GVHS U.S. History A Unit 1 - Origins and Colonization

The land bridge and coastal crossing theories concern the earliest human migration from...

• Asia to South America.
• South America to Asia.
• Asia to North America.
• North America to Asia.

Why did the Indigenous People migrate to and from their homeland to North America?

• The Indigenous people were forced out of their homes by Europeans

• The Indigenous people decided it was time to move because of weather

• The Indigenous people were following herds of animals

• The Indigenous people were looking for a new area to build their tepees

If not by the land bridge, how else would humans have reached the Americas

• Plane

• Swim

• Boat

• Train

Which region on the map best fits this description of its environment? • treeless grasslands • dense grasses • large buffalo herds

• Southeast

• Great Plains

• Southwest

• Great Basin

To survive in different areas, native peoples had to learn to

• develop their own religions.

• adapt to their environment.

• build houses out of wood.

• speak the same language.

colonize

• to send a group of people to a place and become part of the existing culture

• to send a group of people to a place and take political control over it

• to send a group of people to a place for the purpose of spreading Christianity

• to send a group of people to a place in order to look for natural resources

to change a person’s religious beliefs so they accept a different or new religion

• conquer

• coerce

• convert

• convince

What were the THREE main European countries that explored and claimed land in North America? Choose THREE answers!

• India

• Spain

• France

• England

Which of the following describe an EFFECT of European exploration on Europe and/or the Americas? (Choose 4 answers)

• Exploration expanded the borders of European countries.

• Exploration brought new diseases to the Americas.

• Exploration made European countries more wealthy powerful.

• Exploration kept the borders of European countries the same.

• Exploration changed the culture of Native Americans and Europeans.

__________________owed a debt and had to work to pay it off before being set free.

• Slaves
• Indentured Servants
• Native Americans
• Colonists