Vocabulary Test #5 By: Mrs. Crisp
Explorers People who travel to new and unfamiliar places.
New World The European name for lands in the Western Hemisphere. Including North and South America.
Cash Crop A crop grown in large quantities for sale to other people.
Colonies Places ruled by another country, not their own people.
Settlements Small communities started in a new place.
Jamestown The name of the second English settlement in North America.
Roanoke The name of the Island where the FIRST English settlement was started in North America.
Plymouth A town started in 1620 by the early English settlers, called Pilgrims. Landed in Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts.
colonists People who settle in colonies.
Puritans Came to America in search of freedom from the Church of England.
Mayflower compact The first form of government in America. Written by the Pilgrims.