USA Studies Weekly, Week 6, grade 5

How did Magellan's crew discover the need for an international date line?

• Their ship's log was one day off when they returned from their voyage.

• They crossed the equator

• They forgot to keep a ship's log

• They wanted to go out to dinner with someone

Who is called the Father of New France?

• La Salle

• Cartier

• Cabot

• Champlain

In North America, a magnetic compass will point to

• Italy

• magnetic north

• the South Pole

• Santa's workshop

The English explorer whose crew left him adrift in Hudson Bay was

• Henry Huggins

• Charlie Hudson

• Henry Hudson

• Henry Cabot

Why did France have trouble getting settlers to colonize the New World?

• They thought it was too far away.

• It was too expensive

• It was too hot.

• They thought all of it was cold and snowy like Canada.

Queen Elizabeth of England knighted Sir Francis Drake for ..

• circumnavigating the globe

• exploring the Philippines

• being her horseman

• naming the international date line

A late winter holiday celebrated by Cajuns is

• Acadia Day

• Mardi Gras

• Easter

• Halloween

Robert La Salle explored the length of this body of water:

• Lake Champlain

• Mississippi River

• New Orleans River

• Hudson River

This Italian working for England explored North America close to the time period of Christopher Columbus.

• John Cabot

• Samuel de Champlain

• Papa Georgio

• Sir Francis Drake

Jacques Cartier claimed the region that is now_________for France.

• the United States

• Mexico

• Cuba

• Canada