Firsts
Who was the first human to set foot in America besides the Native Americans?
Leif Eriksson
How were some last names created in the time of the Vikings?
Example: Leif "Erik's son"... Eriksson.
Where was the best place for Native Americans to live? (fishing, hunting, farming, gathering, wood for houses, nice climate)
The Eastern United States.
Moving from place to place over the water.
What is sailing?
The first group of people to discover America besides the Native Americans.
The Vikings
The name for the first ship that was able to sail across the ocean.
The Viking Longship
Who was the first important Viking explorer? (His full name)
Erik The Red
What was the name for the alliance of Native Americans in the Eastern United States?
The Iroquois League
The movement of people from one place to another.
What is migration?
The person that we are taught "discovered America" in school.
Christopher "McEvil" Columbus.
The name for the first group of people that migrated to and lived in North America from Asia.
Paleo Indians.
Which islands did the Vikings go to before landing in North America.
Greenland and Iceland
How did the Nomads usually get their food and supplies?
By Stealing it from other tribes.
It is everything around us including climate, physical and human geography, and landscapes.
What is environment?
The name for the route that Europeans took to trade with Asia.
The way that the first people living in North America got their food.
Hunting and Gathering
How many people could fit in the largest Viking Longship?
60 people total.
Why did the Native Americans of the North (Canada and Alaska) need to fish for food?
Because it was too cold for farming.
Common values, beliefs, traditions, languages, government, relationships
What is culture?
What 3 things did the Europeans want from Asia?
100 points for only listing 1
300 points for only listing 2
Full points for listing all 3
Items like Silk/Spice/Cotton/Tea
Spreading Christianity to Asia
Learning Asian Culture
The first city to be captured using the invention of Gunpowder.
Bonus: Who used the gunpowder to take the city?
Extra bonus: Who owned the city before it was captured?
Constantinople (renamed to Istanbul)
Bonus: The Ottomans
Extra bonus: The Byzantines (A branch of the Romans)
Why was the longship such an incredible invention for the Vikings?
It could travel on the ocean and down small rivers.
These Native Americans lived in the southwest part of the United states and lived in houses made of clay.
The Anasazi Native Americans.
The second ship ever to be able to travel over the ocean, and what country invented it.
Portuguese Caravel
The name of the King who paid money to fund exploration trips around the world (his full name).
Prince Henry, the Navigator.