Vocabulary
The holiday celebrated in the United States in honor of Christopher Columbus
What is Columbus Day
The first people in America
What is the Native Americans
Christopher Columbus believed that he arrived here when he first landed in the New World
What is India
An Italian explorer who is often thought of as the first person to introduce Europe to North America
Who is Christopher Columbus
The piece of land that the Native Americans walked over that connected Asia to North America
What is the Bering Strait Land Bridge
If Natives did not find enough of this resource, then they were punished brutally by Columbus.
What is gold
Someone who comes to a new world to live for the rest of their life
What is a settler
What is the Iroquois
The Native tribe that Christopher Columbus encountered, enslaved, and brutally punished on the island of Hispaniola
What is the Taino
The name given to represent North America and Europe. Also, the part of the world where Christopher Columbus was from.
What is the Western World
This game still played today was created by Native Americans, specifically the Iroquois.
What is lacrosse
Christopher Columbus was seen a hero to this group of people because he opened up the New World for their exploration and settlement
Who are Europeans
The system of government created by the Iroquois tribe
What is the Iroquois Confederacy
This Native American Tribe lived in earth homes called hogans.
Who are the Navajo
After the king and queen investigated Columbus's abuses as Governor in the New World, what happened to Christopher Columbus?
What is the arrest of Christopher Columbus