Unit 2 Practice Test

Europe is a _______.

• Country

• Continent

What was Europe like in the age of Columbus?

• Peaceful and clean

• Crowded and competitive

• People lived in caves

• Flooded

What COUNTRY did Christopher Columbus come from?

• Italy

• Europe

• England

• Spain

In Columbus's time, most educated people thought the Earth was flat.

• True

• False

Which CONTINENT was Columbus trying to reach by ship?

• Europe

• America

• Asia

• China

What is an example of the "riches" Columbus sought in Asia?

• Silk

• Steel tools

• Guns

• Algebra

What did Columbus demand the Taino people bring him?

• diamonds

• ivory

• gold

• turquoise

Columbus treated the Taino people kindly and with respect.

• True

• False

What was the deadliest disease the Europeans brought to the Americas?

• influenza

• smallpox

• measles

• chicken pox

Which was the first permanent English settlement in North America?

• Jamestown

• Plymouth

• New York City

• Philadelphia