Elizabethan era adventures

Question 1

what is the Algonquian

Answer 1

one of the largest Native American peoples

Question 2

who ruled Algonquian

Answer 2

were united by a common language
ruled over by a different chief

Question 3

who ruled secotan

Answer 3

Wingina

Question 4

how did the Algonquian make a living

Answer 4

women and girls grew crops
boys and men hunted and fished

Question 5

what did the Algonquian believe in

Answer 5

did not believe in individual Gods
believed in a Great Spirit inhabited the entire universe

Question 6

who were the Mughal empire

Answer 6

most powerful and wealthy empire in India

Question 7

who was the leader of the Mughal empire

Answer 7

the emperor Akbar the great

Question 8

what did the Mughals believe in

Answer 8

Akbar the great was a Muslim but there were also a lot of Hindus and Sikhs

Question 9

how did the Mughals make a living

Answer 9

farmers as the land was very fertile
many people lived in poverty

Question 10

what was Roanoke

Answer 10

the first British colony in North America but it failed

Question 11

what motivated Walter Raleigh to establish Roanoke

Answer 11

wealth
Elizabeth
Spain
Royal support

Question 12

why did wealth motivate Walter Raleigh

Answer 12

wanted to find gold and silver in North America

Question 13

why did Elizabeth motivate Walter Raleigh

Answer 13

hoped that his new colony would earn him patronage from the Queen

Question 14

why did Spain motivate Walter Raleigh

Answer 14

wanted to challenge the power of catholic Spain

Question 15

why did royal support motivate Walter Raleigh

Answer 15

Elizabeth gave Raleigh permission to take land in North America

Question 16

what happened in 1587

Answer 16

117 English settlers arrived on Roanoke island but had lost most of their supplies

Question 17

who did the settlers rely on for help

Answer 17

Algonquian village called Secotan led by chief Wingina

Question 18

how did the Algonquians respond to the settlers

Answer 18

they were nice at first but then told to attack the Brits

Question 19

what happened to 1590

Answer 19

some settlers returned for supplies and when they got back with the supplies the colony was deserted

Question 20

why did the colony fail

Answer 20

settlers lost their supplies and seeds on the journey
the settlers had a poor relationship with the Algonquian
boats bringing supplies were delayed by the Spanish armada

Question 21

what did the adventurers achieve

Answer 21

brought back new products such as potatoes and tobacco
gained valuable knowledge

Question 22

what motivated journeys to the east

Answer 22

Wealth
Spain
Royal support

Question 23

why did Wealth motivate journeys to the east

Answer 23

increased wealth of gentry created a demand for luxury goods such as spices

Question 24

why did Spain motivate journeys to the east

Answer 24

although Portuguese merchants imported luxury goods from India. Portugal was invaded by Spain in 1580

Question 25

why did the Royal support motivate journeys to the east

Answer 25

Elizabeth supported trade with the east by writing letters to the Mughal Emperor

Question 26

what did the English adventurers achieve

Answer 26

brought new goods like spices and cotton
gained valuable knowledge of India
the East India company became most powerful company in the world by 1800

Question 27

what happened to Ralph Fitch’s expedition

Answer 27

in the 1580s, Ralph Fitch travelled to India by land and saw the wealth of Mughal Empire

Question 28

what happened for the Dutch success

Answer 28

in 1599 a Dutch fleet returned to the Netherlands with hundreds of tons pf spices

Question 29

what happened in the first voyage

Answer 29

in 1602 the East India company successful set up a factory or trading post- on the island of Java and brought back spices and other goods

Question 30

who was the East India company

Answer 30

in 1600 a group of merchants set up a company to trade with India