Early Explorers Vocabulary
Which vocabulary word means a pathway that helps you get from one place to another?
Route
Which explorer was sent on two secret missions to attack Spanish ships and settlements and bring the treasure back to England? He was named "Sir" when he returned from his first mission.
Frances Drake or Sir Frances Drake
Which vocabulary word means to be very good at doing something like riding a horse or making jewelry?
Skilled
Native Americans in the plains lived in what?
Tepees
The Native Americans in the west live in houses made from hardened clay and sand. Yes or No?
Yes
Which vocabulary word means to act aggressively with weapons and force?
Attack
Who sent Frances Drake on two secret missions to steal treasures from Spain and bring them back to England?
Queen Elizabeth I
Which vocabulary word means to keep someone or something from being harmed/damaged (get hurt)?
Protected
Did Native Americans in the East/Southeast hunt and farm? Yes or No
Yes
The Native Americans believed in the Great Spirit that created Earth and gave spirits to all living things. Is this true or false?
True
Which vocabulary word means a person who is going out to look at lands that are not well known?
Explorer
Which French explorer was searching for a Northwest Passageway in Canada, yet he never found it?
Jacques Cartier
Which vocabulary word means to need something or someone to survive physically, financially, and/or emotionally?
Depended
All the tribes in the East/Southeast and Plains were peaceful. Yes or No?
No
How did the Native Americans communicate with each other?
They used sign language.
Which vocabulary word means a small village; neighborhood where people lived together?
Settlement
Which explorer was sent by Spain to locate a faster/quicker route from Europe to Asia / West Indies? He thought he landed in the West Indies, but he was on islands in the Caribbean off of North America.
Christopher Columbus
Which vocabulary word means something that is said or done at a formal occasion?
Ceremony
The Native Americans in the East/Southeast were skilled at doing/knowing what?
They were skilled at knowing medicine and organizing tribal councils/leagues.
What were the Native Americans of the Northwest skilled at doing?
They were skilled at making baskets (weaving baskets) and fishing.
Which vocabulary word means an important job or assignment that needs to be done?
Mission
Which Spanish explorer searched for the Fountain of Youth but he never found it? He called the land he was exploring Florida.
Juan Ponce de Leon
Respected
Why did the Native Americans on the plains live in tepees that were not permanent?
The Native Americans on the plains had to move and follow the buffalo which was their main source of food.
Was it the Native Americans from the west or northwest that did NOT farm?
Northwest