Social Studies
Chapter 4: Building the First Colonies

Vocab.
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Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3 Lesson 4
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Vocab 100
Question: The lands on the edge of Spain’s claims were called this.
It included parts of what are today northern Mexico and the southern United States, from
Florida to California
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Vocab 100
Answer: WHAT ARE
BORDERLANDS
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Vocab 200
Question: The Powhatan Wars led King James I to make
Virginia this is 1624.
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Vocab 200
Answer: WHAT IS A ROYAL
COLONY
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Vocab 300
Question: To keep order, all the men aboard the Mayflower signed an agreement, or this.
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Vocab 300
Answer: WHAT IS A
COMPACT
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Vocab 400
Question: When a person gives the whole colony to one person, who would own it, it is called this
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Vocab 400
Answer: WHAT IS A
PROPRIETARY COLONY
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Vocab 500
Question: These are the records and artifacts made by people who saw or took part in an event.
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Vocab 500
Answer: WHAT IS A
PRIMARY SOURCE
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Lesson 1 100
Question: This country started colonies in the
Americas first.
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Lesson 1 100
Answer: WHAT IS SPAIN
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Lesson 1 200
Question: This was started in the borderlands of New Spain to convert the Native
Americans to Christianity.
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Lesson 1 200
Answer: WHAT ARE
MISSIONS
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Lesson 1 300
Question: This person established St. Augustine.
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Lesson 1 300
Answer: WHO IS PEDRO
MENENDEZ DE AVILES
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Lesson 1 400
Question: Spain set up colonies in North America for this reason.
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Lesson 1 400
Answer: WHAT IS TO
PROTECT ITS LANDS AND
TO GOVERN THE PEOPLE
THERE
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Lesson 1 500
Question: Missionaries affected Native Americans in
New Spain in this manner.
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Lesson 1 500
Answer: WHAT IS MAKING
NATIVE AMERICANS CATHOLIC BY
HOLDING CEREMONIES,
TEACHING THE BELIEFS, AND
FORCING THEM TO CHANGE HOW
THEY LIVED AND WORSHIPPED
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Lesson 2 100
Question: The Virginia Colony made huge profits as a result of these sales to Europe.
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Lesson 2 100
Answer: WHAT IS TOBACCO
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Lesson 2 200
Question: This was England’s first permanent settlement in
North America.
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Lesson 2 200
Answer: WHAT IS
JAMESTOWN
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Lesson 2 300
Question: This is a lawmaking branch of government which the
Virginia colony elected people to represent them.
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Lesson 2 300
Answer: WHAT IS
LEGISLATURE
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Lesson 2 400
Question: Jamestown’s location was a poor choice for a settlement because of this.
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Lesson 2 400
Answer: WHAT IS SWAMPY
LAND THAT WAS NOT
GOOD FOR FARMING
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Lesson 2 500
Question: This was important because it helped make laws and allowed representation of the English colonies.
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Lesson 2 500
Answer: WHAT IS THE
HOUSE OF BURGESSES
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Lesson 3 100
Question: This was an advantage of building Plymouth on a bay.
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Lesson 3 100
Answer: WHAT IS
PROVIDING A HARBOR NEAR
THE ATLANTIC OCEAN FOR
EASY ACCESS TO SHIPPING
AND TRADE
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Lesson 3 200
Question: Tisquantum helped the first colonists in New
England by doing this.
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Lesson 3 200
Answer: WHAT IS
TEACHING THEM HOW TO
FARM AND TO FISH
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Lesson 3 300
Question: Plymouth was established by this person.
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Lesson 3 300
Answer: WHO IS WILLIAM
BRADFORD AND THE
PILGRIMS
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Lesson 3 400
Question: This was changed as growing troubles between
English colonists and Native
Americans occurred.
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Lesson 3 400
Answer: WHAT IS TRADE
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Lesson 3 500
Question: The Mayflower
Compact was formed for this reason
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Lesson 3 500
Answer: WHAT IS TO MAKE
AND FOLLOW THEIR OWN
LAWS FOR THE COMMON
GOOD.
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Lesson 4 100
Question: The Dutch established New Netherland in these present-day states.
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Lesson 4 100
Answer: WHAT ARE NEW
YORK AND NEW JERSEY
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Lesson 4 200
Question: New Amsterdam was established by them.
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Lesson 4 200
Answer: WHO ARE THE
DUTCH
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Lesson 4 300
Question: La Salle claimed this part of North America for France in 1684.
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Lesson 4 300
Answer: WHAT IS THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY
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Lesson 4 400
Question: This settlement was built next to a harbor where the Hudson River flows into the Atlantic Ocean, which was good for trade.
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Lesson 4 400
Answer: WHAT IS NEW
AMSTERDAM
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Lesson 4 500
Question: These activities made up the early economics of the North American colonies.
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Lesson 4 500
Answer: WHAT ARE
FARMING, RANCHING,
FISHING, FUR TRADING,
AND SHIPPING
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