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(NG8)SS: Ch. 2 history test Quizizz set

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Social Studies

8th Grade

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(NG8)SS: Ch. 2 history test Quizizz set
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which explorer attempted to sail around South America and across the Pacific Ocean?

Hernando de Soto
Amerigo Vespucci
Ferdinand Magellan
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why did Francisco Pizarro want to conquer the Inca?

He admired their empire.
He wanted their gold and silver.
He needed access to the Pacific Ocean.
He was ordered to by Spain.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which event did NOT happen during Francisco Vásquez de Coronado’s expedition through the American Southwest?

Coronado and his men saw the Grand Canyon.
Coronado and his men encountered the Hopi.
Coronado and his men saw herds of buffalo.
Coronado and his men found gold.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which explorer had a river, strait, and bay named after him?

John Cabot
Henry Hudson
Jacques Cartier
Giovanni da Verrazzano

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why were the English able to defeat the Spanish Armada(fleet of ships)?

England’s navy was much larger.
England’s soldiers were more experienced.
England’s soldiers were less experienced, but faster.
England’s ships were faster and their artillery was easier to fire.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What factor limited New France’s population?

The colony was difficult to reach.
Native Americans did not like the French.
French traders did not want competition.
Protestants could not settle in New France.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was an encomienda?

a tract of land to farm in the Caribbean islands
a religious settlement to convert Native Americans to Catholicism
a deed for trading with other countries who also had American colonies
a grant to landowners of a certain number of Native American laborers

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