Chapter 2 Vocabulary

This person sailed for Spain in 1492 looking for a new route to Asia, but he "discovered" America instead.

• Christopher Columbus

• Henry Hudson

• John White

• Sir Walter Raleigh

This person was hired by the Dutch to find a Northwest Passage. He "discovered" New York and a bay in 1609.

• Christopher Columbus

• Henry Hudson

• John White

• Sir Walter Raleigh

This person received a charter in 1594 to start a colony in the New World. He called it Virginia.

• Christopher Columbus

• Henry Hudson

• John White

• Sir Walter Raleigh

This person was the first governor of Roanoke.

• Christopher Columbus

• Henry Hudson

• John White

• Sir Walter Raleigh

The transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the New World and the Old World

• Circumnavigate

• Northwest Passage

• Columbian Exchange

• Middle Passage

To travel all the way around the world

• Circumnavigate

• Roanoke Island

• Columbian Exchange

• Middle Passage

A legal document giving permission to start a colony

• Circumnavigate

• Charter

• Columbian Exchange

• Middle Passage

The first try at a permanent English colony in North America - It failed twice and the settlers were never found.

• Roanoke Island

• Charter

• Columbian Exchange

• Middle Passage

A water route through North America to the Pacific - It did not really exist.

• Circumnavigate

• Northwest Passage

• Columbian Exchange

• Middle Passage

A horrible trip that forced enslaved Africans from to go to North and South America. Many died on the trip.

• Roanoke Island

• Charter

• Columbian Exchange

• Middle Passage