Explorers and Native American Social Studies

Which of the following is a primary source that would help people today learn about explorers from long ago.

• map from MapQuest

• Exploration logs written by explorers

• research report on early explorers

• historical facts from a textbook

Which if the following best explains why the Native Americans and the Explorers often had conflicts with each other?

• They had different cultural views about the land.

• They thought a lot of their trades were unfair.

• The Natives wanted to control the colonists.

• There was not enough room for both groups to live on the land.

Which of the following if an example of a primary source that would help people today learn about Native Americans.

• Arrowhead

• map from Google maps

• encyclopedia article

• historian reports

Since there was a scarcity of trees in the Southwest, the natural resource Native Americans used to make their shelter.

• buffalo hide

• chunks of ice

• birch bark

• adobe (clay)

If you were planting a farm in the Southwest,how would you have to adapt to the environment for it to be successful?

• water the crops daily

• dig an irrigation canal

• only plant corn

• use water from the ocean

Artifacts are objects left behind by humans. Scientists and historians study artifacts to

• create museum displays

• learn about earlier people

• predict the future

• make movies

Which of the following was NOT an effect caused by explorers in North America?

• Land was claimed for European Countries.

• The United States became a country immediately.

• Some natives were mistreated.

• Diseases spread among the natives.

Which of the following is an advance in technology that the explorers used to help find their location on voyages.

• computerized navigation system

• astrolabe

• radio controls

• telescope

Which was NOT a motive for early explorers?

• finding riches

• claiming new lands

• to find homes for their sailors

• find a new trade source

Explorers from England, France and Holland were looking for a shortcut from Europe to Asia. They were looking for

• the Northwest passage

• the Panama Canal

• the Ohio River

• the Gulf of Mexico