Unit 1 Test

Why did people cross the land bridge from Asia to America?

• To look for gold
• To look for better hunting
• To join their family

What is a plain?

• lands settled and ruled by people from other countries
• the typical weather of an place over time
• large stretches of almost flat, nearly treeless land

Which group is not an ancient civilization in the Americas?

• Peorians
• Incans
• Mayans

Why did the Vikings give up their colonies in Greenland?

• Other people defeated them
• They decided that the New World was boring
• It became very cold

Who sponsored Christopher Columbus's voyage?

• Spain
• Italy
• England

Where did Christopher Columbus think he landed when he reached America?

• America
• East Indies
• Australia

Check all of the things natives needed to learn how to do to settle in one place.

• Build better hunting tools
• Farm
• Make canoes
• Use a phone
• Build restaurants

Why were the sailors in the 1400s afraid to sail very far out to sea?

Why do you think Native Americans living in different regions developed different life styles?

What was Ponce de Leon looking for? What did he find? Check 2.

• Found of Youth
• mountains
• West Indies
• Florida
• silver