Native American Regions
Native American Society/Culture
Why Explore?
Early Settlers
First Encounters and Colonization
100

The number of Native American regions and their names

What is Northeast, Southeast, Great Plains, Great Basin, Southwest, California, Pacific Northwest, and Mississippi River Valley? (8)

100

What is a Confederacy? How many nations were in the Iroquois Confederacy? 

What is an alliance formed formed between multiple tribes/nations. What is 5 nations?

100

Reasons why Europeans couldn't use their usual trade routes to Asia

What is Ottoman Empire blocked the Silk Road and Mediterranean Sea? 

100

The oldest European settlement and the country that established it 

What is St. Augustine, FL and Spain?

100

What did Europeans offer Natives and Natives offer Europeans?

What is Europeans offered metal tools, cloth, and guns? What is Natives offered food, fur, and knowledge of the land?

200

Life before Europeans arrived 

What it is groups with diverse cultures, languages, and ways of life?

200

What is a chiefdom?

What is a society led by a hereditary chief?

200

Goods Europeans wanted from Asia 

What is silk, spices, and luxury goods?

200

The name of the first English settlement

What is Jamestown, VA?

200

Early encounters and perspectives between Natives and Europeans 

What is Natives saw Europeans as potential allies, trading partners, or threats? What is Europeans saw Natives as helpful guides, labor sources, or obstacles?

300

Northeast region enviroment/landscape

What is dense forests, rivers, and fertile land?

300

Roles of women in Native societies 

What is women had many rights and had influence politically and economically? 

300

The country that sent Christopher Columbus to find a faster route to Asia

What is Spain?

300

The first French settlement and reason for settling

What is Quebec, Canada and fur trading?

300

Short-term consequences of colonization

What is the spread of diseases (smallpox, measles, and plague), wars/conflict, and alliances?

400

Definition for Nomadic and regions that lived this lifestyle

What is moving from place to place (lack of a permanent settlement)? What is Great Plains and Great Basin? 

400

Native American social hierarchy/pyramid

What is elites, commoners, and slaves/captives?

400

The 4 European countries interested in exploring the US

What is France, Spain, England, and Netherlands?

400

What did the Netherlands rename New York?

What is New Amsterdam?

400
Long-term consequences of colonization

What is loss of Native land and forced movement westward, cultural changes, and growing tensions between colonists and their home countries?

500

Crops grown in the Southeast 

What is maize (corn), beans, squash, and tobacco?

500

Members of a tribal council and their roles

What is composed of elders and clan leaders and made decisions by consensus?

500

The representation of the phrase "Gold, God, and Glory"

What is: 

- Gold: Wealth, land, and resources 

- God: Europeans wanting to spread Christianity and convert Natives

- Glory: European powers competing to expand power and land 

500

Why didn't Spain expand their settlement? Where did they decide to move?

What is lack of gold and clashes with Native Americans? What is South America?

500

The number of colonies and the names of the regions

What is 13 colonies and New England, Middle colonies, and Southern colonies?