground is wet, spongy, and cannot be farmed is called ____.
swamp
What was John Smith’s rule for the men of Jamestown?
You don’t work, you don’t eat
What did they call the winter of 1609-1610?
Starving Time
What religious group wanted to separate from the Church of England?
Separatists
What boat brought the Separatists to America?
Mayflower
Together, the Separatists and the Strangers were called ____.
Pilgrims
What document was the first written agreement for self-government in America?
Mayflower Compact
What was the name of the Pilgrim’s colony?
Plymouth
Who was the first governor of Plymouth?
Elder Brewster
Who help the Pilgrims in dealing with the Indians and building the settlement?
Miles Standish
Translated the Bible into the language of the Indians of Massachusetts
John Eliot
Declared the world’s greatest athlete in 1950
Jim Thorpe
Treated the Indians fairly, bought land from them
Roger Williams
Preached to the Indians until his death at the age of 29
David Brainerd
Cherokee alphabet
syllabary
Caused the greatest change in the Indian’s way of life
Gospel
Popular Indian game played with long sticks
snowsnake
Made by stretching animal skins over long poles
tepee
Man who called Native Americans “Indians”
Christopher Columbus
