Native Americans possibly crossed this former land bridge from Asia to the Americas

The group of Indians that were noted for forming peaceful confederations (such as the Iroquois League of Five Nations)

Structure made by Woodland Nations; made of earth and filled with weapons, pottery, and jewelry

a dried clay-and-straw mixture home

Great Basin and Plateau Indians sometimes lived in lodges of logs and earth called . . .

The group of Native Americans who built totem poles

Carved from large trees and depicted local legends and important events.

Belief that objects, such as plants and stones, or natural events, like thunderstorms and earthquakes, have a discrete spirit and conscious life.

wandering, moving about from place to place

the Native Americans who lived in the flat parts of the western United States between the Mississippi River and the Rockies; skilled horsemen who hunted bison; lived a nomadic life; dwelled in tipis

TRUE/FALSE: Many Native American nations have stories of the creation of the world that sound similar to the biblical account of creation.

Were probably the first to discover America, They visited North America in 1000 AD but never shared their discovery with others

Vikings are also known as . . .

The viking who found a new land and called it Vinland

He mistakenly discovered the Americas in 1492 while searching for a faster route to the Indies; he never realized that he had discovered a New World.

The Spanish monarchs who supported Columbus's voyage

Columbus wanted to go to the West Indies for this specialty product

Match the Spanish explorer with his description:

Term meaning "conqueror"; descriptive of some Spanish explorers

English explorer who claimed Newfoundland in 1497 for England while looking for the Northwest Passage

Nickname for English sea captains authorized to raid Spanish ships and towns

first Englishman to sail around the world

Queen of England who unofficially fought with Spain to keep control of England

Match the French explorer with his description:

French Protestants who had to flee France because of religious persecution

Founder of England's first American colony. (Roanoke, it failed)

The first permanent English settlement in North America, found in East Virginia

English explorer who is considered responsible for helping the colony at Jamestown, Virginia, survive; told men that if they did not work they could not eat;

Winter of 1609-1610 in Jamestown was called this because the mosquitoes and poor work ethic of some of the men led to many deaths due to starvation and disease:

Elected assembly in colonial Virginia, created in 1618; first representative government in the new world

The nation that came to North America mostly for the fur trade, allowed only Catholic settlers, came mostly as single men, and inhabited Canada and the Mississippi River valley

The most profitable crop for Jamestown settlers; introduced by John Rolfe