Land Bridge Theory & European Arrival

Scientists once theorized that the ancestors of today's ​ (a)   reached ​ (b)   by walking across the ​ (c)   and made their way southward by following passages in the ​ (d)   as they searched for ​ (e)   .

• Native Americans
• North America
• Bering Land Bridge
• ice
• food
• Europe
• sand
• wealth
• Ravenel Bridge

Who were the first people to live on the land that became the United States, and where did they likely come from?

• Hunters, who most likely migrated to North America from South America.

• Hunters, who most likely migrated to North America from Asia.

How did the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1492 change the history of the Americas?

• The voyage revealed a new species of animal that the Europeans had been searching for, far and wide, for centuries.

• The voyage revealed vast new lands to the Europeans.

All of the following were negative effects on Native Americans after European exploration and colonization began, EXCEPT:

• widespread disease

• death in warfare

• strengthened friendship between the European colonizers

• forced slavery

Though Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer, which European country did he represent during his voyages to the Americas?

• Great Britain

• France

• Spain

• Portugal

Which of the following is not an area the Spanish established colonies after Columbus' discoveries?

• West Indies

• Central America

• India

• South America

• Mexico

Who was the first Spanish explorer to reach the shores of what is now the United States, and where did he land?

• Giovanni da Verrazzano, who landed in North Carolina.

• Christopher Columbus, who landed in South Carolina.

• Juan Ponce de León, who landed in Florida.

• Juan Ponce de León, who landed in Louisiana.

What was the name of the French explorer who sailed up the Saint Lawrence River, and in what year did this happen?

• Jacques Cartier, 1534.

• Christopher Columbus, 1492.

• Giovanni da Verrazzano, 1534.

• John Cabot, 1492.

When and where did the English establish their first permanent settlement on the continent?

• St. Augustine, Florida in 1607.

• Columbus, Ohio in 1607.

• Charleston, South Carolina in 1607.

• Jamestown, Virginia in 1607.

What was the name of the Dutch colony founded in the area of the Hudson River in 1624?

• New Frankfurt

• New Netherland

• New Burgesses

• New Danbury