5th/6th Grade 2019 - 2020 Invitational District

Front

Which nation sent Christopher Columbus in 1492 to search for a new trade route to the Indies, a part of Asia rich with gold, spices, and other goods?

Back

Spain

Front

Who sent an English sea captain to the Americas in 1609 in search of the Northwest Passage? Options: Swiss, Chinese, Dutch, Egyptian

Back

Dutch

Front

Where was the first permanent English colony settled in North America?

Back

Jamestown

Front

William Penn named the main settlement in Pennsylvania, __________, which means "the city of brotherly love".

Back

Philadelphia

Front

Who was the Puritan leader banished from Massachusetts for her religious views?

Back

Anne Hutchinson

Front

__________ is an American clergyman and pamphleteer who greatly influenced American ecclesiastical law and the struggle for civil and religious liberty in the colonies.

Back

John Wise

Front

Which nation sent the explorers Vasco Nunez de Balboa, Hernando de Soto and Juan Ponce de Leon to the Americas in the 1500s?

Back

Spain

Front

What products were important to the colonial New England economy?

Back

Timber and fishing

Front

In colonial America, who made barrels from wood and iron?

Back

Cooper

Front

How did the New England and Middle Colonies demonstrate the free enterprise system?

Back

People bought and sold goods in marketplaces without the government regulating what they could buy and sell or the prices of most goods.