Early American History

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Which of the following has been a leading theory about how human beings first came to the Americas?
Options:
They crossed a land bridge from Asia to North America.
They swam across the Pacific Ocean from small islands.
They sailed from Europe to explore new lands.
They crossed glaciers that once linked Antarctica to South America.

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They crossed a land bridge from Asia to North America.

Front

What are the two types of lifestyles (or tribes) of the Native Americans?

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Nomadic and sedentary

Front

What European group established the first contact with North America?

Back

Vikings

Front

What was a new form of Christianity that was developing in Europe during the 1500s?

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Protestantism

Front

What were the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth in 1620? Options: Catholics, Anglicans, Puritans

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Separatists

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What was the “Middle Passage?

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The second leg of a triangular trade route on which slaves were transported across the Atlantic Ocean

Front

The ___ wanted to reform the Anglican Church, while the ___ wanted to leave the church altogether.

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puritans / separatists

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What did Christopher Columbus want to find?

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shortcut to Asia for trade so Spain could become wealthy

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What did Christopher Columbus actually find?

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An island chain now called the Bahamas

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What Spanish explorer made it to present day Kansas, where he found "shaggy cows" (American bison)?

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Francisco Vasquez de Coronado