Exploration and Navigation Quiz

Which settlement made an agreement with the Iroquois and Hurons, established fur trading, and was hindered by cold weather?

Which settlement was governed by Peter Stuyvesant, made its money by trade, and named its capital city New Amsterdam?

When did Columbus first set sail?

What did Columbus persuade his sailors to do when they became restless?

Where did Columbus go after sailing along the coast of Africa?

When did Columbus set foot on an island in the Americas?

Match the description with the term or name: the people of the 16th and 17th centuries who wanted to purify the Church of England by removing false teachings and practices.

• John Smith

• Separatists

• Powhatan

• indentured servants

• Puritans

Match the description with the term or name: first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, who wanted the community to be a model of Christian love.

• Powhatan

• indentured servants

• Puritans

• Separatists

• John Winthrop

Match the description with the term or name: the chief of several Woodland Indian tribes in the Chesapeake Bay area.

• Separatists

• indentured servants

• Powhatan

• Puritans

• John Smith

Match the description with the term or name: people who agreed to work for a period of time to pay off a debt.

• Separatists

• indentured servants

• John Smith

• Powhatan

• Puritans