Era of Exploration
These people were the earliest to sail to the Americas
Who were the Vikings?
These people gave Europeans the magnetic compass and astrolabe.
Who were the Arabs?
This region of America was home to the Illinois, Iroquois and Cherokee who successfully hunted and farmed the area.
What is the Eastern Woodland region?
The very first human beings were believed to be ________ and followed herds of animals, into the Americas.
What is ‘nomads’?
A group of people’s music, dress, beliefs and language is considered their _______.
What is Culture?
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella financed his trip in 1492
Who was Christopher Columbus?
This term means to sail around the whole world
What is circumnavigate?
This region of the Americas saw millions of buffalo roam the grasslands and be hunted by nomadic tribes living in tipis.
What is the Great Plains region?
Scientists and historians believe the first humans came to America from _______.
What is Asia?
These are ancient, man-made objects that have historical importance.
What are artifacts?
This explorer sailed for Portugal and completed an all-water route from Europe - around Africa - to India.
Who is Vasco de Gama?
A Spanish name for conquerors
What is was a conquistador?
This region saw lots of rainfall and was home to tribes that told their traditions on tall totem poles made out of cedar trees.
What is the Pacific Northwest Region?
What term basically means that people can change their behavior and lifestyle to increase their chances of survival?
What is ‘adapt’?
This is the hemisphere that the Americas are in.
What is the Western Hemisphere?
This was the name of the first Spanish colony in the Americas founded by Columbus
What was Hispaniola?
This is an area of land under control of its ‘mother country’ and used for its natural resources.
What is a colony?
This region of the Americas was hot and dry and home to tribes like the Hopi and Anasazi that built their homes into the sides of cliffs.
What is the Desert Southwest Region?
Which theory of migration is most common and tells us the first people walked to America over a land bridge from Asia?
What is the “Clovis People” or “Land Bridge” theory?
What was the name of the ‘lowest’ class in the Southeast region’s Natchez civilization?
What are the ‘stinkards’?
He and his crew sailed for Portugal and traveled to the tip of South Africa, before dangerous storms frightened the crew so much, they turned back home.
Who is Bartolomeu Dias?
This was the number 1 killer of the Natives after Europeans began moving to the Americas.
What is diseases?
Nearly all Native American tribes believed in a higher religious power known as “The _____”
What is “the Great Spirit”?
This term means a group of people are native, or original, to a specific area.
What is ‘indigenous’?
True or False:
Christopher Columbus was the first European to explore the United States.
False.