First Americans
Where did the first Americans come from?
Asia
What was the name of the first European to ever set foot on American soil?
Lief Erickson
What is the land between North and South America?
Central America
What is the name of a round object?
a sphere
What continent sent early explorers to America?
Spain, France, England
How did the first Americans get to North America?
They walked across the Bering Land Bridge. During the Ice Age, it was solid and people could walk across from Asia.
Where was Lief Erickson born?
Norway
What is the name of a very icy place that is less populated where Lief Ericson lived?
Greenland
What is a tool used to help tell time?
Sun dial
Name an explorer and WHERE he explored for BONUS points.
Christopher Columbus-explored the Bahamas
Fransisco Vasquez Coronado-explored Texas
John Cabot-Canada
Ponce de Leon-Florida
Amerigo Vespucci-South America (Brazil & Argentina)
What did the first people believe the earth looked like?
They believed the earth was the shape of a plate and it was balancing on the back of a turtle.
Where did Lief Ericson move?
Greenland
What is a continent below North America?
South America
What is the name of the carrier Native Americans used to carry their babies?
papoose
Name one type of job that Native Americans had and where they would have been located in North America?
Fisherman (near water)
Hunter (the Plains)
Farmers (South)
What is the name of Lief Erickson's dad?
Erik the Red
What is the country that originally claimed ownership of Canada?
France
Descripe/name one type of Native American dwelling.
*Bonus* if you explain WHERE this type of dwelling was used.
Answers will vary.
Why did people begin to spread out from Asia and ultimately end up in various continents?
The fall of the Tower of Babble.
No, but they did return for lumber.
Where did Lief Erikson land in North AMerica AND what did he name the place he found? Why did he name it this?
Lief Erikson landed in Canada. He named the place Vinland after the vines of grapes that were so plentiful.