Native Americans
What type of housing structure did the Native Americans in the Southwest live in?
Pueblos (homes built using sun dried adobe clay)
What was one result of the Columbian Exchange?
- Spread of disease
- Faster trade routes
- Easier travel
What ocean separates the United States and Europe
The Atlantic Ocea
The most widely accepted theory of the earliest human migration to the Americas is the...
LAND BRIDGE THEORY
RANDOM STATE
Nebraska
The people of the Eastern Woodlands lived in
Longhouses and/or Wigwams
What three continents were primarily involved in trade during this period of Exploration (Triangular Trade)?
Europe, Africa, and North America
The Rocky Mountains are in the? (N S E W)
West
Why did the first Americans migrate to North America?
In search of food
Define adapt in 1-2 words
Change, alter, adjust, modify, transform, etc.
Which Native American region built plank homes?
Northwest Coast
Trade exploded for the Dutch when they established a large port in the city known as...
New Amsterdam
What body of water borders Canada in the Northeast?
Great Lakes / Lake Ontario
Which theory suggests that early American people used boats to sail from Northeastern Asia to the west coast of North America?
Coastal Migration Theory
Why were Europeans interested in finding a Northwest Passage?
To find an all waterway to Asia to purchase spice, silks and other items
What natural resources did the Native Americans use in the Eastern Woodlands?
Trees/wood
What was Amerigo Vespucci famous for?
He was the first to identify the new world as a continent
What mountain range is located primarily in California (also Nevada and Washington)
Sierra Nevada
The Columbian Exchange was...
Write down an adaptation that a Native American region made
Irrigation system, slash and burn, using the Buffalo hides for clothing, etc
What did the French trade with Native Americans after establishing good relations?
Fur!
What explorer visited North America nearly 500 years BEFORE Christopher Columbus?
Leif Erikson
RANDOM STATE
What was the Northwest Passage?
Sea route connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
Established by the Europeans - shorter trade route to Asia
Longest river in the United States...
Mississippi River