The First Americans
What is the definition of the word 'empire'?
The territories and people under control of one ruler
Shelters
What is the definition of a colony?
A settlement ruled by people from another land
Marco Polo was an explorer from which country?
Italy
What was one of the first countries of Europe to send explorers out to sea?
Portugal
Many scientists believe that the first people to come to America were from where?
Asia
Name one of the animals the people on the Northeastern Coast of America ate.
Deer or Elk
Who were the Vikings and where were they from?
They were a seagoing people from Scandinavia in Northern Europe
Name one of the four treasures of Asia that Marco Polo wrote about in his book (that we discussed in class).
Silk, Spices, Jewels, or Carpets.
What does the name Pacific Ocean mean? (For 50 bonus points, who named the Pacific Ocean?)
The calm, peaceful ocean (Ferdinand Magellan)
What is a nomad?
Someone who travels all the time in search for food.
On the Pacific Northwestern Coast of North America, what three things did the people there eat?
Fish, wild berries, and nuts
In the 900s the Viking sailed to which two places?
Greenland and Iceland
The merchants from which city in Italy were able to control most of the trade from Asia?
Venice
In 1419, who set up a school for navigators?
Prince Henry of Portugal
The first nomads came to the Americas during what time period?
The Ice Age
In class we mentioned that the Southwest of America, the Native American groups grew 2 types of crops. What were they?
Corn and beans.
What was the name of the colony Leif Ericson tried to make in what is Newfoundland today?
Vinland
Marco Polo's adventures made other European traders want to do what?
Find a shorter route to Asia.
Name two of the islands that Portugal claimed off the west coast of Africa
Azores, Canary, Medeiros, or Cape Verde
What was the name of the land bridge these nomads crossed to come to the Americas?
The Bering Strait Land Bridge
The Southwestern Native Americans made their homes out of what two materials?
Stones and sun-dried clay bricks
What six countries were mentioned in class as part of Scandinavia?
Denmark, Sweden, Faroe Islands, Norway, Finland, Iceland
What two places did Marco Polo write his book about that we discussed in class?
China and the Indies
What was the name of the first explorer to sail around the southern tip of Africa?
Bartolomeu Dias