Native American & European Explorers

1. According to the Land Bridge Theory, Native Americans migrated from_______ to North America across the land bridge.

• Asia

• Europe

• India

• South America

2. When explorers arrived in the New World ...

• they discovered they were all alone.

• they found hostile native people living there.

• they found friendly native people were already inhabiting the land.

3. Click the 3 statements that are true.

• After the Europeans first tried to settle in the New World, they left once they began having conflict with the natives.

• The second time the Europeans came back over in 1607, the natives were forced to help the new settlers survive on the new land.

• The natives gave the Europeans many diseases and as a result a large number of Europeans died.

• The natives endured conflict, slavery, and a loss of land by the Europeans.

4. What does it mean to be "nomadic"

• Likes to hunt

• Stays in one place

• Moves from place to place

• builds canoes

5. A shared belief among native tribes was that everything in their environment was __________ and treated with respect.

• alive

• dead

• owned by them

• extinct

6. _________ explored present-day Canada and claimed its land for France.

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• Henry Hudson

• Christopher Columbus

• Giovanni da Verrrazzano

7. __________’s goal was to find a faster trade route between Europe and Asia.

• Christopher Columbus

• Jacques Cartier

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• Henry Hudson

8. Select the 3 major motivations for exploring?

• Glory

• Gold

• Maps

• Slavery

• God

9. Slave traders brought people from __________, making the dangerous journey across the Atlantic Ocean.

• Europe

• Asia

• West Africa

• South America

10. Europeans brought many __________ to the Americas, resulting in the deaths of many American Indians.

• crops

• animals

• slaves

• diseases

• tools