Well-Known Native Americans
MAJOR REGIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN GROUPS
AGE OF EXPLORATION
IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES IN NAVIGATION AND SEAFARING EXPLORATION
SIGNIFICANCE OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS’S VOYAGE
100

an Algonquian, helped early English settlers survive the hard winter by teaching them the native methods of planting corn, squash, and pumpkins

Who is Squanto

100

In the far north, the ____________and ___________ lived in skin tents or igloos. Talented fishermen, they built kayaks and umiaks and also hunted caribou, seals, whales, and walrus

Who is Aleuts and Inuit

100

The Age of Exploration is also called the ___________

What is The Age of Discovery.

100

The __________ and _____________were particularly important advancements

What is Compass and Astrolabe

100

These two individuals financially supported Columbus's voyage.

Who is King Ferdinand and Queen

Isabella of Spain

 

200

 a leader of the Nez Perce who supported peaceful interaction with white settlers, attempted to relocate his tribe to Canada rather than move them to a reservation

Who is Chief Joseph

200

The_______________ in the eastern part of the United States lived in wigwams. The northern tribes subsisted on hunting and gathering, while those who were farther south grew crops such as corn

Who is Algonquians

200

It is generally considered to have begun in the early ___________ and continued into the _____________

What is The 15th and 17th Century?

200

Chinese navigators used the magnetic compass in approximately ___________ ______, and 

knowledge of the astrolabe came to Europe from Arab navigators and traders who had refined

designs developed by the ancient Greeks.

What is 200 BC

200

How many ships did Columbus have, and what were the name of thes ships

What is 3,  Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria

300

also Algonquian, became famous as a liaison with John Smith’s Jamestown colony in 1607.

Who is Pocahontas

300

On the Pacific coast, tribes such as the ________, ____________,  and ___________ lived on fish,deer, native berries, and roots. Their rectangular homes housed large family groups, and they use totem poles

Who is Tlingit, Chinook, and Salish

300

Major developments of the Age of Exploration included technological advances in _________, ____________, and __________. These advances led to expanded European exploration of the rest of the world

What is navigation, mapmaking, and shipbuilding?

300

The __________________ developed a ship called a caravel in the 1400s that incorporated navigational advancements with the ability to make long sea journeys.

Who is The Portuguese 

300

While Columbus failed in his effort to discover a western route to Asia, he is credited with the discovery of the ________________.

What is the Americas

400

led Sioux and Cheyenne troops in the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876, soundly defeating George Armstrong Custer

Who is Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull 

400

also an east coast tribe, spoke a different language from the Algonquians and lived in rectangular longhouses.

Who is Iroquois

400

Explorers set out from several European countries, including __________, ___________, _________, and ___________, seeking new routes to Asia


What is Portugal, Spain, France, and England

400

Equipped with this advanced vessel, the Portuguese achieved a major goal of the Age of Exploration

by discovering a sea route from ____________ to ____________ in 1498

What is Europe to Asia in 1498

400

Where were Columbus seeking a sea route too?

What is Asian Indies

500

a Shoshone, served a vital role in the Lewis and Clark expedition when the two explorers hired her as their guide in 1805

Who is Sacagawea

500

1)  They lived in the Southwest deserts in homes made of stone or adobe. They domesticated animals and cultivated corn and beans.

2) The___________ lived between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains. These nomadic tribes lived in teepees and followed the buffalo herds. These tribes included the Sioux, Cheyenne, Comanche, and Blackfoot

1) Who is Pueblo tribes included the Zuni, Hopi, and Acoma.

2)  Plains tribes

500

These efforts led to the discovery of new lands, as well as colonization in __________, __________, __________,

and ____________ _____________

What is  India, Asia, Africa, and North America

500

knowledge of the astrolabe came to ___________ from _____________navigators and traders who had refined

designs developed by the___________ _________

Who is Europe, Arab navigators

ancient Greeks 

500

In what year did Columbus, a Genoan explorer, obtained financial backing 

What is 1492

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