| A | B |
| Christopher Columbus | Which explorer "discovered" America and claimed colonies for Spain? |
| Enlightenment | European philosophical movement that stressed the use of reason to understand nature? |
| Beringia (land bridge) | What land form enabled early humans to migrate from Asia to North America? |
| domesticate | What is the practice of training/breeding animals and cultivating plants for human use? |
| Sioux, Cheyenne | Which Plains tribe adopted horses into their culture? |
| Iroquis | Which Indian tribe formed the "five nations" for defensive purposes? |
| Aztecs | Which Powerful Indian tribe was located in Central America (Mesoamerica)? |
| Inca | Which Powerful Indian tribe was located in Peru? |
| Vikings | Who were the earliest Europeans that settled in Canada around 1000AD? |
| Conquistador | What was the term giving to Spainish explorers who claimed colonies for Spain? |
| St. Augstine, Florida | Where was the first permanent European settlement in North America? |
| Magellan | Who was the Explorer hired by Spain, that became the first to circumnavigate globe? |
| Amerigo Vespucci | America gets its name from this explorer for the Spainish and Portuguese. |
| Ponce de Leon | Who was the Spanish explore who explored Florida? |
| God, Gold, Glory (G3) | What were the Motivations for Spanish explorations in North America? |
| 1492 | What year did Columbus discovered America? |
| Canda | What country was explored by Cartier and de Champlain for the French? |
| Spain | What Europen power that dominated the first 100 years of the colonial period? |
| Sir Walter Raleigh | Which English explorer established Roanoke colony in 1584? |
| The Spanish Armada | What was the failed Spanish attempt conquer England? |
| England becomes a naval power | What was the result of the defeat of the Spanish Armada? |
| joint stock companies | What method did English monarchs use to fund English colonization? |
| 1588 | What year was the Spanish Armada defeated? |
| Diseases, decline in population, enslavement | What were some of the results of colonization on the Indians/Native Americans (Columbian Exchange)?? |