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Americansettlers
The invasion and settlement of North America (1550-1700)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Leif Eriksson | Original discoverer of the North Americas, actually landed in Greenland. |
| Christopher Columbus | The one we know as the one who discovered the North Americas, actually landed at first in Cuba. |
| Pre-Columbian Era | The period before Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World. |
| Native Americans/ Indians | People who populated North America when Columbus came. Believed to be descendants of Asians who came over to America via the ice bridge (Bering Strait)between Russia and Alaska |
| Smallpox | A disease brought over by Europeans that devasted the Native population |
| Sir Walter Raleigh | He sponsered a settlement on Roanoke Island. By 1590 the colony had disappeared. |
| Roanoke Island | An island in North Carolina, where the colony that disappeared was settled. |
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