(5th) S.S. Chapter 5 Test - New World

A community ruled by another country is called a(n) ________

• conquistador

• contagious disease

• East Indies

• colony

A(n) ________ is a Spanish colonizer who came to the Americas in the 1500s.

• colony

• contagious disease

• conquistador

• East Indies

A(n) _________ is a sickness that can pass quickly from one person to another.

• colony

• contagious disease

• East Indies

• Northwest Passage

Many colonizers sought out the ________, or a route across the nothern part of North America.

• East Indies

• Northwest Passage

• contagious disease

• colony

Europeans called Southeast Asia, including Indonesia and Malaysia, the _________.

• colony

• East Indies

• Northwest Passage

• conquistador

How is a colony different from other places in which people settle?

• It is ruled by another country

• It was started many years ago

• It is designed to be temporary

• It has a very simple way of life

Juan Ponce de Leon looked for

• the Seven Cities of Gold

• a shortcut to Asia

• a site for a mission

• the fountain of youth

Hernan Cortes fought against

• the Aztecs in Mexico

• the Seminoles in Florida

• the Incas in South America

• the Mayas in Central America

Colonizers hoped to find a Northwest Passage that would lead them

• across the ice of the North Pole

• down the entire length of the Mississippi River

• through North America to Asia

• into the interior where they could find gold

Which river did La Salle explore?

• Colorado

• Hudson

• Mississippi

• Rio Grande