Explorers
This Italian explorer proved that Columbus had discovered a "new world"
Amerigo Vespucci
True or False: Some groups of Indians had built impressive civilizations by the time Columbus arrived in America
True
True or False: the Jamestown settlers quickly cooperated to build a strong colony
False
Which two monarchs gave Columbus support for his voyage?
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
What word describes the belief that spirits live in natural objects and rule natural events?
animism
This explorer was a Spaniard who may have been the first European to see the land that is now the United States
Juan Ponce de Leon
This region of Indians used horses to follow the buffalo
Plains Indians
What crop became profitable for the settlers of Jamestown?
Tobacco
For who were the Americas named?
Amerigo Vespucci
What religion did the Spanish spread as they explored the New World
Roman Catholicism
He discovered the Pueblo Indians and was the first to see the Grand Canyon
True or False: Although they were spread out over North and South America, the Indians were a unified people
False
Which group of Indians lived near the Jamestown Settlement?
the Powhatan
What was the major business activity of the Frenchmen who came to North America?
fur trading
What is another name for Norsemen?
Vikings
He claimed the Mississippi River for France
Robert de Salle
This region's Indians lived in lodges called hogans
Great Basin and Plateau Indians
In what year was Jamestown founded?
1607
The activities of which man opened the door for European exploration of the New World?
What English nobleman organized an unsuccessful colony, called the "Lost Colony" on Roanoke Island?
Sir Walter Raleigh
He Founded the St. Lawrence River
Jacques Cartier
These Indians forced peaceful confederations
Woodland Indians
The first men Africans to arrive in Jamestown were probably
indentured servants
John Cabot
This group of Indians raised totem poles and gathered salmon
West Coast Indians