Chapter 4: European Settlement Study Guide

What English explorer (born in Italy) discovered Newfoundland in North America when trying to reach Asia by the "NW Passage?"

• Henry Hudson

• John Cabot

• Samuel de Champlain

• Giovanni da Verrrazano

What Spanish explorer (born in Italy) was the first European to sail around and explore the East Coast of North America (1524)?

• Henry Hudson

• John Cabot

• Samuel de Champlain

• Giovanni da Verrrazano

What French explorer founded the first French settlement in North America, Quebec, in 1608?

• Henry Hudson

• John Cabot

• Samuel de Champlain

• Giovanni da Verrrazano

What explorer explored what is now called New York and Manhattan, as well as Canadian Arctic waters while trying to find the NW Passage?

• Henry Hudson

• John Cabot

• Samuel de Champlain

• Giovanni da Verrrazano

What is the Spanish word for its powerful naval fleet?

• Oro

• Armada

• Escorial

• Conquistador

What word is used to describe declaring land to be an empire's own?

• Claim

• Invasion

• Compact

• Separate

What term means "an attack by an armed force to conquer another country?"

• Invasion

• Claim

• Separate

• Compact

What was the name of the first permanent Spanish settlement in North America?

• Jamestown

• Quebec

• St. Augustine

• New Amsterdam

What was the name of the first permanent French settlement in North America?

• Jamestown

• Quebec

• St. Augustine

• New Amsterdam

What was the name of the first permanent French settlement in North America?

• Jamestown

• Quebec

• St. Augustine

• New Amsterdam