Exploration in the Americas

1. Which Native American group built and lived in longhouses like the one pictured below?

• Seminole

• Shoshone

• Cherokee

• Iroquois

2. What aspects of indigenous life on the Great Plains can be seen in this picture?

• a. The hunting of buffalo

• b. An environment of immense grasslands

• c. The use of horses

• d. All of the above

Which of the following statements is true about Hiawatha?

• a. He was a co-founder of the Iroquois Confederacy.

• b. He was a leader of the Onondaga people.

• c. He later became a leader of the Mohawk people.

• e. All of the above

Robert de la Salle claimed Louisiana for which country?

• Spain

• France

• England

• Italy

The Iroquois Confederacy's Great Law of Peace is similar to America's government in that both:

• a. were remembered orally.

• b. established a confederation with representatives.

• c. had three equal branches of government.

• d. were written by the Founders in Philadelphia.

The first Europeans to reach the New World

• Christopher Columbus

• Amerigo Vespucci

• The Vikings

• Robert LaSalle

Landed in the Caribbean in 1492.

• Christopher Columbus

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Robert LaSalle

• The Vikings

Italian navigator and namesake of 2 continents.

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Hernan Cortez

• Robert LaSalle

• The Vikings

Searched the mythical "7 cities of gold"

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Hernan Cortez

• Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

• The Vikings

Named multiple bodies of water in North America after himself

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Hernan Cortez

• Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

• Henry Hudson