History of America

Where was Christopher Columbus born?

• Madrid

• Barcelona

• Lisboa

• Genoa

Where did Columbus think he was when he landed in the America? 

• West Indies

• Spain

• China

• Australia

What were the name of Columbus ships?

• Titanic, USS Arizona, H.L. Hunley

• John Cabot, The Drake, Vasco da Gama

• The Isabella, Fernando,  Ferdinand 

• Santa Maria, The Nina, and the Pinta

The following were reasons for explorers traveling to the New World. 

• They wanted to find the Northwest Passage, wealth, religion, fame, and political reasons.

• Wanted to find Indians and  America.

• To meet the Indians and learn there language.

The Pilgrims were a group of Protestants who wanted to seperate from the Church of England.

• true

• false

 The Pilgrims originally went to Holland because...

• The Dutch offered them money

• The Dutch needed soldiers for their wars against Spain

• The Dutch were more tolerant of different religions

The Wampanoag Indians helped the Pilgrims survive in North America

• true

• false

Both the Pilgrims and the Puritans came to America to live according to the Bible.

• true

• false

Who became governor of Plymouth Colony after John Carver died?

• John Smith

• Henry Hudson

• Aydef Ecnerual

• William Bradford

Colonists refused to buy British tea because ...

• England's Parliament was taxing them without representation

• they did not like the taste of British tea

• they did not agree with paying taxes at all