The Explorers
Which explorer was the first European to reach the southern tip of Africa in 1488?
Bartolomeu Dias
What was the first permanent English settlement in North America, named in honor of King James I?
Jamestown
The "Three G's" were the main reasons for European exploration. What do the three G's stand for?
Gold, God, and Glory
When Christopher Columbus landed in the Caribbean, he met what group of native people?
The Taino people
What was the "Columbian Exchange"?
The sharing of plants, animals, ideas, and technology between Europe and the Americas
What group of people were believed to be the first Europeans to visit North America around the year 1000 C.E.?
The Norse people
Leif Eriksson landed in what is now known as what?
Newfoundland
Which "G" is about explorers seeking fame for their courageous actions and their countries competing to claim new lands?
Glory
What American Indian tribe helped the Pilgrims learn how to farm and survive during their first year in Plymouth?
The Wampanoag Tribe
Name one animal that Europeans brought to the Americas through the Columbian Exchange that helped make hunting and travel easier for American Indians.
Horse
Which explorer was sponsored by England to find a shorter route across the ocean and thought he landed in Asia, but was actually in what is now Canada?
John Cabot
What is the oldest permanently settled city in the continental United States, established by the Spanish in 1565?
St. Augustine, Florida
Which "G" is about explorers searching for precious metals and other riches for themselves and their country?
Gold
The Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro encountered and took over what wealthy South American empire?
The Inca Empire
What was the "Starving Time" in Jamestown?
The winter of 1609-1610 when many colonists died of hunger and disease
Which French explorer sailed up rivers in what is now Canada and met the Mi'kmaq people and the powerful Iroquois Confederacy?
Jacques Cartier
The Pilgrims settled at Cape Cod in Massachusetts, and their new settlement became known as what colony?
Plymouth Colony
Which "G" is about spreading Christianity and converting native peoples to a new religion?
God
Within 50 years of Columbus landing in North America, what was the primary reason most of the Taino people had died?
Due to disease, war, and enslavement
What were some of the key metal tools that Europeans brought that were new to American Indians?
Cooking utensils, pots, pans, axes, knives, and guns
What was the name of the Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztec Empire and their king, Moctezuma II?
Hernán Cortés
When Juan de Oñate established the first Spanish capital in the Southwest, he named the land what?
New Mexico
Why did many people want to settle in new lands and share their beliefs?
Why did many want to find a shorter route to Asia from Europe?
Gold, God, and Glory
Why did the Aztecs submit to Hernán Cortés and his group?
They believed Cortés to be one of their gods
Besides conflict and war, what was a major reason for the massive loss of life among native peoples after the Europeans arrived?
They had no immunity to European diseases like smallpox, measles, and influenza