Early Exploration and Colonization

Ponce de Leon explored Florida looking for this unusual item.

• Fountain of Youth

• gold

• new plants and animals

• new spices

Which explorer is credited with completing the first expedition to circumnavigate the world?

• Vasco de Gama

• Marco Polo

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Columbus

Which technological factors contributed to the Age of Exploration?

• astrolabe

• caravel

• magnetic compass

• all of these

The exchange of diseases, plants, animals, and humans between the old World and the New World is called_____________________.

• mercantilism

• Columbian Exchange

• astrolabe

• exportation

Why was Roanoke called the "lost colony"?

• all the colonists disappeared

• they got lost

• there was no good path

• they sank

What delayed Captain John White's return to Roanoke?

• a war between England and Spain

• a trip to another settlement

• a need to raise money to repair ships

• a jail sentence for his actions in Virginia

What was the first Spanish settlement in the United States?

• Roanoke

• Plymouth

• Jamestown

• St. Augustine

Why did many American Indians die from contagious diseases?

• They did not have gunpowder or swords

• They got tired of giving Europeans free food.

• The settlers brought new diseases.

• They were forced to work as slaves in the mines.

What was England's first attempt to colonize North America?

• Jamestown

• Roanoke

• Plymouth

• St. Augustine

What was the role of the Virginia Company?

• sent goods to Jamestown

• a shoemaker company

• sent indentured servants

• gave money to support Jamestown