People
What is the name of the Indian girl who was kidnapped by the English, later married John Rolfe, traveled to England, and met King James I was_____. (pg. 17)
Pocahontas
What four people groups created large civilizations in Central and South America before the arrival of Christopher Columbus? (p.4-5)
Olmec, Maya, Aztec, Inca
What were the early explorers searching for? (P.10)
New routes to the Indies to obtain spices
The demand for cheap labor in the Americas created a market for slaves from West Africa. (p.21)
True
Indian tribes who move from place to place in search of game and wild plants considered to be________? (p. 3)
nomadic
Who was the first Spaniard to explore Florida?
Juan Ponce de Leon
Indians in the _____ region were known as cliff dwellers because of the elaborate houses they constructed in the sides of cliffs.(p.6)
Southwest
The man who helped Jamestown survive by demanding obedience, requiring every man to work, and initiating a relationship with the Indians, was _____. (P.17)
Captain John Smith
The first Africans in the American colonies were likely indentured servants rather than slaves.(p.21)
True
The belief that all natural objects, whether living or non-living, have souls, is called_______.(p. 8)
animism
French explorer who has been called the "Father of New France" and who built the fort which later became the city of Quebec (p.13)
Samuel de Champlain
The _____ is the Mesoamerican group whose name means “rubber people.” (p.4)
Olmec
What is the name of the first permanent settlement in "The New World" that was founded in present-day Virginia in 1607? (p.16)
Jamestown
Mansa Musa’s wealth had little effect on other civilizations. (p.18-19)
false
This individual is possibly the first African to arrive in the New World after being surviving a shipwreck and being held in captivity in the early 1500s. (p.21)
Esteban
What is the name of the English sailor who plundered Spanish ports in South America, sailed around South America and across the Pacific Ocean, and returned triumphantly to England.(p. 14)
Sir Francis Drake
The leader of the Aztecs at the time of the Spanish conquest was _____. (p.5)
Montezuma
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella financed who's journey to the New World? (p.10)
Christopher Columbus
In what chronological order did the three large trading empires of West Africa exist? (.18-19)
Ghana, Mali, Songhai
What is a common explanation for how the original population of native Americans arrived in the Americas? (p.3)
By crossing a bridge from Russia to Alaska.
The best-known Viking adventurer who found a new land in present-day Newfoundland, which he called Vinland (p.9)
Leif Ericson
The Navajo, Pueblo, Apache, and Hopi are all tribes from the _____ region. (p. 6)
Southwest
True or False. Most educated people during the time of Columbus believed the world was flat (p.10)
False
The ______________ refers to the journey slaves made under horrible conditions from Africa to the Americas. (p. 21)
Middle Passage
When was the first day of the 25-26 school year?
Tuesday, August 12, 2025