4th gr midterm Social Studies
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- pilgrims
- Religious freedom was the reason ______ came to America.
- navigation
- The study of how to plan and control the course of a ship.
- saga
- An adventure story that tells about brave deeds of people long ago.
- Inca
- A civil war fought between two brothers weakened this empire.
- Spanish
- Since the Inca weapons were no match for Spanish guns and crossbows, who was able to conquer them?
- Isthmus
- This is a narrow strip of land that connects two larger land areas.
- South America
- Magellan reached Asia by sailing around...
- St. Lawrence River
- Jacques Cartier began trading with the Indians for animal furs while sailing up this.
- European
- These explorers claimed the new lands they found for their kings.
- Cartographer
- Map makers
- wealth and new lands
- In 1492, Columbus asked King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella to support his voyage of exploration. He promised them 2 things. What were they?
- Vasco de Nunez Balboa
- This explorer reached the Pacific by crossing the Isthmus of Panama.
- Amerigo Vespucci
- This explorer concluded that Columbus had found a new continent.
- Virginia Company, trading post
- This company sent English colonists to Jamestown to build something. What was the name of the company and what did they build?
- settlement
- A ____ ruled by another country is called a colony.
- labor
- Spanish colonists began importing enslaved Africans to meet the growing need for ________.
- Spanish
- Conquistadors were explorers who conquered Central America. They were....
- Asia
- When Columbus sailed west from Europe, he expected to reach this place instead of North America.
- Las casas
- King Charles I made laws to protect enslaved Indians because this person convinced him to help the native peoples.
- Europeans, Indians
- The main result of the fighting between the Huron and the Iroquois for control of the fur trade was that these people gained control of what land?
- Jamestown
- The colonists here, survived because Captain John Smith insisted that anyone who did not work, did not eat.
- Explore
- After a strong central government was espablished, Europeans began to ...
- Vasco de Gama
- This explorer found the shortest sea route to Asia by sailing around the tip of Africa.
- Hurons
- This people extablished a system of trading in which they acted as agents for other Indian groups.
- Mayflower Compact
- The first examle of a self-rule by American colonists is the ________ _________.
- Encounter
- A meeting, such as one between people who have never met before.
- compass
- One of the technological devices that helped European explorers was this instrument that is used to find direction....