Explorers
In 1492 'he' sailed the ocean blue
Who is Christopher Columbus?
It was made up of 5 tribes; had a democratic-style government.
Who are the Iroquois Confederacy?
Former name of Veterans Day
Armistice Day
The 'three Gs' that motivated explorers
What are gold, God, and glory?
3 ways indigenous life was impacted by Europeans
What are disease, enslavement, war, new weapons, horses, new technology?
He commanded the largest fleet of ships until WWI
Who is Zheng He?
Tribe didn't exist before the Europeans; included escaped enslaved people.
Who are the Seminoles?
Time and date of celebration
What is 11 o'clock on 11/11?
Three ways the Polynesian Wayfinders navigated the Pacific?
What are constellations, clouds, and rising and setting of the sun?
Reason indigenous people resisted converting to Christianity
What is that they had their own religious beliefs?
Arab scholar, traveled to all Muslim-led countries of his time.
Who is Ibn Battuta?
Lived (and some still live) in adobe dwellings set into cliffs in New Mexico
Who are the Pueblo people?
American military 'tagged' this to encourage each other not to give up hope.
What is 'Kilroy was here'?
Trading route that extended through north Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and into Europe
What is the Silk Road?
Native American region we currently live in
What is the Northwest Coastal Region?
First European to reach North America in around the year 1000.
Who is Leif Eriksson?
Forced to walk from Southeast to Nebraska and Oklahoma
Who are the Cherokee Nation?
People who are celebrated on Veterans Day.
Who are all active and former military personnel?
Group with most advanced sailing ships before 1000
Who were the Vikings?
Number of Native American recognized tribes in the United States today?
What is over 500?
First European to sail around the southern tip of Africa.
Who is Vasco da Gama?
The tribe first 'encountered' by Columbus.
Who are the Taino?
President who declared the holiday one year after WW1 peace
Who was President Woodrow Wilson?
Group with largest sailing fleet before modern times.
Who were the Chinese?
Length of time Native Americans / indigenous people have been in North America?
What is over 16,000 years (probably much longer)?