Explorers and Native American Study Guide
Name:
Class Period:
Explorers: For the test, you will need to connect the European explorer with the area of the world
where they explored. You do NOT need to memorize dates or countries of origin.
1. What were the Europeans searching for when they traveled West across the Atlantic Ocean?
passage to the West Indies
2. What did they hope to find when they got here? Gold and other riches
3. Hernando de Soto - explored the American Southwest
4. Bartholomew Diaz – first explorer to sail around the southern tip of Africa
5. Christopher Columbus – known for discovering America, explored Central and South America
6. John Cabot – Claimed Canada for England
7. Vasco de Gama – Crossed the Indian Ocean
8. Amerigo Vespucci – first to realize that America was not part of Asia
9. Vasco Nunez de Balboa – 1st European to cross Isthmus of Panama and see the eastern part of the
Pacific Ocean
10. Juan Ponce de Leon – 1st European to explore Florida
11. Hernan Cortes – Conquered the Aztecs in Mexico
12. Ferdinand Magellan – 1st to sail around the world
13. Fransico Pizarro - Conquered the Incas in South America
14. Giovanni da Verrazzano – 1st Frenchman to claim land in America
Creeks:
15. The Creeks were originally from American Southwest.
16. What part of Georgia did the Creeks live in? south Georgia
17. Why did the Europeans call the Muscogee “Creeks”? Because they lived near creeks and rivers
18. Describe their settlements – they lived in large villages surrounded by smaller villages
19. Italwa and Talofa refer to small villages and large villages.
20. Each village had a plaza and a rotunda.
21. Games and ceremonies were held in plaza.
22. Rotunda used for council meetings.
23. Creeks lived in wooden huts and log cabins with chimneys surrounding the plaza.
24. The Creek diet consisted of livestock, game, maize, farming.
Explorers and Native American Study Guide
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Cherokee:
25. What part of Georgia did the Cherokees live in? northeast Georgia
26. What does “Awi-yum-wija” mean? Real People
27. The Cherokees had one tribal chief for peacetime
and one for war.
28. The Cherokees were matrilineal, meaning they traced their bloodlines through the mother
29. The mother’s brothers were responsible for raising the children.
30. Mothers handled domestic chores while fathers hunted
and traded
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31. Children were educated at home.
32. Built homes on high banks along rivers
33. In the winter, the Cherokee lived in log cabins and in the summer they lived in summer houses .
34. The dietary staple in the Cherokee culture was maize (corn).
35. What is the definition of barter? exchange of goods without the use of money
36. The Cherokee religion was based on the idea that there were three different Worlds.
37. In Cherokee religion, This World means that the tribe was at the center of the earth.
38. The Upper World contained which two gods? Sun God
and Moon Chief Gods
.
39. The Under World was located in the waters below and was full of disorder and change.
40. Followed Law of Retaliation which helped prevent feuds within tribes.
41. The Green Corn Ceremony was held to give thanks for corn.
42. The Cherokee smoked tobacco on ceremonial occasions.
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