1. Name _________________ Homeroom _____________
Chapter 4 Study Guide Lesson 1: Explorers Arrive Lesson 2: Colonies in America
Name _________________
Homeroom _____________
Test Date _____________
Test Date _________________

2. VOCABULARY TERMS century colony decade explorer
mission timeline trade route
Someone who travels to learn about new places __________________
A community built around a church ___________________________
A period of ten years _____________________
A period of 100 years _____________________
A road or waterway that people travel to buy, sell, or exchange goods
____________________________
A community belonging to a distant country ____________________
Shows the dates of events and the order in which they occur _____________

3. Lesson One: Explorers Arrive
The first Europeans to visit North America were known as the
____________________________________________________ .
2. Christopher Columbus sailed west from ___________ in _________ .
3. Why did Columbus want to sail to Asia? _______________________
_____________________________________________________
4. What were many European explorers hoping to find in the Americas?

4. Lesson One (continued)
Who was the first European to explore the coast of
California? _____________________________
6. What was this explorer looking for? _____________________
_________________________________________________
Who explored the eastern coast of North America and founded
Quebec, Canada? __________________________________
8. Why did France and Spain send explorers to North America?
______________________________________________

5. Lesson Two: Colonies in America
In 1620 the Pilgrims sailed from England on a ship
called the __________________.
2. Why did the Pilgrims leave England? _________________
_____________________________________________
With help from the __________________ Indians, the
Pilgrims learned to adapt and survive in their new home.
In what ways did the Pilgrims adapt to life in Plymouth?
____________________________________________

6. Lesson Two (continued)
Why did the king of Spain send soldiers and priests
to California in the 1700s?
1) ______________________________
2) ______________________________
3) ______________________________
In time, the culture of California became a mix of
___________ and _____________ cultures.

7. The First Thanksgiving
1. Who was present at the first Thanksgiving?
______________________________________________
2. Name some of the foods that were on the menu.
3. Compare and contrast Thanksgiving in 1621 with Thanksgiving today.

8. Timeline Skill
Use the line below to create a timeline. Begin with the year 900. End it with 1800.
Write a title for your timeline. Then fill it in with the dates and events below.
Vikings in North America
Columbus in North America
Cabrillo in San Diego
Pilgrims in Plymouth, Massachusetts
1769 Spanish missionaries in California
Title: ____________________________________