Exporers & Colonists pp. 58-63

Why did the Europeans start to explore?

• They needed more land, food and resources.

• They wanted a new place to vacation.

• The king forced them the explore.

Match the word with it's meaning.

• missionaries

• people who traveled to new lands to spread their religion

• colony

• a person who travels to unknown places in search of new things

• explorer

• a land under the control of a government in another place

• territory

• demand to own

• claim

• a territory under the control of another country

The "New World" wasn't really new, people had been living there for a long time.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The first coutry to claim the land we call Ohio was

The French set up​ ​ (a)   and they buried ​ (b)   along the Ohio River to show they owned the land.

• trading posts
• lead plates
• the dead
• villages

Ohio was part of the 13 British colonies.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The first British colony was settled at

• Plymoth Rock

• Jamestown, Virginia

• Roanoke, Virginia

Virginia colony believed they owned everything from the Atlantic Ocean to the _______ Ocean.

Sadly, the explorers not only brought items to trade with the Native Americans but also​ (a)   . Many American Indians​ (b)   as a result.

• diseases like smallpox, flu and measles
• died
• books, music, and new tradtions
• rejoiced