Unit 2 Lesson Vocabulary Quiz

Name

James the Duke of York

• Governor of New Amsterdam
• Gave the name New Jersey to the land east of the Hudson River and West of the Delaware River.
• Founded New Jersey
• First encountered the Lenape

slavery

• Workers on Dutch farms who were paid large amouts of money.
• The practice of holding people against their will, and forcing them to work without pay.
• Workers on farms in New Sweden
• People brought over from Europe to work on farms.

Giovanni de Verranzano

• First explorer to encounter the Leanpe.
• Had a river named after him
• First explorer to reach what is now New Jersey
• Reached the island of San salvador in the Caribbean Sea.

colony

• a country ruled by another country.
• New Amsterdam
• New Sweden
• A settlement ruled by another country.

Henry Hudson

• The captain of the Dutch Ship that sailed into New York Bay and up the river that is now the Hudson River.
• Sailed north along what is now New Jersey coast into what is now New York
• Gave his brother all of the land between the Conneticut and Delaware Rivers.
• Gave New Jersey its name.

supply

• The price goes down.
• The need for a good , or a product by people willing to pay for it.
• The amount of a good that is offered for sale.
• The price goes up.

demand

• The amount of a good that is offered for sale.
• The price goes up.
• The price goes down.
• The need for a good , or a product by people willing to pay for it.

Why did the Europeans come to North America?