Practice: European Exploration Chapter 5 Vocabulary
Quiz by Leslie Pair
Grade 8
Social Studies (2018)
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- Q1Mainly located in North and Central America, including the Caribbean and Spanish East IndiesNew Spain300s
- Q2French colony in North America, with a capital in Quebec, founded 1608. New France fell to the British in 1763.New France300s
- Q3A colony founded by the Dutch in the New World. It became New York.New Netherland300s
- Q4First permanent English colony in North America, founded in Virginia in 1607 - 13 years before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth in MassachusettsJamestown (1607)300s
- Q5The second capital after fire destroyed Jamestown. It became a leading center of government and culture among the thirteen colonies.Williamsburg, Virginia30s
- Q6A person who journeys to a sacred place for religious reasons.Pilgram300s
- Q7A religious group who wanted to purify the Church of England. They came to America for religious freedom and settled Massachusetts Bay.Puritans300s
- Q81620 - The first agreement for self-government in America. It was signed by the 41 men.Mayflower Compact300s
- Q9A puritan preacher who fled Massachusetts after his views on religious observance became too extreme for the colonistsRoger Williams300s
- Q10Rhode IslandWilliams bought land from the Native Americans and founded Providence in 1636; it was soon populated by his many followers300s
- Q11Well educated; outspoken; thought "all people" should be a part of government. Kicked out of Massachusetts Bay.Ann Hutchinson30s
- Q12A Quaker that founded Pennsylvania to establish a place where his people and others could live in peace and be free from persecution.William Penn300s
- Q13Protestant reformers who believe in the equality of all peopleQuakers300s
- Q14Founded the colony of Maryland and offered religious freedom to all Christian colonists. He did so because he knew that members of his own religion (Catholicism) would be a minority in the colony.Lord Baltimore300s
- Q15Founder and governor of the Georgia colony. He ran a tightly-disciplined, military-like colony. Slaves, alcohol, and Catholicism were forbidden in his colony.James Oglethorpe300s