Explorers $100 $200 $300 $500 $400 Early Expeditions $100 $200 $300 $500 $400 Colonies $100 $200 $300 $500 $400 Jamestown $100 $200 $300 $500 $400 Settlers $100 $200 $300 $500 $400 Puritans/ Pilgrims $100 $200 $300 $500 $400

Explorers Jeopardy

Early Expeditions Jeopardy

Colonies Jeopardy

Jamestown Jeopardy

Settlers Jeopardy

Puritans/ Pilgrims Jeopardy

Which famous explorer is credited with “discovering” America?

Christopher Columbus Jeopardy

Which European explorer wrote detailed reports of the New World which now bears his name?

Amerigo Vespucci Jeopardy

Magellan’s expedition proved what to the world?

That the world is round Jeopardy

Which explorer found a sea trading route from Europe to India?

Vasco de Gama Jeopardy Double Jeopardy!

Where was Vasco de Gama from?

Portugal Jeopardy

Which Spanish explorer is famous for conquering the Aztecs is Mexico?

Hernando Cortez Jeopardy

What were the names of the “first” 3 ships to reach America?

Santa Maria, Nina, Pinta Jeopardy

What were the “pirates” called that Queen Elizabeth used to get an advantage in settling America?

Sea Dogs Jeopardy

The world’s largest fleet with 30,000 men and 2,400 canons on 130 ships was called what?

Spanish Armada Jeopardy

What was it called when multiple investors shared in the loss and profit of an expedition?

Joint-Stock Company Jeopardy

Which English explorer received the first charter for colonization in America?

Sir Walter Raleigh Jeopardy

On what island did people first try to colonize?

Roanoke Island Jeopardy

Who was considered to be the leader in the “Lost Colony”?

John White Jeopardy

Who took command in Jamestown?

John Smith Jeopardy

What was the name of the first colony made that was not in search of wealth?

Plymouth Jeopardy

What historical document in Plymouth was created to provide a legal basis for governing the area and themselves?

Mayflower Compact Jeopardy Double Jeopardy!

On what day was the Mayflower Compact signed?

November 11, 1620 Jeopardy

Who was Jamestown named after?

King James Jeopardy

What was wrong with the location of Jamestown?

Swampy and infested with fever-bearing mosquitoes Jeopardy

Without John Smith’s organization and rules, the Jamestown colonists experienced what from ?

Starving Time Jeopardy

What did Native Americans teach Jamestown colonists?

How to plant corn, cut trees, and build shelter Jeopardy

What caused Native Americans to kill 350 colonists at Jamestown?

Colonists trying to take land Jeopardy

What was it called when a poor European could travel to the New World, but had to work here without pay?

Indentured Servant Jeopardy

Settlers could be guaranteed 50 acres of land per person if they traveled to the New World under this British policy?

Headright Jeopardy

What was the main product that the settlers were able to bargain with?

Tobacco Jeopardy

What was the first elected government body in America?

House of Burgesses Jeopardy

Who started a colony in Georgia to attract settlers who had been in jail?

James Oglethorpe Jeopardy

The Pilgrims sailed on what ship?

The Mayflower Jeopardy

Why did the Pilgrims leave England?

Religious persecution Jeopardy

Who assisted the Pilgrims in their first year, ending with the first Thanksgiving?

Squanto Jeopardy

Unlike the Pilgrims, who were religious separatists, the Puritans were religious ?

Reformers Jeopardy

The Puritans sought to build what?

“a city upon a hill” Jeopardy