AR Ch. 1 Vocab

He mistakenly discovered the Americas in 1492 while searching for a faster route to Asia.

wandering, moving about from place to place; typically in search of food

made of earth, by various Indian tribes, in various shapes and sizes and used for reasons including burial grounds.

A brick or building material made of sun-dried earth and straw

wooden post carved with animals or other images; often made by Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest to honor ancestors or special events

Belief that objects, such as plants and stones, or natural events, like thunderstorms and earthquakes, are inhabited by a spirit

Also known as "Norsemen," these seafaring warriors and explorers from Northern Europe planted colonies in Iceland, Greenland, and North America

This Viking was the first person to reach North America, 500 years before Columbus

A mapmaker and explorer who said that America was a "New World" and not part of Asia, so America was named after him.

A Spanish conqueror of the Americas

Spanish Explorer who discovered and named Florida while searching for the "Fountain of Youth"

Spanish Conquistador; explored in 1540's from Florida west to the Mississippi with six hundred men in search of gold; discovered the Mississippi, a vital North American river.

Colony in Florida set up by Spain; First permanent European city in the New World

In search of the fabled Seven Cities of Cibola, he led an expedition into the present southwestern United States; discovered Grand Canyon and introduced Plains Indians to horses

Italian explorer who claimed the mainland of North America for England