Chapter 1: Discovery of a New World

Some groups of Natives build impressive civilizations by the time Columbus arrived in America

• True

• False

Many Huguenots settled in New France

• True

• False

Columbus believed that he had reached the East Indies, not the New World

• True

• False

Queen Elizabeth I disapproved of the actions of Sir Francis Drake

• True

• False

The leadership of John Smith helped Jamestown's settlers survive some of their early hardships

• True

• False

The defeat of the Spanish Armada left England free to colonize North America without a serious Spanish threat

• True

• False

The French colonies in America did not attract large numbers of settlers

• True

• False

Jamestown was the first settlement attempted by English in America

• True

• False

Spain focused its colonization efforts on Central and South America because Spanish explorers found great potential for farming in these regions

• True

• False

Although they were spread out over North and South America, the Natives were a unified people

• True

• False