Explorers
The Italian explorer who proved that Columbus had discovered a "new world"
Who was Amerigo Vespucci?
They raised totem poles and gathered salmon.
Who are the West Coast Tribes?
This explorer "found" (I didn't know it was lost.) the St Lawrence River.
Who was Jacques Cartier?
This group of English captains struck at Spanish harbors and ships.
Who were the Sea Dogs?
This was a profitable crop for the Jamestown settlers.
What is tobacco?
The explorer for Spain who may have been the first European to see the land that is now the United States.
Who was Ponce de Leon?
They formed peaceful confederations.
What are the Woodland Tribes?
This explorer believed he had reached the East Indies, not the New World.
Who was Christopher Columbus?
The two monarchs who gave Columbus support for his voyage.
Who were King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella?
The year Jamestown was founded.
What is 1607?
He was the explorer for Spain who discovered the Pueblo Natives and was the first European to see the Grand Canyon.
Who was Francisco Vasquez de Coronado?
They used horses to follow the buffalo.
Who are the Plains Tribes?
This European reached America before Columbus.
Who was Leif Ericson?
The Reformation turned this country to Protestantism.
What is England?
He organized the "Lost Colony" of Roanoke.
Who was Sir Walter Raleigh?
He claimed the Mississippi River for France.
Who was Robert de La Salle?
They lived in lodges called hogans.
Who are the Great Basin and Plateau Tribes?
America is named after this explorer.
Who was Amerigo Vespucci?
Spanish explorers wanted to spread this religion as they explored the New World.
What is Roman Catholicism?
The first Africans to arrive in Jamestown.
Who were indentured servants?
He claimed the Atlantic coast of North America for England.
Who was John Cabot?
They lived near the Jamestown settlement.
Who are the Powhatan Tribes?
This is another name for Norsemen.
Who are Vikings?
This was the major business activity of the Frenchmen who came to North America.
What is trading and/or trapping?
The name of the first representative assembly in Virginia.
What is the House of Burgesses?