US History Unit 1

What does the word migrated mean?

• settled in one place and made a home

• gathered food crops at the end of a growing season

• moved from one region to live in another

• used resources in a place to make homes and clothes

Where did the first Americans come from?

• Europe

• Asia

• Africa

• Mexico

How were the Iroquois different from the Sioux?

• The Iroquois lived in permanent villages.

• The Iroquois followed the herds of buffalo.

• The Iroquois made large mounds of dirt.

• The Iroquois lived in cliff houses.

What is a voyage?

• a tool for finding directions

• a group of lands or countries under one government

• a path or waterway used by traders

• a long journey or trip

In the 1400s, what were European explorers looking for?

• trade routes to Asia

• better places to live

• ways to teach religion

• places to build missions

Why did the rulers of Spain send priests to the New World in the 1500s?

• They wanted priests to find riches.

• They wanted to spread Christianity.

• The priests knew how to cure diseases/

• The priests spoke Native American languages.

Why were the priests able to overpower many groups of Native Americans?

• The Spanish had guns and cannons.

• The Spanish carried compasses.

• The Spanish sailed in large boats.

• The Spanish had more gold.

What happened to many Native Americans when the Europeans came to North American?

• They became rich.

• They built better houses.

• They learned to read.

• They lost their lands.

How were the southern colonies different than the rest?

• The southern colonies were full of puritans.

• The southern colonies used slave labor.

• The southern colonies were very cold.

• The southern colonies did not allow women to live there.

Both the Pilgrims and Puritans sailed to North America because they wanted to ______________.

• build large farms

• escape religious persecution

• trade with the Native Americans

• explore the New World