The Beginning of American Settlements

Amerigo Vespucci first discovered land in the Western Hemisphere, and he called it the

• Vespuccia
• America
• New World
• Columbia

_____ is the written record of what man has done with the time God has given him.

• History
• Future
• Fiction
• Mythology

To study History, we must learn about things that happened ___________.

• in the future.

• hundreds of years ago.

• in the present.

• in the next decade.

A strip of land connecting two larger land masses is called a ______ _______.

• road map

• compass rose

• North America

• land bridge

Native Americans of the Great Plains made _______ from animal skins.

• baskets
• clothing
• teepees

• huts

Native Americans in the east built longhouses and _________ out of timber.

• huts
• shacks
• teepees
• wigwams

Which explorer claimed the eastern coast of North America for England?

• Hernán Cortés
• John Cabot
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Christopher Columbus

Which explorer conquered Mexico for Spain?

• Francisco Pizarro
• Hernán Cortés
• Juan de Salazar
• Vasco Núñez de Balboa

Who in Europe provided money and ships to the explorers?

• Wealthy individuals like kings and queens.

• Fishermen from the British Isles
• Local merchants from Africa
• Explorers from Italy and France

Which explorer first sailed from Norway to Canada in the year 1,000?

• James Cook
• Leif Erikson
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Christopher Columbus