Native Americans & European Explorers

Which of the following was NOT a reason the early explorers began to make voyages?

• To search for gold and riches
• To make friends with the Native Americans
• To spread their religion
• To gain land for their country

What is a Spanish soldier/explorer that wanted riches, power, & glory for Spain, in the conquest of the Americas?

• Friar
• Priest
• Conquistador
• Karankawa

What was the purpose of exploring the Americas in the 16th - 17th centuries?

• To establish peace with Native Americans
• To gain great wealth, prestige, & spread the Christian religion
• To bring new technology to the Natives
• To bring new diseases to the Americas

What country funded the expedition of Christopher Columbus?

• France
• Spain
• England
• United States

What are the 3 G's of Exploration?

• Glory

• God

• Gold

• Grandmas

What explorer followed the route in red?

• Christopher Columbus

• Hernando de Soto

• Henry Hudson

• Jacques Cartier

___________ explorers were the first Europeans to explore North America?

• Spanish
• Viking
• Portuguese
• French

Native Americans arrived in the Western Hemisphere by which of the following means?

• Migratory land routes stretching from the Middle East through Asia

• by land routes made passable when glaciers lowered seas

• by direct sea routes from North Africa to South America

• by sea from Iceland to the Hudson Bay

The Europeans who explored North and South America met Native Americans. Which BEST explains what happened as a result?

• Many Europeans felt that the land belonged to Native Americans.

• Many Native Americans died due to war and disease.

• Native Americans attacked the Europeans and stopped colonization.

• Europeans welcomed the Native Americans as equal trading partners.

How do most experts think the first people came to North America?

• Humans were always in North America

• Sailing from Europe

• Walking across a land bridge between Asia and North America

• Swimming across the Atlantic Ocean