1. Exploration

2. Christopher Columbus
European Explorers
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New World
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4. The year Columbus “discovered” the New World.
1492

5. The country in which Columbus was born.
Italy

6. Columbus - $600 The reason Columbus set out on his first voyage.
To find a shortcut to Asia

7. Columbus - $800
The names of the three ships used by Columbus on his first voyage.
Nina, Pinta & Santa Maria

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The royal couple who sponsored Columbus on his first voyage to the New World.
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella

9. These two Catholic countries made extensive claims in North America.
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These two Catholic countries made extensive claims in North America.
Spain & France

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This nation claimed most of what is now eastern Canada.
France

11. Rival Claims $600
This river valley was the site of numerous Dutch settlements.
Hudson River Valley

12. Rival Claims $800
These two countries developed a rivalry over the fur trade in North America.
France & the Netherlands

13. Rival Claims $1000
The King of England who approved the first charter for colonization in the New World.
King James

14. Hodge Podge - $200
Columbus sailed for this European nation.
Spain

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Samuel de Champlain sailed up this river while exploring for France.
St. Lawrence

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These people agreed to work without wages for anyone who would pay for their trip to the New World.
Indentured servants

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Many European sailors searched for this non-existent trade route through North America.
Northwest Passage

18. This document established the rules for Plymouth Colony.
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This document established the rules for Plymouth Colony.
Mayflower Compact

19. The New World - $200
One of two Protestant nations with claims in the New World.
England or the Netherlands

20. The New World - $400
English colonists went to Virginia to grow this addictive crop.
tobacco

21. The New World - $600
This was the first permanent English settlement in North America.
Jamestown

22. The New World - $800
These people left England to practice their religion freely in North America.
Pilgrims

23. The New World - $1000
A colony on this island “disappeared” shortly after being settled in 1587.
Roanoke

24. European Explorers - $200
Marquette and Joliet explored this North American river.
Mississippi

25. He was the first man to circumnavigate the globe.
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He was the first man to circumnavigate the globe.
Magellan

26. European Explorers - $600
He claimed Florida for Spain, then went off in search of the Fountain of Youth.
Ponce de Leon

27. European Explorers - $800 Daily Double!
He claimed the east coast of North America for the British.
John Cabot

28. European Explorers - $1000
This Frenchman explored the Mississippi & founded New Orleans.
Robert de La Salle

29. Native Americans - $200
Europeans brought this disease to the New World where it killed thousands of natives.
smallpox

30. Native Americans - $400
Name three crops grown by native North Americans.
Corn, potatoes, tomatoes, beans

31. Native Americans - $600
Name two items brought by Columbus to the New World.
Clothing, new food, medicinal plants

32. Native Americans - $800
The name of the native tribe decimated by the arrival of Europeans in the New World.
Taino

33. Native Americans - $1000
This man purchased Manhattan from natives for pocket change.
Peter Minuit

34. Final Jeopardy

35. Final Jeopardy
This law-making body was the first form of representative government in the British colonies.
Virginia House of Burgesses