SS Chap 5 Review

Question 1

Sailed along the Atlantic Coast and found New York Harbor which was named after him.

Answer 1

Giovanni da Verrazano

Question 2

Found a great fishing area at the Grand Banks off the east coast of Canada

Answer 2

John Cabot

Question 3

Wanted to make England strong and rich so she sent out ships to gain land

Answer 3

Queen Elizabeth I

Question 4

Sailed down the Mississippi river but when they realized it wasn’t going west, they turned back.

Answer 4

Marquette and Joliet

Question 5

Sailed for France, explored the St. Lawrence River, and claimed the land along the St. Lawrence river for France

Answer 5

Jaques Cartier

Question 6

Brought settlers to the new world at Roanoke. After a year he had to go to england for supplies. The colony was never heard from again

Answer 6

John White

Question 7

Received a charter from the queen to start the first english colony in North America

Answer 7

Sir Walter Raleigh

Question 8

His crew mutinied against him by putting him his son and those loyal to him in a small boat out at sea

Answer 8

Henry Hudson

Question 9

Helped the settlers at plymouth by teaching them how to hunt and trap and how to use fish to fertilize the soil when planting corn

Answer 9

Squanto

Question 10

Was the king of England who did not like the idea of the colonists governing themselves

Answer 10

James I

Question 11

Was an early settler of Plymouth and was elected to be their new leader after the first harsh winter

Answer 11

William Bradford

Question 12

William Bradford called him a “special instrument sent from God”

Answer 12

Squanto

Question 13

Once claimed “he who does not work shall not eat.”

Answer 13

John Smith

Question 14

Grew Tobacco and married Pocahontas

Answer 14

John Rolfe

Question 15

commanded men to parade, fire weapons and lead in a celebration

Answer 15

Miles Standish

Question 16

were sachems, or leaders, of the Wampanoag

Answer 16

Massasoit and Samoset

Question 17

A native american cheif in the Eastern Woodlands and Great Lakes region

Answer 17

Sachem

Question 18

A water route beleived to flow through North America that explorers searched for from the 1500s to the 1700s.

Answer 18

Northwest Passage

Question 19

A share of ownership in a company sold to pay for voyages, later profits would be shared with those who brought this

Answer 19

Stocks

Question 20

A large fleet of ships, especially warships

Answer 20

armada

Question 21

a land route between bodies of water

Answer 21

portage

Question 22

a crop that is sold for money

Answer 22

cash crop

Question 23

The law making body of colonial Virginia, established in Jamestown in 1619

Answer 23

House of Burgesses

Question 24

An official document giving permission to do something, such as setle in an area

Answer 24

charter

Question 25

an agreement that the Pilgrims made before landing in New England to make and obey just and equal laws

Answer 25

Mayflower Compact

Question 26

a person who served someone for about 5 to 7 years so that their voyage would be paid to the New World. After this time they could own their own land

Answer 26

indentured servant