Directions: Fill in the blanks with the correct term from the Word Bank.
Word Bank
Amerigo Vespucci line of demarcation proprietary
colony
charter Lucas Vázquez de
Ayllón
royal colony
corporate colony Mayflower Compact Separatists e
England missions Sir Francis
Drake
fountain of youth Mocama Spain
Guale New Spain Spanish
Huguenots Pope Alexander St. Augustine
Jean Pierre Purry Portugal Virginia
1. The country of _______ financed Christopher Columbus’ search for a western
route to the Far East.
2. _______ termed the new continent the “New World.”
3. The country of _______ joined the exploration of the New World because it
wanted to protect its shipping lanes around Africa.
4. _______ established a line dividing the lands of the New World, giving half to
Spain and half to Portugal.
5. All lands east of the _______ could be claimed by Portugal and all lands west
could be claimed by Spain.
6. Juan Ponce de León came to American in search of the _______.
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7. _______ came to the New World to find more Indians to enslave.
8. _______ sent corn, tomatoes, pineapples, and tobacco to Spain in exchange
for livestock, wheat, and oranges.
9. In 1562, France sent 150 _______ to the coast of Florida.
10.Spain’s first successful settlement in North American was _______.
11.Spain built church outposts called _______ in an effort to convert American
Indians to Christianity.
12.In 1586, Englishman _______ burned down St. Augustine.
13.In order for mercantilism to work, the country of _______ explored the New
world in search of sources for needed goods and materials.
14.A group called the _______ wanted to break away from the Church of
England and start a new church.
15.The Puritans who came to the Americas from England in 1620 established the
_______, agreeing to be goverened by fair and just laws.
16.A _______ was a type of colony wherein the king granted ownership of the
colony to a person or group.
17.When the king gave a grant of land to a coporation to settle a new colony in
America, this type of colony was called a _______.
18.When the English government appointed a royal governor to operate a
colony, it was called a _______.
19.In 1680, English officers led a raid on Santa Catalina de Guale resulting in
the eventual abandonment of the post by the _______.
20._______ proposed the names “Georgine” or “Georgia” for the fort to be built
near the mouth of the Altamaha River.
1. Spain
2. Amerigo Vespucci
3. England
4. line of demarcation
5. line of demarcation
6. fountain of youth
7. Sir Francis Drake
8. Spain
9. Huguenots
10. St. Augustine
11. missions
12. Sir Francis Drake
13. England
14. Separatists
15. Mayflower Compact
16. proprietary
17. corporate colony
18. royal colony
19. Mocama
20. Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón
1. Portugal
2. Amerigo Vespucci
3. Spain
4. Pope Alexander
5. line of demarcation
6. fountain of youth
7. Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón
8. Guale
9. Huguenots
10. St. Augustine
11. missions
12. Sir Francis Drake
13. England
14. Separatists
15. Mayflower Compact
16. proprietary colony
17. corporate colony
18. royal colony
19. Mocama
20. Jean Pierre Purry