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New Empires in the Americas

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2. What was the name of the earliest people from Europe and the Asia to arrive in the Americas?(Slide 2)

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3. Who financed Christopher Columbus’ voyage? (Slide 3)

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4. What was the name of the three ships Columbus led? (Slide 3)

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  1. What was the name of the colony Columbus founded? (Slide 4)

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  1. Define the term, colony.(Slide 4)

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  1. What did Columbus promise the Queen Isabella he would do?(Slide 5)

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  1. What were the Native Americans (Indians) nearly wiped out by?(Slide 6)

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  1. Name three countries Columbus conquered. (Slide 8)

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  1. What land did Vasco Nunez Balboa claim? (Slide 9)

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  1. What did Ferdinand Magellan discover?(Slide 10)

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  1. Define the term, circumnavigate.(Slide 11)

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  1. What was the Columbian Exchange?(Slide 12)

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  1. Name one custom Native Americans introduced to Europeans. (Slide 13)

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  1. What is a conquistador?(Slide 14)

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  1. Who did the Spanish cause to suffer?(Slide 14)

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  1. Who defeated the Aztecs?(Slide 15)

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  1. Who conquered the Incas?(Slide 16)

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19. Why were the Aztecs and Incas easily defeated by the Spanish?(Slide 16)

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20. What did Ponce de Leon discover? (Slide 17)

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21. What did Hernando De Soto discover? (Slide 18)

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22. What did Francisco Coronado discover? (Slide 19)

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23. What is a plantation?(Slide 23)

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24. What was an encomiendas? (Slide 25)

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25. What was the Northwest Passage?(Slide 27-27)

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26. What did Giovanni Verrazano discover?(Slide 29)

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27. What did Jacques Cartier discover?(Slide 30)

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28. What did Henry Hudson discover?(Slide 31)

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29. Who challenged the teachings of the Catholic Church? (Slide 32)

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30.What was Martin Luther’s movement called?(Slide 32)

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31. What did the Dutch buy from the Native Americans?(Slide 34)

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32. What was the name of the colony that became New York?(Slide 34)

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33. What was the name of the first English settlement?(Slide 37)

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34. Who raised the money for the first English settlement?(Slide 37)

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35. What problem did the first English settlers run into?(Slide 37)

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36. What is a charter?(Slide 39)

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37. Who had the right to settle in the land we call North Carolina today?

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38. What did the Virginia Company name their settlement?(Slide 40)

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39. Who saved the Jamestown settlement?(Slide 40)

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40. What was the House of Burgesses? (Slide 41)

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41. What was the Magna Carta? (Slide 42)

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42. What was a woman’s role in the colonies? (Slide 43)

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43. What was religious prosecution? (Slide ________

44. What was the name of the Pilgrim’s ship?(Slide 46)

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45. What did the pilgrims name their colony? (Slide 46)

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46. What did the Mayflower Compact say?(Slide 47)

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47. What precedent did the Pilgrims set up? (Slide 47)

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48. What was the name of the Native American that helped the Plymouth settlers?(Slide 48)

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49. What holiday do we celebrate to remember the fall harvest?(Slide 48)

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