Worksheet # 19 Questions Home

Patroon Metropolis Peter Stuyvesant Wampum Lanape

Half Moon Barter Dutch East India Company Beaver Cookie

1) The name of Henry Hudson’s ship: ____________.

2) The most desired and plentiful fur found in North America: ___________.

3) A local tribe that traded with Peter Minuit.

4) A word meaning a large, busy city: _____________.

5) A Dutchman given a charter for land and a contract to settle and govern

in the New World: ______________.

6) A string or belt of many beads that was a sacred object and also currency

for many Indian tribes: ______________.

7) Merchant group that sent Henry Hudson to find a water route to

the Far East:_________________.

8) A word meaning to trade or exchange goods: _____________.

9) Tyrannical governor of New Amsterdam who forced people to go to

church and had a wooden leg: _______________.

10) Dutch word that was unsurprisingly adopted into English: _____________.

Thought Question: How did life in New Amsterdam change when Peter

Stuyvesant became governor? How was he different from most Dutch?