The First Americans
Where did the first Americans come from?
Asia
Culture-
A way of life
Which early explorer discovered the Americans in 1492?
Christopher Columbus
Which two countries sponsored expeditions to explore the new world?
Spain and Portugal
What was the name of the land bridge that the first Americans used to get to America?
Beringia
Circumnavigate-
To travel completely around something
Which early explorer is America named after?
Amerigo Vespucci
Name two items that were being exchanged back and forth during the Columbian Exchange?
NA to Europe: Corn, tobacco, potatoes
Europe to NA: Diseases, livestock, sugarcane
Define civilization
A complex system of learning, religion, and government.
Immunity-
A resistance to a disease or infection.
Which early explorer showed that it was possible to travel completely around America?
Vasco de Gama
List three advantages the Native Americans had over the Europeans.
List three advantages the Europeans had over the Native Americans.
Native Advantages- Knew the land, knew the climate, and had more resources (food, materials, etc.)
European Advantages- Diseases that wiped out Native population, more transportation, advanced weaponry, and more people
How did the invention of farming change Native American lifestyles?
They switched from a nomadic lifestyle of hunting and gathering to settling down and farming the land.
Caravel-
A small, fast Portuguese ship that had three sails.
Which early explorer was the first to see the Pacific Ocean from the Americas?
Vasco Balboa
Which disease took out half of the Native population?
Which crop changed diets across the world?
Smallpox
Corn
Tell me which region each of these North American tribes were located?
Navajo-
Sioux-
Cherokee-
Navajo- Southwest
Sioux- Plains
Cherokee- Southeast
Astrolabe-
An instrument used to measure the position of stars.
What was Juan Ponce De Leon searching for when he reached the Americas?
The Fountain of Youth
Name all 8 of the explorers that we researched earlier this week.
Prince Henry, Bartolomeu Dias, Vasco da Gama, Amerigo Vespucci, Vasco Balboa, Ferdinand Magellan, Hernan Cortes, Juan Ponce De Leon