American Colonial Times

A land that is ruled by another country is called a ______.

Answer explanation

England (Britain) had many colonies: the thirteen colonies in North America (that would later be called the "United States," as well as India, Bermuda, parts of Canada (we still call western Canada "British Columbia), Honduras, Jamaica, Austria, New Zealand, Panama.... and literally hundreds more.

Long before Christopher Columbus ventured to Central America,

• the Huns settled there

• Native Americans migrated from the Bering Strait

• The Vikings explored North America

• Leaf Erikson landed in North America

Answer explanation

The name was Leif Eriksson, not "Leaf."

Pope Alexander cut the Atlantic Ocean in half, allowing Portugal to colonize in the east, and Spain to colonize in the west. What was his imaginary line called?

Spain didn't claim much land in the west because

• the Spanish navy was defeated by the British.

• Christopher Columbus was recalled to Spain.

• The British were the first to arrive in the colonies.

• Spanish settlers died in Jamestown.

Answer explanation

Remember?

The little British ships beat the massive Spanish Armada.

The Spanish did have one very old settlement in North America, which was

• Jamestown

• Roanoke, Virginia

• Florida

• Georgia

Answer explanation

It couldn't possibly be "Jamestown" or "Georgia" because those places are obviously named after British kings, and "Virginia" was for a British queen.

Any place that was settled by the Spanish would have a Spanish name.

"Florida" means "flowery" (floral), and was named by Ponce de Leon.

The Spanish also settled in southwest United States, but that was because

• Spain invaded Mexico, and southwest US was part of Mexico.

• The British did not migrate west of the Appalachian Mountains.

• Spanish explorers were fur trappers long before America was discovered.

• All of these answers are correct.

Answer explanation

Notice that the original Mexico extends all the way up through Oregon, and all the way east past Colorado and Texas.

The colonists who emigrated to the American continent

• were Puritans

• regarded themselves as British

• wanted to escape high taxes

• All of these answers are correct.

In 1636, the first university in the colonies was established. This university is still one of the finest universities in our country. Its name is _______

Some of the first tradespeople were

• merchants and shipbuilders

• vets and fishermen

• bankers and blacksmiths

• craftspeople and religious clergy

Strictly controlling a colony's trade so that all profits go to the colonizing power is called ____________.