Quiz #2 - Early American Exploration

Around 20,000 years ago, hunter-gatherers from eastern Russia migrated across a land bridge into modern-day Alaska, becoming the first peoples to inhabit the Americas. This land bridge was called:

• The Bering Strait

• The Bunny Bridge

• Beringia

• Atlanta

 This is another term for Native Americans and is defined as a member of one of the indigenous peoples of the Americas:

• Americans

• Archeologists

• Conquistadors

• Amerindians

 The movement of people from one place to another with intentions of settling, permanently or temporarily, at a new location is referred to as:

(a)  

While there were many reasons for European exploration during The Age of Discovery, there are three main reasons that we discussed in class. Name the three G’s of European exploration: ​

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• God, Gold, and Glory

• Glory, Gold, and Godzilla

• God, Gambling, and Gold

• Gold, Glitter, and Glory

This man sailed from Portugal in 1492 on an expedition to find a shorter route to Asia. He unknowingly landed in the Americas, but died thinking that he had successfully landed in the Indies (in Asia). Who was he?

• Francisco Pizarro

• Christopher Columbus

• Hernan Cortes

• Leif Eriksson

After Columbus “discovered” the New World (Americas), other European explorers would follow close after, laying claim to various Native American territories and conquering entire civilizations, such as the Aztec and the Incas. These Spanish explorers/conquerors were called:

• Conquistadors

• Enslavers

• Spaniards

• Troubadours