End of Year Quiz

In Texas history, which choice best describes the 'Age of Contact' ?

• Anglos and Spanish created colonies

• The French removed Native tribes from Texas

• Both Spanish and French explorers claimed land in Texas

• The Spanish couldn't find gold and left Texas

Spanish colonists...

• enslaved native populations

• established Spanish missions

• promoted political freedom

• became shipbuilders

French colonists..

• organized utopian societies

• focused primarily on fur trading

• participated in triangular trade

• created public schools

During the Spanish Colonial Era in Texas history, which of the following occurred?

• forts were built to protec Native Americans

• Native tribes were discouraged from staying in Texas

• missions were built to confirm Spanish claims to the land

• Spanish explorers made treaties with native tribes

Choose a factor that motivated many English settlers to colonize North America.

• acquire riches

• spread slavery

• create new kingdoms

• avoid prison

Which statement best reflects a motivation for European exploration and colonization of North America?

• "We must escape the spreading influence of Islam"

• "The land is rich with many ways to become wealthy"

• "Native tribes seek conversion to Christianity"

• "I am proud to live in Jamestown, the first permanent settlement in North America"

Choose one of the three primary motiviations for European exploration?

• to promote free enterprise

• to extend democracy

• to expand empires

• to found utopian communities

What was the INITIAL reason many European exploreers sailed to North Aerican?

• to find new trade routes to Asia

• to form military alliances

• to spread Christianity to Africa

• to find new sources of cheap labor

1607 is a significant date because...

• It is not significant

• The colonists of Roanoke disappeared

• the signing of the Mayflower Compact

• the founding of the first successful English settlement in America

1620 is a significant date because...

• it's the beginnings of representative government at Plymouth

• the Plymouth rock is christened

• Native tribes destroy the Plymouth colony

• the Mayflower leaves Plymouth