Early Explorers and Missionaries
Who was the world's largest bay named for? Because he discovered it.
Henry Hudson
What are Canada's two official languages?
English and French
What is the longest river in the United States?
Missouri River
What is a plain or hilly region within the temperate zone that is covered by grasses?
Prairie
These were the most famous Indians to settle in Mexico.
Aztecs
Who was the first explorer in modern times to reach North America's mainland?
John Cabot
What is Canada's capital city?
Ottawa
What is the world's largest gulf?
The Gulf of Mexico
What is the largest land animal in the Western Hemisphere?
Bison
This tribe was predominant in the Florida Everglades.
Seminoles
What did the Native Americans do with the bison's meat and milk?
Ate the meat and drank the milk
Who brought the gospel to the Indians until his death at the age of 29 from tuberculosis?
David Brainerd
Who was the founder of Rhode Island and the first Baptist church in America?
Roger Williams
What is the world's largest freshwater lake?
Lake Superior
What do most plain Indians live in?
Tepees
This tribe was named for the color of their moccasins.
Blackfoot
What did the Native Americans make from the bison's hide?
Robes, shoes, and clothing
Who printed the first Bible in America, which was a translation of the scriptures into an Indian language?
John Eliot
What is Canada's form of government?
Constitutional monarchy
What is the largest river in the United States?
The Mississippi River
What is the most important animal to the Indians of the plains?
The bison (buffalo)
This tribe kept a pictorial chronicle of their history.
Delaware
These are the most famous Indians of South America.
Incas
What did the Native Americans use the bison's manure for?
Heating and cooking
Who translated portions of the scriptures into the Mohawk language?
Joseph Brant
Early explorers of Canada were searching for a water route to Asia that they called the what?
Northwest Passage
What is an important Atlantic current that begins in the Gulf of Mexico?
The Gulf Stream
The ground squirrel that lived in the vast underground towns stretching over the prairie was called a what?
Prairie dog
What Indians from this tribe defeated Custer at Little Bighorn?
Sioux
These Indians had an advanced civilization in Central America.
The Mayas
What did the Native Americans use the bison's bones for?
Bones for tools - knives and needles
Whose search for the Northwest Passage gave France a claim to Canada?
Jacques Cartier
England gained control of most of North America as a result of the what?
French and Indian War
What is a region in the Dakotas which has many irregular cliffs and spectacularly colored hills?
The Badlands
What kind of plants are least likely to grow on a prairie?
Trees
What was the very early but very advanced civilization that is famous for its burial mounds?
Hopewell
This tribe celebrated the first Thanksgiving with the pilgrims.
Wampanoag
What did the Native Americans use sinews, tendons of the bison, for?
Thread
Who invented a written language for the Cherokees?
Sequoya
Canada is the largest world producer of what?
What are the hills that contain Mount Rushmore?
The Black Hills
What kind of weather conditions do prairies experience more than other areas?
Extreme weather
The Indians of the Dakota tribe were also called the what?
Sioux
Five tribes of this group formed the League of Five Nations.
Iroquois
What did the Native Americans use the bison's horns for?
ceremonial headdresses