European Settlements in North America

The Spanish colonists came to the New World in search of ____.

• tobacco
• gold
• spices
• rich soil

Roanoke was known as The ____.

• Lost Colony
• Mystery Colony
• Vanished Colony
• Destroyed Colony

Which English colony was the first permanent colony?

• Roanoke
• Plymouth
• Massachusetts Bay
• Jamestown

What group of people did the Spanish attempt to enslave first?

• Native Americans
• Africans
• French
• Land Owners

What cash crop did the English grow in Jamestown?

• tobacco
• rice
• cotton
• indigo

In 1620, the ____ established a colony in the New England region along the northern part of the Atlantic coast.

• Spanish
• French
• English
• Vikings

For what reason did the colonists settle in Plymouth?

• To trade with Native Americans
• To make a profit
• To seek religious freedom
• To drive the French out of the area

Roanoke, Jamestown, and Plymouth were some of the earliest ___________ settlements in the Americas.

• Spanish

• Dutch

• African

• English

What brought colonists from England to Jamestown?

• They were in search of better farmland and hunting grounds.

• They were in search of gold and silver to grow wealthy.

• They were in search of tobacco.

• They were in search of religious freedom.

Movement of people, animals, plants, diseases and ways of life between the Old World and New World. 

• Pilgrims
• Colony
• Columbian Exchange