Test 4 Study Guide Flashcards
continent with only one country
Australia
continent Columbus was trying to reach
Asia
continent that contains Canada, United States, and Mexico
North America
continent at the bottom of the world
Antarctica
continent Vasco da Gama sailed around to reach Asia
Africa
ocean that touches the west coast of the U.S.
Pacific Ocean
most northern and coldest ocean
Arctic
ocean between Africa and Austalia
Indian Ocean
ocean that touches the east coast of the U.S.
Atlantic Ocean
Massachusetts was settled to be a refuge for which religious group?
Puritans
Which colony was claimed by England, France, and Holland?
New York
Which colony was the first to offer complete religious freedom?
Rhode Island
Thomas Hooker was the founder of this colony.
Connecticut
Poor people and prisoners first settled the colony of ______________.
Georgia
What was the first permanent European settlement in the New World?
St. Augustine
What was the first permanent French settlement in the New World?
Quebec
What was Canada first named?
New France
Where did Columbus first land?
San Salvador
The Pilgrims came to America on the _________________.
Mayflower
What was the name of the first Pilgrim settlement?
Plymouth
Pennsylvania was settled to be a refuge for ______________.
Quakers
Maryland was settled to be a refuge for __________________.
Catholics
How many original colonies were there?
13
Locate Hudson Bay
see map on p. 246
Locate Canada
see map on p. 246
Locate Pacific Ocean
see map on p. 246
Locate Cuba
see map on p. 246/247
Locate Lake Huron
see map on p. 246
Locate Lake Michigan
see map on p. 246
Locate Gulf of Mexico
see map on p. 246
Locate Atlantic Ocean
see map on p. 246
Locate Lake Ontario
see map on p. 246
Locate Lake Erie
see map on p. 246
Locate Mexico
see map on p. 246/247
Locate Arctic Ocean
see map on p. 246
preacher who started the first orphanage in America
George Whitefield
man who founded the colony of Georgia
James Oglethorpe
man who founded the colony of Rhode Island
Roger Williams
leader of Jamestown who made people work for food
John Smith
man who founded the colony of Pennsylvania
William Penn
Locate North Carolina
see map on p. 46
Locate South Carolina
see map on p. 46
Locate Georgia
see map on p. 46
Locate Maryland
see map on p. 46
Locate Virginia
see map on p. 46
Locate New Hampshire
see map on p. 46
Locate Massachusetts
see map on p. 46
Locate Rhode Island
see map on p. 46
Locate Delaware
see map on p. 46
Locate Connecticut
see map on p. 46
Locate New York
see map on p. 46
Locate New Jersey
see map on p. 46
Locate Pennsylvania
see map on p. 46
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New England Primer
______________ was the major industry in the New England colonies.
Fishing
the first college in America
Harvard
the chief food crop in the colonies
corn
Who invented the rocking chair?
Benjamin Franklin
This man greatly influenced American schools.
Christopher Dock