Social Studies Chapter 4

The explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo searched the Pacific coast for gold.

• True

• False

The Wampanoag Indians helped the Pilgrims survive in their new colony.

• True

• False

American colonists wanted Independence because England was too far from Asia.

• True

• False

What did the Pilgrims learn fro the Wampanoag?

• how to make guns

• how to build brick houses

• how to plant beans, corn, and pumpkins

• how to start a colony

Which European nations had colonies in Canada?

• France and Great Britain

• Great Britain and Spain

• France and Spain

• Great Britain and Portugal

Read the passage below. Then answer the question.

In the late 1700's, Spanish priests started missions in California. Thousands of American Indians came to the missions to live and work. They learned new skills and ideas from the priests. In turn, the mission priests learned from the American Indians. California became a mix of Spanish and American Indian cultures.

What happened after American Indians and priests learned from one another?

What important document was written after the Revolutionary War ended?

Who wrote a document about freedom before peace with Great Britain was declared?

European explorers first came to the Americas looking for __________.

• trade routes.

• rubber balls.

• new ships.

• new kinds of food.

The first Europeans to visit North American were known as the __________.

• the Dutch.

• the Spanish.

• Vikings.

• the French.