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US History ---Migration to European Settlement

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  • True or False: The first Roanoke settlers were whole families.
    False
  • Why did the Native Americans fight with Fredys Ericsdottir?
    She was cheating them.
  • Why did Europeans want to find Asia (by water)?
    Land travel was dangerous--Land travel took a long time--They could carry more back in ships.
  • Who owned St. Augustine?
    The Spanish
  • True of False: Some Asians walked to North America.
    True
  • Why did people in Jamestown eat shoe leather and each other?
    They were starving.
  • Which settlement disappeared?
    Roanoke
  • True or False: Merchants made a lot of money from stuff they got in the Middle East.
    True
  • Who was the first European child born in America?
    Virginia Dare
  • Name one of the settlements after Christopher Columbus.
    St. Augustine, Roanoke, or Jamestown
  • What part of (North) America did Spain get?
    Florida
  • Why did Europeans send people to Asia?
    To trade for goods.
  • What percentage of people died from disease, and starvation in Jamestown in winter 1610?
    About 80% to 90%
  • Name ONE of the three explorers who sailed west from Europe?
    Christopher Columbus, Amerigo Vespucci, and John Cabot
  • Who claimed Florida for Spain?
    Juan Ponce de Leon
  • True or False: Native Americans were the first American Settlers.
    True
  • The people we call Vikings came from where?
    Northern Europe
  • True or False: People migrated from Asia to North America.
    True
  • "Viking" means: a) Norse b) Explorer c) Raider
    c) Raider
  • Which English Settlement did they try twice?
    Roanoke
  • What did the Norse call the place they settled?
    Vinland
  • Why did Jamestown starve one winter?
    A drought kept their crops from growing.
  • Vikings were a collection of what?
    Tribes
  • True or False: The Native Americans have always lived in America.
    False
  • Which European explorer came to South America first?
    Amerigo Vespucci
  • Name one country that sent settlers to America.
    Spain, England, France
  • Who did they name America after?
    Amerigo Vespucci
  • Which Norseman started the first settlement in America?
    Leif Ericsson
  • Most Norse were a) Vikings b) Farmers c) Fishermen
    b) Farmers
  • True or False: John Cabot was the first European Explorer.
    False
  • True or False: The Norse hated baths.
    False: They were cleaner than other people at the time.
  • Who helped the people in Jamestown?
    The Native Americans
  • True or False: Christopher Columbus found Asia.
    False
  • Why did the Norse stop traveling to America?
    They did not have a good reputation with the Native Americans.
  • Why did European countries make settlements?
    They found more things to sell in America.
  • True or False: The Norse wrote their history.
    False
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