American History I

Question 0

The ____________ were the first “major” civilization in Mexico

Answer 0

OLMEC

Question 1

The _____________, also known as Paleo Indians, are generally regarded as the first human inhabitants of the New World

Answer 1

CLOVIS PEOPLE

Question 2

___________ are mainly noted for the only known fully developed written language, as well as its art, architecture, and mathematical and astronomical systems.

Answer 2

THE MAYA

Question 3

The _____________ dominated large parts of Mesoamerica

Answer 3

AZTECS

Question 4

What was the capital of the Aztec Empire?

Answer 4

TENOCHITILAN

Question 5

Ancient Corn

Answer 5

TEOSINTE

Question 6

The ______________ were inhabitants of North America who, during a 5,000 year period, constructed various styles of earthen mounds for religious and ceremonial burial, and for elite residential purposes

Answer 6

MOUND BUILDERS

Question 7

The _____________ became the most important center for the peoples known today as Mississippians

Answer 7

CAHOKIA

Question 8

___________________ was a German monk, former Catholic priest, professor of theology and seminal figure of a reform movement in 16th century Christianity, subsequently known as the Protestant Reformation

Answer 8

MARTIN LUTHER

Question 9

________________ was the first European to leave a detailed chronicle of his experience of reaching China

Answer 9

MARCO POLO

Question 10

________________ started the first school for oceanic navigation along with astronomical observatory at Sagres, Portugal

Answer 10

PRINCE HENRY

Question 11

_________________ sailed around the southrnmost tip of Africa in 1488, the first European to have done so

Answer 11

BARTOLOMEU DIAS

Question 12

________________ was the first European to reach India by sea, linking Europe and Asia for the first time by ocean route

Answer 12

VASCO DA GAMA

Question 13

____________________ was a Portuguese explorer who organized the Spanish expedition to the East Indies that resulted in the first circumnavigation of the Earth. (around the world)

Answer 13

FERDINAND MAGELLAN

Question 14

_________________ was an explorer and conquistador that helped establish the town on the Isthmus of Panama, becoming an interim governor.

Answer 14

BALBOA

Question 15

The explorer and ocnquistador and first European to see the Pacific Ocean

Answer 15

BALBOA

Question 16

This conquistador is known for the conquest of the Aztec Empire

Answer 16

HERNANDO CORTEZ

Question 17

The last Aztec ruler before the empire was conqured by the Spanish

Answer 17

MONTEZUMA

Question 18

What was the name of the Spanish conquistador who conquered the Incan Empire?

Answer 18

FRANCISCO PIZARRO

Question 19

_________________ was a Spanish conquistador and explorer, who led a great epedition from Mexico to present-day Kansas through parts of the southwestern United States

Answer 19

CORONADO

Question 20

A Spanish explorer and conquistador, that became the first Governor of Puerto Rico

Answer 20

PONCE DE LEON

Question 21

Traveled in search of the fabled “Fountain of Youth”

Answer 21

PONCE DE LEON

Question 22

A Spanish explorer who led the First European expedition deep into the territory of the modern-day United States, and the first documented to have crossed the Mississippi River.

Answer 22

HERNANDO DE SOTO

Question 23

An italian navigator and explorer whose 1497 discovery of parts of North America under the commission of Henry VII of England is commonly held to have been the first European to encounter the mainland of North America since the Vikings. (NEWFOUNDLAND)

Answer 23

JOHN CABOT

Question 24

John Cabot was in search of the _____________

Answer 24

NORTHWEST PASSAGE

Question 25

_______________ was an English sea explorer and navigator in the Early 17th century. He made two attempts on behalf of English merchants to find a prospective Northwest Passage via through the Artic Circle

Answer 25

HENRY HUDSON

Question 26

Known for popularising tobacco in England

Answer 26

WALTER RALEIGH

Question 27

____________ is the traditional site of disembarkation of William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims who founded Plymouth Colony in 1620

Answer 27

PLYMOUTH ROCK

Question 28

_________________ was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas

Answer 28

JAMESTOWN COLONY

Question 29

The ________________ were the colony and Dominion of Virginia

Answer 29

CHESAPEAKE COLONIES

Question 30

The first English Colony in the world

Answer 30

VIRGINIA COLONY