English Explorers French Explorers The 1 st Colonies Exploration Potluck Settle This 100 pts 200 pts 400 pts 200 pts 300 pts 400 pts 500 pts 300 pts 200 pts
2 nd to Circumnavigate the globe
Who was Sir Francis Drake? English Explorers 100 pts.
1 st English ship to cross the Atlantic. Sailed around Newfoundland.
What was John Cabot’s ship? English Explorers 200 pts.
When he sailed for England he explored the large bay area in northern Canada.
What Henry Hudson? English Explorers 300 pts.
Queen Elizabeth I put him in charge of starting English colonies in the New World.
Who was Sir Walter Raleigh? English Explorers 400 pts.
The reason England was exploring and colonizing North America.
What was gold and natural resources? English Explorers 500 pts.
The name of the French settlement at the mouth of the Mississippi River.
What is Louisiana? 50 pt Bonus: Who was it named after? French Explorers 100 pts.
Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet
Who were the priest (Marquette) and fur trader (Jolliet) who explored the Mississippi River for France? French Explorers 200 pts.
He explored the St. Lawrence River Valley and setup the French settlement in Quebec.
Who was Samuel de Champlain? French Explorers 300 pts.
Claimed the Mississippi River (North America’s longest river) and all the land watered by it for France.
What was Robert La Salle? French Explorers 400 pts.
1. The reason the French explored North America. 2. The reason France wanted to colonize North America
What is 1. Northwest Passage and 2. fur trade? French Explorers 500 pts.
Virginia
What is the name of the 1 st English Colony? Bonus: 50 pts. Who was it named after? The 1 st Colonies 100 pts.
“He that will not work, shall not eat.”
What was John Smith’s way of governing Jamestown? The 1 st Colonies 200 pts.
The French Colony in North America
What was New France? The 1 st Colonies 300 pts.
1 st English settlement in North Ameria
What was Roanoke Island? The 1 st Colonies 400 pts.
First permanent English settlement in North America.
What was Jamestown? Bonus: 50 pts. Why did colonists come to Jamestown? The 1 st Colonies 500 pts.
The first to explore the St. Lawrence River Valley. He also named a hill Mont Royal or “Montreal.”
Who was Jacques Cartier? Explorer Potluck 100 pts.
What Giovanni da Verrazano was searching for and where he explored.
What is the Northwest Passage and eastern coast of North America (Hudson River/New York Bay)? Explorer Potluck 200 pts.
The first major French settlements of Montreal and Quebec started out as…
What are fur trading posts? Explorer Potluck 300 pts.
His granddaughter was named Virginia Dare and was the first European child to be born in America.
Who is John White? Explorer Potluck 400 pts.
Saved the Jamestown settlement by developing tobacco as a cash crop.
Who was John Rolfe? Explorer Potluck 500 pts.
Two groups who came to North America in search of religious freedom. Settle This 100 pt
Who were the Puritans and Pilgrims (separatists)? Where did he go? 100 pt
The colony the Pilgrims founded and who helped them.
What was Plymouth and the Wampanoag (Samoset and Squanto)? Where did he go? 200 pt
The settlement the Puritans founded.
What is the Massachusetts Bay Colony (including Boston)? Where did he go? 300 pt
What were the first 2 steps toward self-government in America?
What were the Mayflower Contract (law for good of all) and the Virginia House of Burgesses (like our Congress)? Where did he go? 400 pt
The original name for New York City and how the Dutch got it to grow.
What is New Amsterdam and by inviting other people from other countries to live there (melting pot like NYC is today)?? Where did he go? 500 pt
Final Jeopardy
How did the European search for a Northwest Passage affect the settling of North America? (include what the Northwest Passage is and what countries were involved in searching for it).
-Northwest Passage is… -Europeans wouldn’t have been interested in N America if they hadn’t been forced to explore it in the search for the NW passage explored much of North America searching for Northwest Passage. -Discovered the natural resources America had to offer -Decided to start colonies here: --French in Canada and Mississippi River area (New France) --English along coast and part of Canada (Virginia/New England) --Spain ( southern and southwestern US) --Dutch mid-Atlantic (New York)