Native American Tribes
This animal was central to Native Americans who lived on the plains.
What are bison/buffalo?
This period of time was when European explorers searched for new routes to Asia, and discovered the Americas in the process.
What was the Age of Exploration?
This man was the first to discover the New World and tell Spain his findings. He thought he had reached the East Indies.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
This was the name of the Powhatan princess who saved the life of John Smith.
Who is Pocahontas?
What is the name of Mr. Mireles' wife?
Who is Joanne?
These native americans on the northwest coast would carve figures of animals, humans, and spirits on a long pieces of wood.
What are totem poles?
This was a tool to calculate the position of the sun and the stars.
What is an astrolabe?
This man discovered Hudson Bay and the Hudson River.
Who is Henry Hudson?
This was the only clue left in the lost colony of Roanoke.
This is where Mr. Mireles lives.
Where is Perris?
This was a flat topped mountain with steep sides.
What is a mesa.
This was a tool that always pointed north. It helped explorers go the right direction.
What is a compass?
DAILY DOUBLE: This man discovered and named Florida and searched for the Fountain of Youth.
Who is Juan Ponce de Leon?
This was a cash crop known as "Virginia's Gold"?
What is tobacco?
How long has Mr. Mireles been teaching?
What is 8 years?
These were dome shaped homes created by the tribes that lived in the eastern woodlands.
What are wigwams?
This was a crop grown in large quantities to sell.
What is a cash crop?
This English man found land in what is now Canada and sailed as far as Chesapeake Bay.
Who is John Cabot?
This was the first successful English colony.
What is Jamestown?
How old is Mr. Mireles?
What is 30?
These were homes that went up three feet from the ground. They were created by the Native Americans of the Southwest.
What are Chickees?
Besides wealth, what was another valuable thing that explorers brought back to Europe?
This man stole and killed the Aztecs for their gold. They thought he was a god at first.
Who is Hernan Cortes?
This was the name of the native american who helped the Pilgrims at Plymouth. He spoke English.
Who is Squanto?
Who are the names of BOTH Mr. Mireles' sons?
Who are Lincoln and Jameson?