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Chapter 2 -- New Empires in the Americas

Authored by Alexis Medici

Social Studies

7th - 8th Grade

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Chapter 2 -- New Empires in the Americas
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

True or False: The Vikings were skilled sailors and were the first Europeans to reach North America

True

False

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

True or False: Europeans in the Americas always treated the Native Americans well and fairly.

True

False

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following people captained the ship that was one of the first to reach North America?

Christopher Columbus

Amerigo Vespucci

Leif Erikkson

Dolf Lundgren

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following statements best reflects why Christopher Columbus set sail

to find new people in order to spread Christianity

to find a route to the country of Benin to acquire slaves

to find a route to Asia in order to acquire wealth and potentially Gold

to create colonies in the Caribbean by enslaving Native Americans

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following was an effect of exploration?

slave trade

colonization of new lands

Columbian exchange

all of the above

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following answers best describes why countries explore?

Gold, Goods, God

Glory, God, Gold

Games, Gold, Disease

Colonies, Money Slaves

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Commissioned by the English Muscovy Company to find a shortcut from England to "the islands of spicery." He was later set adrift in an open boat by his mutinous crew.

Christopher Columbus

Jacques Cartier

Samuel de Champlain

Henry Hudson

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