Explorers
How did America get its name?
A German mapmaker named it after Amerigo Vespucci
What nation financed Columbus Voyages?
Spain
Who may have been the first European group to discover America?
the Vikings
Indians possibly came to the Americas by crossing a land bridge connecting _____ to Alaska.
Asia
Europe
Africa
Australia
Asia
The Middle Passage was the trip slaves endured from Africa to ____.
Europe
Asia
America
Oceania
America
What Viking adventurer sailed west of Greenland
Leif Ericson
Why did Columbus call the people he met Indians?
He thought he had found the East Indies
Name one famous Spanish Explorer besides Columbus
Coronado de Soto
Juan de Leon
Who explored the Atlantic coast of North America for England in 1497?
Leif Ericson
Sir Walter Raleigh
John Cabot
Sir Francis Drake
John Cabot
Which group of Indians built elaborate houses in the sides of cliffs?
Eastern Woodlands
Southwest
Northwest Coast
Great Plains
Southwest
Name a Spanish explorer and the area he explorer?
Juan Ponce - Florida, Hernando De Soto Southeast and Mississippi River, Francisco Coronado - Southwest, Pueblo Villages, Grand Canyon, the Plains
What month did Columbus begin to sail and what month did he arrive in the new world?
August and October
Who discovered present day Newfoundland and called it Vinland
Leif Ericson
Which group's name means "rubber people"?
Aztec
Inca
Maya
Olmec
Olmec
Which group of Indians built totem poles?
Northwest Coast
Eastern Woodlands
Southwest
Great Plains
Northwest Coast
Name a French explorer and the area he explored
Jacques Cartier - St. Lawrence River, Robert De La Salle - Mississippi River, Samuel De Champlain - St. Lawrence River and the Great Lakes, Quebec
Where did Columbus specifically arrive when he got to the new world?
Bahamas
Multiple Choice: Who traveled through the Southwest in search of the legendary cities of Cibola?
A. Hernando de Soto
B. Samuel de Champlain
C. Juan Ponce de Leon
D. Francisco Coronado
D. Francisco Coronado
Which civilization's main city was Tenochtitlan?
Aztec
Inca
Maya
Olmec
Aztec
Conquistadors were _____ conquerors.
Italian
French
English
Spanish
Spanish
Who was the English sailor that plundered Spanish ports in South America?
a. Francisco Coronado
b. John Cabot
c. Sir Walter Raleigh
d. Sir Francis Drake
D. Sir Francis Drake
Name the 3 ships that Columbus used for the voyage
Nina, Pinta, and Santa Marie
Who is considered the first African in America?
Estaban
In what year was Jamestown founded?
1507
1598
1602
1607
1607
Which crop became a profitable cash crop for Jamestown?
Indigo
Cotton
Tobacco
Rice
Tobacco