UNIT TEST 1

Much of daily life in the Spanish missions in the late 1500s revolved around

• Exploration
• Fur Trading
• Ship Building
• Religion

Which of the following best characterizes the relationship between English settlers and American Indians from the beginning of the Jamestown colony to the mid-1600s

• Friendly at first, then became hostile.
• hostile at first, with American Indians conquering English settlers
• hostile, with English settlers enslaving American Indians

Fighting between Jamestown settlers and the Powhatan American Indian tribe during the 1600s lasted

• ONE MONTH
• Less than a year
• ONE DAY
• More than 10 years

American Indians in the St. Lawrence River region began to fight among themselves in the 1600s because of

• Desire to retake their lands from French control
• Competition over Hunting Grounds
• decreased demand for furs
• Disagreements about trading with the French

In addition to the fur trade, Samuel de Champlain’s Quebec colony was helped by

• good relations with American Indians
• the discovery of a Northwest Passage to Asia
• the governments of England and Spain

Which of the following is a true statement about the journeys Columbus made to the Americas?

• Columbus was the best ever.
• Columbus spread goodwill towards native people.
• Columbus was cruel to Native peoples and exploited their natural resources.
• Columbus forced all navtive peoples into slavery and brought loads of riches back to Spain

What made land routes to Asia dangerous to travel in 1492?

• Bands of Thieves
• Spread of Disease
• Poorly Established Routes
• Ottoman Warriors

Unlike Portuguese explorers, Columbus believed that he could get to Asia more quickly by sailing

• South
• East
• West
• North

In 1492, European land routes to Asia

• Routes were just becoming established
• were just beginning to be traveled
• took weeks or months to travel
• Only took one day to travel

Most women in the American Indian cultures of the Northeast

• Hunted and Fished
• Grew and collected food
• made weapons for the men to use
• Made wigwams and Long Houses