Study Guide for Unit 1 Test

Most historians believe that the first Americans traveled from ___________ to North America.

• Hawaii

• North America

• Asia

• Iceland

The Bering Land Bridge is _____.

• Where Columbus thought he had landed.

• A special type of pizza that Magellan liked.

• The land-bridge which formed during the last ice age which early humans used to cross into North America.

• A kingdom in Africa.

There were around ________ people living in North and South America before Europeans arrived on the continents (how many?).

A person who is a descendant (family) of the earliest people to arrive in a certain place or region is _______.

• indigenous

• local

• human

• conquistadors

Large and diverse civilizations in North and South America existed before Europeans came to the Americas.

• True

• False

______ was an ancient trading route(s) that connected Asia and Europe. Traders and merchants brought goods like silk and spices to Europe.

The period of time where European explorers wanted to find new routes to Asia and discovered and claimed new lands.

• The Age of Aliens

• The Age of Exploration

• The Age of Columbus

• God, Glory, and Gold

______ was a new ship that allowed sailors to explore further than they had before.

• The Pirate

• The Caravel

• The Astrolobe

• The Mercator

Prince ___ the Navigator of Portugal started a school for sailors and paid for expeditions to explore and find more land.

The European reasons for exploration, “God, Glory, and Gold,” include all the following except:

• Spreading Christianity or religion

• Getting money from new lands

• Gaining more lands for your country

• Adopting Native American culture