Midterm For 8th Flashcards
1497?
John Cabot steps foot on America
1588?
Spanish Armada is defeated
1607?
Puritans land in Jamestown
1620?
Pilgrims land in Plymouth
1692?
Salem witch trials
1775?
Battle of Lexington and concord
1776?
Decleration of independence
1783?
Treaty of Paris signed
Who was the alqaeda leader
Osama bin laden
Where was al Qaeda
Taliban
What’s fanatical extremist
When a persons belief pushes them to violence on innocent people
Who was the first European to travel the length of Asia
Marco Polo
What does Renaissance mean
Rebirth of learning
What Italian explorer sailed for Spain and realized America wasn’t Asia
Amerigo Vespucci
Who landed in Florida and searched for fountain of youth
Leon
What is the fist permanent European settlement in new world
St Augustine
French claimed what?
Northwest passage
Who was the father of New France
Samuel da Champlain
Where was Leif Ericsson from
Scandinavia
Who originally landed on the Bahamas
Columbus
First permanent French settlement in new world
Quebec
Spanish conquerors?
Conquistadors
Who died before his crew sailed around the world but still got credit
Magellan
French Protestants?
Huguenots
What state was president George w bush in when the first plane hit
Florida
Who was the president of Afghanistan
Karzai