8th US History Final

Native Americans are believed to be from where?

• Mexico

• South America

• Asia

• Africa

How do we think Native Americans reached North America?

• Land bridge at Beringia

• Ships

• Airplanes

• They swam

Which group explored the northeast coast of the Americas several hundred years before the Europeans first arrived?

• Africans

• Mongols

• Vikings

• Chinese

Where did Columbus land when he first arrived in the Americas?

• India

• Bahamas

• Roanoke

• Jamestown

What is another name for Spanish conquerors?

• Viejos 300

• Premios

• Gonadors

• Conquistadors

Why was Columbus sailing West?

• To find passage to India

• To escape Puritan rule

• He was wanted by the crown for treason

• He wanted to settle down and start a family in a new land

Which of these was NOT a place where the English tried to set up colonies.

• Roanoke

• Jamestown

• Miami

Which of these is NOT a reason the English came to America?

• God

• Gold

• Glory

• To escape tyranny

What was the first English settlement in the New World?

• Jamestown

• Roanoke

• New Amsterdam

• Plymouth

Who was given the charter to settle Roanoke?

• Queen Elizabeth

• Lord Fonteroy

• Sir Walter Raleigh

• John Smith