The five nations that formed this confederation were often in conflict with one other before joining together.
What is the Iroquois League?
100
This is a group of kingdoms or nations taken over and ruled by one leader. Mali was one of the largest in West Africa.
What is an empire?
100
These Europeans were most likely the first to begin a settlement in North America.
Who are the Vikings?
100
This is a term for a group of people who often move from place to place.
What is nomadic?
100
These are things from the past that are left for us to study.
What are artifacts?
200
These homes were lived in by Northeastern Native Americans and were made from small trees and bark or mats.
What are long houses?
200
West Africans needed salt to preserve their meat so they often traded this to get more.
What is gold?
200
European explorers planted these to claim land for their country.
What are flags?
200
These people looked for land, wealth, and new food when they crossed the Atlantic Ocean.
Who are the Europeans?
200
This is the way of life for a group of people.
What is culture?
300
The five nations that formed this confederation were often in conflict with one other before joining together.
What is the Iroquois League?
300
Many West Africans settled in this region with tall grass and few scattered trees and is also known as the grasslands.
What is the savanna?
300
Queen Isabella supported this man on his journey across the Atlantic by giving him ships and money.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
300
Potatoes, Squash, Tobacco, and Gold all came from this area in the Columbian Exchange.
What is America?
300
This is a person who makes a living by buying and selling goods.
What is a merchant?
400
Southwestern Native Americans lived in these homes that were similar to apartment buildings and made of stone and adobe.
What is a pueblo?
400
This was a historian and storyteller who was responsible for keeping the oral history of an area in West Africa.
What is a griot?
400
Europeans used this early scientific tool to determine how far north or south of the equator a ship was.
What is an astrolabe?
400
The first Americans likely crossed this from Asia into North America following herds of animals.
What is a land bridge?
400
This is the money left after you subtract the costs of running a business
What is profit?
500
Seminoles of southern Florida wore these to protect themselves from sharp sawgrass.
What are deer-hide leggings?
500
These were the three major African empires between 700 and 1600.
What are Ghana, Mali, and Songhay?
500
Europeans brought this religious book with them to North America.
What is the bible?
500
American Indians in this cold region would not build homes out of wood because there were few trees and they needed to use what was available in their environment.
What is the Arctic region?
500
This was the exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and ideas between the "New World" and the "Old World"