Early Exploration

Which continent is shown on this map?

• North America

• Europe

• Asia

• Australia

Which continent is shown on the map?

• Antarctica

• Asia

• Europe

• North America

In the 1400s, European countries tried to find different ways to get to ____ after losing access to the Silk Road.

• South America

• North America

• Australia

• Asia

_____ was funded by Spain to sail west across the Atlantic to try to reach Asia in 1492.

• Merriwether Lewis

• Daniel Boone

• Christopher Columbus

• Juan Ponce de Leon

Who already lived in North America when Columbus "discovered" new lands?

• Native Americans

• Aboriginal People

• Eskimos

• Southerners

CHOOSE 3: Which 3 countries rushed to claim land in North America after Columbus' "discovery"?

• France

• Spain

• Austria

• England

England decided to establish _______ on the east coast of North America.

• a new British tea company

• a new military

• colonies

• world banks

The new British colonies were located along which major body of water?

• Atlantic Ocean

• Gulf of Mexico

• Mississippi River

• Pacific Ocean

A colony is ________.

• a group of people who settle in a new place and choose a new President

• a group people who create a new country

• a group of people who create a new political group in their own country

• a group of people who settle in a new place but keep ties to their homeland.

England's first SUCCESSFUL colony in North America was _______ which is in present-day Virginia in 1607.

• York

• Jamestown

• Roanoke

• Plymouth