Other Explorers
This was the name of the first explorer to claim land for Spain (There is a national holiday in his honor)
Christopher Columbus
This French explorer sought to find the Northwest Passage. He did not find it.
Jacques Cartier
Which Native American cultural region does this describe: Pursued buffalo for food and the building of teepees.
Great Plains Region
The name of the route that the First Americans took to get to North America.
Beringia
India
Henry Hudson settled in land that is now what modern-day territory?
New York
This Spanish Explorer sought to find the mythical Fountain of Youth.
Juan Ponce de Leon
Which Native American cultural region does this describe: Farmed beans, corn and squash. Built houses out of stones and clay (adobe)
Southwest Cultural Region
To move from on place to another
Migration
These were the three reasons for European Exploration
God, Glory, and Gold
Which European explorer landed on Roanoke Island, left for supplies, and came back three years later to find nothing left?
Walter Raleigh
This Spanish Explorer sought to find a City of Gold
Coronado
Which Native American cultural region does this describe? Hunter/Gatherers. Very little farming. Established homes along rivers. Built homes from redwood trees.
California Cultural Region
Something made and used by people
Artifacts
This is how historians learn how Native Americans lived.
Studying their artifacts
Robert de la Selle explored the Mississippi River, and established the modern-day territory?
Louisiana
This Spanish Conquistador led an army that brought about the end of the Aztec Empire.
Hernan Cortes
Native Americans used this to survive and thrive in North America
Their Environment
The beliefs, material traits, and social forms that make up the traditions of a group of people
Culture
This many Native Americans died due to diseases brought by Europeans
50%-90%
This English Explorer helped establish the settlement of Jamestown. This settlement suffered but survived through a very harsh winter.
John Smith
This Spanish Conquistador helped cause the fall of the Inca civilization.
Francisco Pizzarro
This was a large factor in the development of Cultural regions
Climate/Weather
The massive exchange of goods that took place between Native Americans and Europeans
Columbian Exchange
On average, how long was the journey from Africa to North America on a slave ship?
3 months