North America Quiz

Which of these is NOT one of the Big Four European colonizers?

• Britain

• Spain

• Portugal

• New Zealand

When the French colonized Canada, what was their main trade?

• Sugar

• Spices

• Beaver furs

• Maple syrup

Which of these groups did NOT start a colony in the original 13 colonies?

• Jamestown

• Pilgrims

• Puritans

• Cowboys

What did the French call their colony in what is now the United States?

• Napoleon Land

• Louisiana

• Paris

• Florida

What country did the first people of North America walk from?

• Russia

• Great Britain

• Mexico

• Australia

What philosophy did the United States use to justify spreading west?

• The American Way

• The Christian Right

• Manifest Destiny

• The Golden Rule

Who was sent out to explore and map out the new territory from the Louisiana Purchase?

• Lewis and Clarke

• Washington and Jefferson

• Tegan and Sarah

• Hamilton and Burr

___________ was built in order to make transporting people and goods across the United States easier.

• The Rio Grande River

• The wheel

• The Constitution

• The Transcontinental Railroad

Which of these is something the United States DIDN'T do to the Native Americans?

• They took Native American land

• They put native children in boarding schools.

• They killed most of the buffalo

• They gave the Native Americans their own country

_______ is when a minority culture changes to act more like the majority culture.

• Immigration

• Assimilation

• Destination

• Desperation