Ice Age
What is the name of the earliest period in North American history?
Lithic Stage
Which period is known for the development of stone and bone tools?
Woodland Period
What are the names of the two major cultures in the Southwest?
Hohokam and Ancestral Pueblo Cultures
Columbus's discovery of America led to which period in human history?
The Age of Discovery
When was Jamestown established?
1607
When did humans cross the Bering Land Bridge?
Around 16,500 years ago
Which period had the transition from a hunter-gatherer lifestyle to sedentary farming?
Archaic Period
Which culture is known for its complex irrigation system?
Hohokam Culture
Who was America named after?
Amerigo Vespucci
What were the names of the first attempted colony and the first permanent colony?
The Roanoke Colony and Jamestown
What was the name of the land that connected Siberia with North America?
Beringia/Bering Land Bridge
How long did the Archaic Period last?
from 8000 until 1000 BC
Which culture is known for its architecture and cliff dwellings?
Ancestral Pueblo Culture
What were the two main objectives of the Spanish in the Americas?
To find gold and to convert the native population
What is the Roanoke Colony referred to as?
The Lost Colony
What are the names of the two major Paleo-Indian cultures during the Lithic Stage?
Clovis and Folsom cultures
What was the largest settlement in the Mississippian Culture?
Cahokia
Name at least two modern-day US states which had the Hohokam and Ancestral Pueblo Cultures located?
Arizona, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico
What are the names of the three ships Columbus used to complete his first expedition?
The Niña, Pinta, and Santa Maria
What was the name of the winter of 1609-1610 which decreased the Jamestown Colony's population?
Starving Time
How were the first people in North America called during the Lithic Stage?
Paleo-Indians
What structures was the Hopewell Culture known for?
The Hopewell Earthworks
What is the name of the largest cliff dwelling in North America?
Cliff Palace
What was the name of the first European settlement in the modern-day US?
St. Augustine
What words were carved after the vanishing of the colonists in Roanoke?
CROATOAN