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20 Cards in this Set
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Explorers were looking for a water route through North America to Asia called ________________.
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Northwest Passage
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The explorers Cabot, Varrazono, and __________ were looking for the Northwest Passage.
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Henry Hudson
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The amount of money that remains after a business pays its expenses.
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profit
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Discovered the fishing area now called the Grand Banks.
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Cabot
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___________ decided to make friends with Huron people because France needed Native American trading partners.
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Champlain
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a land route from one body of water to another.
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portage
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Marquette and Jolliet took a portage from the _________________ to the Great Lakes.
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Mississippi River
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Established the first colony in Roanoke, Virginia
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Sir Walter Raleigh
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a large fleet of ships.
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armada
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The English navy defeated the ______________ Armada.
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Spanish
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If not for his leadership, all the colonists at Jamestown may well
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John Smith
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The danger the colonists faced at Jamestown was ____________.
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famine
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A crop that is grown for money
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cash crop
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The cash crop that was grown at Jamestown.
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tobacco
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A person who bounds himself or herself to serve someone for a certain period of time in exchange for something.
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indentured servant
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The ____________ left England because they wanted to worship in peace.
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Pilgrims
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How did the Native Americans help the Pilgrims?
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They taught them how to survive.
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In the ____________, the Pilgrims agreed to obey all the laws of the
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Mayflower Compact
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Name of the group of Native Americans that helped the Pilgrims
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Wampanoag
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Each group of the Native Americans was headed by a ______________ , or leader.
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sachem
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