chapter 1

Question 1

1. Best-known Viking adventurer who found a new land in present-day Newfoundland, which he called Vinland

Answer 1

leif ericson

Question 2

2. Spanish explorer who started in Florida and traveled through the Southeast until he reached the Mississippi River

Answer 2

hernando de soto

Question 3

3. Spanish explorer who traveled through the Southwest in search of the legendary cities of Cibola and who saw the Grand Canyon .

Answer 3

francisco coronado

Question 4

4 first Spaniard to explore Florida

Answer 4

Juan Ponce de leon

Question 5

5. French explorer who has been called the Father of New France and who built the fort which later became the city of Quebec

Answer 5

Sammuel de champlain

Question 6

6. English sailor who plundered Spanish ports in South America, sailed around South America and across the Pacific Ocean, and returned triumphantly to England

Answer 6

Sir francis drake

Question 7

7. English nobleman who organized two expeditions to Roanoke Island

Answer 7

Sir Walter

Question 8

8. explorer who claimed the Atlantic coast of North America for England in 1497

Answer 8

John Cabot

Question 9

9. The _____ is the Mesoamerican group whose name means “rubber people.

Answer 9

Olmec

Question 10

10. Tenochtitlan was the main city of the _____ civilization

Answer 10

Aztec

Question 11

11. The leader of the Aztecs at the time of the Spanish conquest was _____.

Answer 11

montezuma

Question 12

12. Indians in the _____ region were known as cliff dwellers because of the elaborate houses they constructed in the sides of cliffs.

Answer 12

southwest

Question 13

13. The Navajo, Pueblo, Apache, and Hopi are all tribes from the _____ region.

Answer 13

southwest

Question 14

14. Indians from the _____ region hunted caribou, whales, seals, and walruses and used whale oil for light.

Answer 14

artic/ sub artic

Question 15

15. The Seminole, Cherokee, and Creek Indians were all from the _____ region.

Answer 15

southeast

Question 16

16. The European country whose North American settlements were along the St. Lawrence and Mississippi Rivers and the Great Lakes was _____. .

Answer 16

france

Question 17

17. The man who helped Jamestown survive by demanding obedience, requiring every man to work, and initiating a relationship with the Indians, was _____

Answer 17

john smith

Question 18

18. The crop that became a profitable cash crop for the Jamestown settlers was _____.

Answer 18

tobacco

Question 19

19. One possible explanation of how the first people arrived in North America is that they crossed a _______________________linking Asia to Alaska.

Answer 19

land bridge

Question 20

20. Much of the early exploration focused on finding new routes to the ___________to obtain spices, silk, porcelain, gems, and other valuable trade goods.

Answer 20

indies

Question 21

21. The Virginia ____________was the first representative assembly in America and became a model for other colonies and eventually the form of America’s government.

Answer 21

house of burgesses

Question 22

22. The Olmec’s and Maya’s study of the sun, moon, and stars, and mathematics were used to create a

Answer 22

365- day calendar

Question 23

23. Spanish conquerors were called

Answer 23

conquistadors

Question 24

24. The term to describe Indians who were constantly on the move in the search for game and wild plants are

Answer 24

nomatic

Question 25

25. The belief that all natural objects, whether living or non-living, have souls, is called

Answer 25

animism

Question 26

26. Columbus persuaded the Spanish monarchs ___________________to finance his voyage west to reach the Indies.

Answer 26

Ferdinand

Question 27

27. Founded in 1607, the first permanent English settlement in North America was_______ in the colony of Virginia.

Answer 27

jamestown

Question 28

28. The Indian girl who was kidnapped by the English, later married John Rolfe, traveled to England, and met King James I was

Answer 28

pocahontas

Question 29

29 The _____________________refers to the journey slaves made under horrible conditions from Africa to the Americas.

Answer 29

middle passage

Question 30

30____________________ survived a shipwreck and captivity in the early 1500s and may have been the first African in North America

Answer 30

estabton

Question 31

31. How did the arrival of Spanish conquistadors affect the Aztec and Incan civilizations?

Answer 31

through warfare and disease

Question 32

31. How did the arrival of Spanish conquistadors affect the Aztec and Incan civilizations?

Answer 32

through warfare and disease