American Republic Chapter One BJU 5th ed

Nomadic

Moving from place to place in search of food, without settling permanently in one location.

Conquistadors

Spanish conquerors who explored and claimed large areas of the Americas for Spain during the 1500s.

Totem poles

Large carved wooden poles made by Native American tribes of the Pacific Northwest to represent family heritage, important events, or spiritual beliefs.

Animism

The belief that spirits live in natural objects and forces of nature.

Leif Ericson

A Viking explorer from Norway who sailed to North America around A.D. 1000, likely reaching Newfoundland.

Christopher Columbus

Italian explorer sailing for Spain who reached the Americas in 1492 while seeking a westward route to Asia.

Amerigo Vespucci

Italian explorer whose reports of the New World led mapmakers to name the continents of the Western Hemisphere “America” after him.

Francisco Coronado

Spanish explorer who traveled through the American Southwest looking for the mythical “Seven Cities of Gold,” reaching as far as present-day Kansas.

Hernando de Soto

Spanish explorer who led an expedition through the southeastern United States and discovered the Mississippi River.

St. Augustine

A Spanish settlement in Florida founded in 1565; the oldest continuously inhabited European settlement in the United States.

Juan Ponce de León

Spanish explorer who searched for the legendary Fountain of Youth and claimed Florida for Spain.

Jacques Cartier

French explorer who traveled up the St. Lawrence River and claimed parts of Canada for France.

Robert de La Salle

French explorer who traveled down the Mississippi River and claimed the Mississippi Valley for France, naming it Louisiana.

Samuel de Champlain

French explorer known as the “Father of New France,” who founded Quebec in 1608.

John Cabot

Italian explorer sailing for England who reached the coast of North America in 1497 and claimed it for England.

Sea Dogs

English sea captains who raided Spanish ships and settlements in the late 1500s, often with the approval of Queen Elizabeth I.

Sir Francis Drake

The most famous English Sea Dog, who circumnavigated the globe (1577

Sir Walter Raleigh

English nobleman who sponsored attempts to establish the Roanoke colony in present-day North Carolina.

Roanoke

The “Lost Colony” founded on Roanoke Island in the 1580s; all settlers mysteriously disappeared.

Jamestown

Founded in 1607 in Virginia, it was the first permanent English settlement in North America.

Powhatan Indians

Native American tribe in Virginia that initially traded with, and later fought against, the Jamestown settlers.

John Smith

Leader of the Jamestown colony who enforced discipline with the policy, “He who will not work shall not eat.”

Pocahontas

Daughter of Powhatan chief who befriended English settlers, later married John Rolfe, and traveled to England.

Leif Ericson

Who discovered present-day Newfoundland and called it Vinland?

Hernando de Soto

Who explored Florida and the Mississippi River?

Francisco Coronado

Who traveled through the Southwest in search of the legendary cities of Cibola?

Ponce de Leon

Who was the first Spaniard to explore Florida?

Samuel de Champlain

Who became known as the Father of New France?

Sir Francis Drake

Who was the English sailor that plundered Spanish ports in South America?

Sir Walter Raleigh

Who organized two expeditions to Roanoke Island?

John Cabot

Who explored the Atlantic coast of North America for England in 1497?

Olmec

Which group's name means "rubber people"?

Aztec

Which civilization's main city was Tenochtitlan?

Southwest

Which group of Indians built elaborate houses in the sides of cliffs?

Tobacco

Which crop became a profitable cash crop for Jamestown?

Asia

Indians possibly came to the Americas by crossing a land bridge connecting \_\_\_\_\_ to Alaska.

Spanish

Conquistadors were \_\_\_\_\_ conquerors.

Spain

Which country funded Columbus's voyages?

America

The Middle Passage was the trip slaves endured from Africa to \_\_\_\_.

1607

In what year was Jamestown founded?

Northwest Coast

Which group of Indians built totem poles?

Jacques Cartier

Which explorer discovered the St. Lawrence River?

Mali

Which civilization did Mansa Musa rule over?