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WorksheetsNative America & Explorers
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
TRUE or FALSE : Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492 to find new land.
TRUE
FALSE
TRUE or FALSE : The Beringia Theory (that people migrated here only 12,000 years ago) has been proven correct.
TRUE
FALSE
Which human advancement played the MOST important role in allowing towns and eventually civilizations to occur.
Agriculture / Farming
Stone Tools / Weapons
Cave Drawings
Basic survival skills
Identify the Primary Source
An article written by a historian about Native American pottery
A US History textbook explaining George Washington's letter to the British
A letter written by Columbus
An overview about ancient Egyptian writings on Wikipedia
Identify the Secondary Source
Cave Drawings found in Mexico by archaeologists.
A map made by the early explorer, Vespucci.
An article explaining early Native American Clovis Arrowheads.
A painting by Vincent Van Gogh
This ancient American civilization existed in modern day Mexico, they created an advanced city on a lake, practiced human sacrifice and were conquered by the Spanish Conquistadors in 1519.
Mound Builders
Aztecs
Maya
Inca
This Ancient American civilization had an incredible road network up and down the Andes Mountain range. Their "quipu" writing system was ropes and knots and they were conquered by the Spanish conquistadors.
Aztecs
Inca
Mound Builders
Maya
This Ancient American civilization existed in the eastern part of what is the United States today. These people buried their people in sacred places above ground level for religious purposes. These people scattered into small tribes after natural disasters and wars struck their civilization.
Inca
Aztec
Maya
Mound Builders
This ancient American civilization lasted the longest, but died out before the Europeans arrived. They created an incredibly accurate calendar system, made temples and regarded corn as a part of their religion. They also played a ball game similar to basketball today.
Maya
Aztec
Inca
Mound Builders
What is the Northwest Passage?
The passage John Cabot found that led him to discover the Aztec Empire.
The passage that led the Europeans around South America to get to Asia.
The passage many explorers hoped would be a water route to Asia.
The passage many explorers hoped would be a water route to the New World.
Why did the European explorers explore? (Choose all that apply)
Religious purposes, to spread their religion and civilize the natives.
To find out how the Native Americans got there and to study new plants there.
To gain riches, to find cities of gold and other resources.
To rule conquered land, to be powerful and gain a higher status.
TRUE or FALSE : The Native Americans, though advanced, were generally afriad of these European foreigners.
TRUE
FALSE
TRUE or FALSE : Once the European explorers realized they had discovered the New World, they only focused on conquering the New World and forgot about trade with the Orient (Asia).
TRUE
FALSE
TRUE or FALSE : The Native Americans were not as advanced or intelligent as the Europeans that conquered them.
TRUE
FALSE
By the time the exploration era ended, what factor killed most of the Native Americans (90% of their population)?
Starvation caused by European rulers
War between the Native American warriors and Europeans
Disease spread unknowingly by European explorers from the Old World
Forced labor by the Europeans wore too many out
TRUE or FALSE : Because of the destruction of the Native American people caused by the exploration era, their cultures have died away.
TRUE
FALSE
