Geography
Native American Indians
Earliest explorers of North America
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Miscellaneous
100

This country borders the United States of America to the north.

Canada

100

This type of dwelling was similar to an apartment house.

Pueblo

100

These people from Norway discovered North America long before Christopher Columbus.

Vikings

100

True or False

Christopher Columbus treated all the native peoples with fairness and respect.

False

100

True or False

Pumpkin is a squash

True

200

This river flows from northern forests to the Gulf of Mexico

Mississippi

200

The Three Sisters crops

corn, beans, squash

200

True or False:

Leif Erikson stayed permanently in North America and started the first McDonald's.

False

200

The year Christopher Columbus discovered America

1492

200

The Native American girl who helped John Smith and the settlers.

Pocahontas

300

Sometime after the Tower of Babel, people came from Russia (and eventually down into North America) across this strip of land.

the Bering Strait

300

The Southwest native peoples known for their weaving.

Navajo

300

The _______ and __________ of Spain sponsored (payed for) Christopher Columbus' first voyage.

king and queen
300

This is Webster's middle name

Reginald

300

The first permanent English settlement in North America.

Jamestown

400
Thousands of these land forms were built by the early dwellers in North America.

mounds

400

The Southwest native peoples known for their baskets.

Apache

400

Christopher Columbus was born in what country?

Italy

400

The oldest permanent settlement by the Spanish, found in Florida.

St. Augustine

400

This European explorer was the first to travel around the world, though he died before his crew finished the voyage.

Magellan

500

This mountain range runs through Colorado and all the way north into Canada

Rocky Mountains

500

This mammal was used for meat, clothing, and tools.

Buffalo

500

The names of the three ships that Columbus and his crew used.

Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria

500
The Spanish explorer who first landed in Florida.

Juan Ponce de Leon

500

True or False

Pocahontas learned about Christ and became a Christian.

True

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