SOTW Ch. 24

Captain James Cook was hired by the English government to sail to Tahiti and look at the planet ____________.

• Venus

• Mars

• Pluto

• Saturn

When Captain Cook discovered Australia, he named the place where he landed _____________________ because of the many strange new plants he saw.

• Plant Paradise

• Saturn

• Botany Bay

• Australia

He explored the coast of Australia and called the land ____________________ because it reminded him of one of the parts of Great Britain.

• New York

• New England

• New Brunswick

• New South Wales

When England lost the American colonies, it began to send its prisoners to ancient ships moored in the rivers called _________________.

• rafts

• bulks

• husks

• hulks

The first English colony in Australia was named _________________________.

• New Zealand

• Sydney

• Wales

• Delaware

The ______________________ were the natives who lived in Australia.

• Native Americans

• Aboriginals

• Aborigines

• Pilgrims

After sailing to Tahiti, Captain Cook's secret mission was to _________________.

• find the Northwest Passage

• sail south and find the Great Southern Continent

• sail south to Antarctica

• study the plant life of Tahiti

Captain Cook and his men sailed around two large mountainous islands that form the country of ________________.

• Australia

• Antarctica

• Hawaii

• New Zealand

The people of Hawaii treated Captain Cook well because ____________.

• he told them King George had sent him

• they thought he was a god

• he brought them gold and silver trinkets

• all of the above

What finally happened to Captain Cook?

• He was killed by some of his own sailors.

• He froze to death while exploring Antarctica.

• Hawaiian natives killed him.

• No one knows what became of him.