CKLA Unit 9 Chapter 12

Before Christopher Columbus came to North America, there had been two other groups that settled there. The Native Americans and the _____________.

• Spaniards

• Vikings

• Eskimos

• French

The vikings also sailed to explore new places.

• True

• False

The vikings arrived in Greenland about ___ years before Columbus sailed.

Archeologists estimated that there were about 3,000 to ____ viking settlers.

What kind of evidence did archeologists find to support that vikings settled in Newfoundland?

• They found vikings still living there.

• The found viking ruins.

• They heard it from explorers.

• They guessed.

Native Americans originally came to America from ____.

Which type of travel was most common for Viking, Native American, and European explorers?

• Sailing

• Riding horses

• Driving

• Flying