Vocabulary
Lines of _____________ imaginary lines that run from the North Pole to the South Pole.
longitude
True or False: The Aztec people thought Cortez might be a God and gave him gold.
True
The _______ of people from Asia to North America began at least 15,000 years ago.
migration
A sphere that is a model of Earth is called a
globe
Sailors used astrolabes to tell
latitude
A ____________ is a Spanish explorer who came to the Americas in the 1500s.
conquistador
Explorers hoped to find a Northwest Passage that would lead them where?
Through North America to Asia
Why were some Native tribes nomadic?
they followed food sources
Different plants make up an area's...
vegetation
Why was gold important to Europeans?
it was how they measured wealth
Wearing animal skin for clothes was a(n) _______that the Inuits made to survive where they lived.
adaptation
How is a colony different from other places in which people settle?
it is owned by another country
Native Americans of the Plateau region got water from where?
Large Rivers
If an explorer knew what direction was north, he...
could find the other cardinal directions
What are the 3 G's?
Glory, God, Gold
A ___________ is an early scientific tool used to observe the position of the sun and stars.
astrolabe
Who was the last Spanish conquistador?
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
According to the Hopis, where did people live at first?
Inside the Earth
Weather that can be measured over a long period of time is called _______
climate
Which river did La Salle explore?
The Mississippi
Southeast Asia, including Indonesia and Malaysia, was called the ________
East Indies
Juan Ponce de León looked for...
the fountain of youth
As they migrated, the first Americans went in search of big game such as....
Caribou
What do all maps have in common?
They're all created using data
Name Columbus's 3 ships he first sailed
The Nina, The Pinta, The Santa Maria