US History: Unit 1

The first Native Americans crossed over what, when traveling from Asia to North America?

• The Pacific Ocean

• The Barring Straight

  (Land Bridge)

• The Atlantic Ocean

• A field

The first Native Americans were what?

• Traders

• Fishermen

• Farmers

• Hunter-Gatherers

  (Nomadic)

Native Americans lived in this type of group together...

• Colonies

• Comrades

• Tribes

• Cities

The leader of a Native American Tribe is called...

• The Chief

• The President

• The Leader

• The Warrior

What was the main crop (food/plant) that Native American grew?

• Indigo

• Tobacco

• Corn

  (Maize)

• Cotton

From the 1400s-1600s, European nations would travel to new lands. This time period would become known as the...

• The Age of Exportation/Age of Discovery

• The Columbian Age

• The Age of Findings

• The Age of New Land

-Closed off trade routes by the Ottomans to India

-Spice Trade

-Scientific discoveries in navigation

-Spread of religion

These were just some of the reason why the age of, what began in the 1400s?

• Trade Age

• New Land Age

• Columbian Age

• Exploration/

  Discovery

The Portuguese came up with the idea to sail around this continent to get to India for the spice trade...This however took a long time to go around.

• Africa

• North America

• Asia

• Europe

Christopher Columbus was Italian, but received money and 3 ships to sail across the Atlantic to find a faster route to India.

What country gave him the money and ships?

• Italy

• Prussia

• Spain

• France

Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue, in 1492...In search of the old world of India, but found something new!

Where did Columbus and his crew land?

• The Americas

• India

• Japan

• Iceland