Unit 1 US History

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Across
  1. 3. an astronomical instrument used to determine latitude and longitude at sea by measuring angular distance, especially the altitudes of the sun, moon and stars
  2. 9. an astronomical instrument instrument for taking the altitude of the sun or stars and for the solution of other problems in astronomy and navigation: Used by Greek astronomers from about 200 B.C. and by Arab astronomers from the Middle Ages until replaced by the Sextant.
  3. 10. explorers who travelled the Mississippi River and were often fur trappers who traded with the Natives
  4. 12. a major crop which is native to the Americas and can be made into flour and now, popular
  5. 14. the people who lived in the Americas for thousands of years and flourished until Europeans invaded.
  6. 17. along with Da Gama, Portuguese explorer who sailed around the tip of Africa
  7. 18. the location of the land bridge that was glacier 20-30,000 years ago and is now sea
  8. 19. led the first expedition to sail around the world in 1549. His crew was the first to circumnavigate the earth.
  9. 20. How scientists believe the first people came from Asia to the Americas 20-30,000 years ago
  10. 22. Resources compiled and interpreted from primary and secondary sources.
  11. 26. explored the West Indies and the Caribbean in 1492 and never knew he didn’t reach Asia (East Indies)
  12. 28. The Study of the process of history
  13. 29. Native Americans believed no one could own this
  14. 30. Native Americans believed everything, even rocks, had this
  15. 31. explored Southwestern North America for Spain in 1540
  16. 33. Copying work that is not your own without giving credit to the author
  17. 34. brought to the New World by Europeans, these animals helped the Spanish conquer natives and changed the life of many Native Americans
Down
  1. 1. genetic evidence used to determine when the first people came to North America
  2. 2. small pox and typhoid for example, this killed many Natives, especially when Europeans gave the Natives contaminated blankets
  3. 4. an early cash crop in the Southern Colonies of America, introduced to settlers by the Natives and adored in Europe.
  4. 5. Europeans wanted to convert Native Americans to this belief
  5. 6. Theory that the first humans came to the new world by following North Pacific coastlines from Asia into the Americas
  6. 7. the recovery and study of physical remains from past human life and culture
  7. 8. explorers and colonists who explored the east coast and then settled what became the 13 colonies under the rule of King George
  8. 11. A first hand account of an event. Examples Declaration of Independence, Anne Frank’s Diary
  9. 12. Spanish explorers, soldier-adventurers, who wanted to conquer the New World.
  10. 13. Essential occupation for the earliest colonists for survival before they can plant and grow their crops.
  11. 15. the exchange of goods and ideas between the New and the Old World
  12. 16. the land Columbus was looking for
  13. 21. History that took place before the development of writing
  14. 23. English explorer who explored the East Coast of North America
  15. 24. Motivation for European explorers, which reflected their individualistic societal beliefs
  16. 25. source
  17. 27. early explorers, conquistadors, who conquered Natives in south and Central America looking for gold, riches and slaves
  18. 32. the first Europeans to land in the New World in 1001, but they did not settle there.