Chapter 7 Lesson 2

Study GuideTest

Thursday, January 14, 2010

1. Juan Ponce de Leon - Spanish explorer who traveled through Florida in 1513 looking for the “fountain of youth.”

2. Hernando de Soto - Spanish explorer who sailed around Florida in 1539 and then traveled along the southeast coast as far as the Mississippi River

3.Robert La Salle - French explorer who sailed down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers in 1682, reaching the Gulf of Mexico.

4. St. Augustine - city on the coast of eastern Florida, founded by the Spanish in 1565.

5. Roanoke Island - Island in present-day North Carolina along the Outer Banks where the English tried but failed to establish a colony in 1857, which was called the “Lost Colony.”

6. Jamestown, Virginia - Village that was the first permanent English settlement in North America, on the James River in Virginia

7. Thomas Jefferson - Virginian who wrote the Declaration of Independence, served as the third President of the United States, and purchased the Louisiana Territory from France in 1803.

8. Monticello - Home of Thomas Jefferson, located near Charlottesville, Virginia.

9. James Madison - Important delegate at the Constitutional Convention who later served as the fourth President of the United States.

10. Andrew Jackson - Seventh President of the United States, who was born in present-day South Carolina and was very popular with the common people

11. pioneer - a person who settled in a part of the country and prepared it for others.

12. backwoodsman - a person who lived in forests far away from towns

13. plantation - a large farm that produces crops to sell

14. Where did Juan Ponce de Leon explore? Florida

15. What was the first permanent European settlement in the area that is now the U. S.? St. Augustine

16. Which industry in the

Southeast helped people become rich and powerful? Agriculture

17. Name 3Southeasterners that became presidents.a. Andrew Jackson b. Thomas Jefferson c. George Washington

18. Louisiana was named by Robert LaSalle.

19. What is important about Daniel Boone? He developed the Wilderness Road, a route followed by many pioneers traveling west.

20. Name 3 major crops grown on Southeastern plantations.

a. cotton b. ricec. tobacco