Explorers
He was the first explorer in the modern times to reach North America's mainland.
John Cabot
The world's largest bay is named for him, its discoverer.
Henry Hudson
Hudson Bay
The first Bible printed in America was his translation of the Scriptures into an Indian language.
John Eliot
Canada's capital city
Ottawa
Mexico, Canada and United States are located on which continent?
North America
His search for the Northwest Passage gave France a claim to Canada.
Jacques Cartier
longest river in the United States
Missouri River
He translated portions of the Scriptures into Mohawk language.
Joseph Brandt
Canada's two official languages are English and ______.
French
the Colorado River runs through this famous canyon
Grand Canyon
He brought the gospel to the Indians until his death at the age of 29 from tuberculosis.
David Brainerd
largest river in the United States
Mississippi River
He invented a written language for the Cherokees.
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Sequoya
Early explorers of Canada were searching for a water route to Asia that they called the_________.
Northwest Passage
a tributary is a body of water that forms from the Ocean water.
TRUE or FALSE
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False it forms from another river pushing through other land areas.
He was the founder of Rhode Island and the first Baptist church in America.
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Roger Williams
a region in the Dakotas which has many irregular cliffs and spectacular colored hills.
Badlands
first explorer to call the Native Americans "INDIANS"
and why did he called them "INDIANS"?
Christopher Columbus
He called them Indians because he thought he had arrived India.
Canada is the largest world producer of ________.
nickel
land bridge believed between Alaska and Russia.
Bearing Strait
He was the first European to discover the New World
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Name of the explore and year in which he discovered it.
Christopher Columbus
1492
World's largest freshwater lake
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Lake Superior
the Plain Indians major source of food was which animal?
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England gained control of most of North America as a result of the _______________.
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French and Indian War
Rocky Mountains, Appalachian Mountains form a chain of mountains called_______________.
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Cordillera