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12 Cards in this Set
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CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS |
STUDY QUESTIONS
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How many voyages did he make between 1492 and 1504 |
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What is the name of the group of islands he discovered between what is now known as North America and South America? |
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Where did Columbus at first think he was as he explored Juana (Cuba)? Why would he think this? What was his goal when he set out to sea in 1492? |
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What do you think of his description of the islands? What question would you have about these details? |
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What does Columbus seek with the letter regarding the fourth voyage? Why? Explain. |
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What do these letters suggest about the relative value of kings and great cities, the power of Spanish explorers, and the relative "importance" of the "people without number" who already inhabit the islands? |
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After reading the brief introductory biography and the excerpts from these two letters, has your understanding of Christopher Columbus discovering America changed? If so, how? if not, why? Explain. |
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John Smith |
(1580-1631) |
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Virginia Company |
-Region covered from Florida to Canada. -King James split area into 2 parts; together known as Virginia Co. -2 parts controlled by 2 different investors -Investors were often merchants -Northern Part= New England - Southern= included Virginia -New England and Virginia were the first 2 permanent colonies of America. |
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Captain John Smith |
- Born in England; after events in his life set sail for Jamestown. - Fought for the Dutch in Netherland's war. -Help capture Venetian galley -Served in Austrian army in battle against Turkey. - Wounded in battle and taken as prisoner. - Escaped and subsequent enslavement by killing his Turkish master and returned to England. -Appointed a seat on the colony council and was later elected president of the council after exploration of the new land. |
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Pocahontas Story |
-Scholars believe that Smith exaggerated the story of his rescue by Pocahontas. -True that Smith was imprisoned by Chesapeake Bay Indians. - Powhaton Nation tells "Pocahontas Myth" - Do NOT agree with Disney's story. - Claim that "Pocahontas" was a nickname that meant the "naughty one" or "spoiled child". - Powhatan's daughter named Matoaka - They do NOT agree with the claim that she rescued John Smith from her father killing him; citing his abrasive behavior and her age at the time (10). - |
