Discovery of America Quiz

Who were the first Europeans to reach America?

• The hunter-gatherers

• The Vikings

• The native Americans

• The Spanish conquistadors

Where did the first Americans originally live?

• Europe

• Eurasia

• America

• Asia

What is a hunter-gatherer?

• A person who hunts and gathers for survival

• A scientist

• A farmer

• A caveman

How did the first Americans get to America?

• By the Bering Strait land bridge

• By flying

• By boats

• By walking across the ocean

What is a land bridge?

• A bridge made of ice

• A bridge made of land

• A bridge between two land masses

• A bridge between two oceans

What caused the land bridge to appear during the ice age?

• The growth of polar caps

• The melting of ice

• The rise in ocean levels

• The movement of tectonic plates

What is the name of the waterway between Asia and America?

• The Atlantic Ocean

• The Mediterranean Sea

• The Pacific Ocean

• The Bering Strait

What do we call the first Americans today?

• Native Americans

• Spanish conquistadors

• Vikings

• Cavemen

Where did the first Americans populate and migrate to?

• Only in the north

• Only in the south

• All over America

• They stayed in one place

What is the term for people who hunt and gather for survival?

• Farmers

• Scientists

• Hunter-gatherers

• Cavemen