US History Chapter 1 Review

The Woodlands Tribes were known for everything except

• settled

• mound builders

• longhouses

• adobe

The Plains Indians were known for all of the following except

• tepees

• hunting buffalo

• fishing

• being skilled horsemen

The Southwest Indians were known for all of the following except

• advanced pottery and weaving

• architecture and adobe

• longhouses and wigwams

• settled

The Great Basin/Plateau Indians were known for all of the following except

• cedar houses

• nomadic

• petroglyphs

• hunting buffalo

Which was the first country to send an explorer to the New World?

• England

• Spain

• France

• Portugal

Which was the last country to send an explorer to the New World?

• England

• Spain

• France

• Portugal

Which explorer sailed for two different countries?

• Christopher Columbus

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Samuel de Champlain

What was John Cabot's main accomplishment?

• English claim to North America's Atlantic Coast

• first to see land of the United States

• discovery of the Mississippi River

• second circumnavigation of the earth

What was Amerigo Vespucci's main accomplishment?

• English claim to the Atlantic Coast of North America

• proof that America was a "new world"

• discovery of the Saint Lawrence River

• explored the Great Lakes

What was Juan Ponce de Leon's main accomplishment?

• discovery of the Grand Canyon

• first European to see the United States and Florida

• second circumnavigation of the earth

• French claim to the Mississippi River