Exploration and the First Settlements

Columbus sailed in what year?

• 1500

• 1492

• 1488

• 1503

What was Columbus looking for when he set sail?

• Trade Route to Asia

• Gold and Silver

• The New World

• America

Why was Columbus important?

• He began European trade/exploration in the Americas

• He found America

• He discovered the trade route to Asia

• He rescued many Native Americans

What do you believe happened to the Lost Colony?

A Spanish fortified military base is known as a ____________

What are the three reasons for exploration?

• Gold, God, Guns

• Guns, Gold, Glory

• God, Goods, Guns

• Gold, God, Glory

Which settlement is the oldest continuously inhabited settlement in North America?

• Roanoke

• St. Augustine

• Jamestown

• Plymouth

Finding a trade route to Asia would fall under which reason for exploration?

• Religious

• Economic

• Nationalistic

• Militarism

Which two groups attacked the Presidio at St. Augustine?

• Pirates

• The French

• The Spanish

• Native Americans

• Americans

Which colony is known at the "Lost Colony"?

• Jamestown

• St. Augustine

• Roanoke

• Plymouth