100
Marquette and Jolliet took a
_______ from the Mississippi
River to the Great Lakes. (Hint: A
land route from one body of
water to another.)
200
In 1497, this explorer was sent by the
King of England to find the Northwest
Passage. This explorer did not find the
Northwest Passage, but he did discover
the Grand Banks, where the fish were
so plentiful there.
300
1. Giovanni de Verrazano
2. Henry Hudson
3. Samuel de Champlain
a. He founded a trading post called
Quebec on the St. Lawrence River. It
was the first permanent French
settlement in North America. He also
made friends with the Huron, a
group of Native Americans living
near Quebec.
b. A French Explorer who claimed the
land along the St. Lawrence River.
They called it Canada and then it
was later called New France.
c. The Hudson Bay and the Hudson
River were named after him.
400
What did the Europeans learn
from their search for a Northwest
Passage?
500
How did the Dutch solve the
problem of paying for
expensive voyages of
discovery?
100
When you need to make a
decision, what should you do
after setting a goal?
200
Why is it useful to
understand the process of
decision-making?
300
Why did Champlain decide to
make friends with the Huron
people?
400
Why did Champlain decide
to help the Huron fight the
Iroquois?
500
What were the results
of Champlain’s
decision to help the
Huron defeat the
Iroquois?
100
Why did the English
decide to find colonies in
North America?
200
More than 100 men, women and
children founded the colony
________________, off the coast of North
Carolina in 1585. Three years later no
one was there. The only clue was the
word CROATOAN carved in a tree.
300
What problems faced the
new colony at Jamestown?
400
What was the effect
of John Smith’s
strong leadership?
500
Name the five reasons why
Jamestown was a successful
colony?
100
Why did the Pilgrims
leave England?
200
Why was the first winter in
Plymouth so hard on the
Pilgrims?
300
How did the Native
Americans treat the
Pilgrims?
400
Why is the Mayflower Compact an
important document?
500
How did the Wampanoag help the
Pilgrims?
100
What is a crop sold
for money?
200
What are servants that bound
themselves to serve someone for
a certain period of time, usually 5
to 7 years, in exchange for
something else, in this case land
and freedom?
300
What is a document
permitting colonists
to settle land
claimed by their
ruler?
400
What is a profit?
500
What is a
sachem?