Age of Exploration
Native Americans
Map Skills
Land and Water Features
Halloween Trivia
100

When did the Age of Exploration take place?

Late 1400s - 1500s
100

How did the first people arrive in North America?

By crossing the Bering land bridge

100

Lines of latitude are called...

Parallels

100

Where a river let's out into another body of water

Mouth

100

When is Halloween celebrated?

Octber 31st

200
What were European explorers seeking during this time?

Sea routes to Asia

200

Many initial Native American groups moved from place to place. What vocabulary word does this sentence describe?

Nomads or Nomadic

200

Lines of longitude are called...

Meridians

200

Smaller than a Gulf

Bay

200

What mythological creature transforms during a full moon?

Werewolf

300

What types of items were Explorers initially trying to find?

Silk and spices

300

Where is somewhere online you can find primary sources?

Looking for answers such as... 

- library of congress 

- national archives 

- DocsTeach 

300

What are all four of the intermediate directions?

NW, NW, SW, SE

300

the area between mountains and hills 

valley 

300

Which Halloween candy bar is famous for its combination of peanuts, caramel, and nougat?

Snickers

400

What was the big "discovery" during the age of exploration? 

Bonus 100 points: why did I put "discovery" in quotes?

Americas 

Native Americans were already living in these areas.

400

Which Native American Cultural region had many buffalo in certain areas?

Great Plains

400

How many hemispheres are there on earth?

4

400

flows into a larger river or lake

Tributary 

400

What was the name of the skeleton who is the main character in ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’?

Jack Skellington

500
Who first grew and used corn before the Explorers brought it to Europe?


Bonus 100: Why is this important to notice this?

Native Americans

500

Why did different Native American Cultural regions develop?

The different environments shaped their lives and adaptations 

500

What is another name for a map key?

Legend

500

A large body of land mostly surrounded by water but connected to the mainland on one side.

Peninsula 

500

Fill in the lyric: 

He did the monster mash
(The monster mash) it was a _______________

graveyard smash

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