Unit 1: European Exploration & The Colonial PeriodChapters 3 & 4 (pgs. 66 – 135) SOL: VUS.2 & VUS.3

VA/US SOL ~ Essential Questions o Why did Europeans settle in the English colonies?o How did their motivations influence their settlement patterns and colony

structures?o In what ways did the cultures of Europe, Africa, and the Americas interact?o What were the consequences of the interactions of European, African, and

American cultures? o How did the economic activity and political institutions of the three colonial regions

reflect the resources and/or the European origins of their settlers?o Why was slavery introduced into the colonies?o How did the institution of slavery influence European and African life in the

colonies?

I. Basic Geography & History Terms

Label the Following Bodies of Water: Lable the Following : Atlantic Ocean Pacific Ocean Gulf of Mexico Lake Erie Lake Huron Lake Michigan

Mississippi River Ohio River Rio Grande River Lake Ontario Lake Superior Bering Strait

Arkansas River Missouri River Tennessee River Colorado River Platte River Red River

Cuba Canada Mexico Rocky Mountains Appalachian Mountains

II. European ExplorationVocabulary

Picture Vocab Word Definition1.

Columbian ExchangeReminds me of:

2.

Middle PassageReminds me of:

Triangle Trade3. List 3 Reasons European countries began exploring the world.

4. What European import proved to be most deadly to the Native Americans?

1. Label the 4 main continents 2. Label the line representing the is the Middle Passage

II. Jamestown and Plymouth ColoniesVocabulary

Picture Vocab Word Definition10.

Virginia Company of LondonReminds me of:

11.

Virginia House of BurgessesReminds me of:

12.

“Covenant Community”Reminds me of:

A community whose government follows the laws of God.

13.

Mayflower CompactReminds me of:

14.How did the colony of Jamestown compare and differ from the colony of Plymouth?

Jamestown Plymouth

MAP ACTIVITY – Western Hemisphere1. Using pg. 79 shade the territories claimed by

the British, Spanish, French & Portuguese a different color. (Note: the map in the book isn’t exactly the same so get it as close as you can.) Fix the Key as you go.

2. Label the following bodies of water: Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean

5. Which country claimed the most land? ________

6. What country claimed the part of North America where most of the major rivers are? __________

7. What country claimed Florida? __________

8. What country claimed the part we live in today? (East Coast North America) _____________

9. Based on what you see in the map to the left, make an assumption as to who was the most powerful European Country and who was the

III. England’s 13 ColoniesVocabulary

Picture Vocab Word Definition15.

Indentured ServantReminds me of:

16.

Cash CropsReminds me of:

17.

Subsistence FarmingReminds me of:

Growing enough food on your farm to feed and support you and your family

18.

CavaliersReminds me of:

Some of Virginia’s early settlers; English nobility (rich dudes) who received large land grants (free land) from the King of England.

o Puritanso Mayflower Compacto 1620 1607o Self-governed (mostly)

Jamestown Plymouth

Word Banko Intolerant of Otherso Diseaseo Tobacco ($)o Religiouso 1st Permanent English Settlement

Slavery in the New World19. What region of the 13 Colonies

depended on slave labor the most?

20. Why?

21. Buying African Slaves eventually replaced the use of ___________ ___________ as the main source of plantation labor.

22. In red, circle the column that had the closest ties to BritainCreate Your Own Graphic Organizer

Based on what you’ve learned during this unit, figure out what could go in the following graphic organizers to make them work.

Web ChartExplain how it all relates to each other:________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

This is to that as…Explain how it all relates to each other:________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Cause & Effect / Sequencing

Explain how it all relates to each other:__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________