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44 Cards in this Set
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What explorer discovered Florida ? |
Ponce de Leon
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What man led the voyage of the Nina, the pinta, and the Santa Maria?
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Christopher Columbus |
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What explorer discovered the Mississippi River?
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De soto |
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What country made friends with the Indians?
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France
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What was the first permanent settlement in modern day Florida?
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St. Augustine
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What explorer discovered the Grand Canyon?
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Coronado
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What great Indian tribe lived in Mexico?
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Aztecs
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What was the first place Columbus landed
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San Salvador
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Who was the most famous "sea dog"
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Sir Francis drake
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What three countries had a claim to land in North America?
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England, Spain, and France
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How many countries are there?
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7
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What is the largest continent?
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Asia
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How many oceans are there?
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4
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What continent was Columbus trying to reach?
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Asia
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What is a peninsula?
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A body of land with water on three sides!
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Who was the leader of James town?
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Captain John smith
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What was the main crop in James town?
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Tobacco
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What leader insisted on you must work, if you want to eat?
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Captain john smith
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What group wanted to separate from the church?
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Separatists
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What friendly Indian made a treaty with the pilgrims
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Massaoits
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Who was the pilgrims minister ?
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Elder Brewster
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Who wAs the first child born in America?
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Virginia dare
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What was England's first permanent settlement?
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Jamestown
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What's the name of the most colony?
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Roanoke
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What group of merchants started the Jamestown colony?
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The London company
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The first written form of government was the ?
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May flower compact
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What. Ship brought the pilgrims to the new world?
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Mayflower
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Who developed syllabary?
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Squaya
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Who called the native Americans , Indians?
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Christiphoer Columbus
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Who translated the bible to Massachusetts to Indians language? |
JOhn Eliot
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Who founded Georgia? |
James Oglethorpe |
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Who went to England to get Rhode island's charter? |
Dr. John Clarke |
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Who had the idea to begin the colony of Maryland? |
George Baltimore/ Lord Baltimore |
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Who was hired to explore new York for the Dutch? |
Hoovert Hudson |
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Who designed the main settlement in Pennsylvania? |
William Penn |
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Who governed Massachusetts Fairly and Honestly? |
John wihthrop |
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Which Colony was claimed by three different countries? |
New York |
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What is a valuable blue dye produced in the southern colonies? |
Indigo |
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The fundamental orders of Connecticut later served as a pattern for what important document? |
The constitution of the USA |
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What are the middle colonies? |
New York, Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania |
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Rhode Island |
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What city is the "city of brotherly love" |
Philadelphia |
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Pennsylvania was founded as a refuge for what type of people? |
Quakers |
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Who is the best person in the whole wide world? |
Missy duh |
