Social Studies - Early Settlements

Why did Queen Elizabeth I want to claim parts of North America?

• to avoid Spain’s navy

• to start a war with France

• to increase England’s wealth

• to take land from the Netherlands

Which country’s exploration of the lower Mississippi Valley worried Spain?

• England

• France

• Netherlands

• Russia

Which group of American Indians had conflict with the Jamestown Colony?

• Abenaki

• Croatoan

• Powhatan

• Wampanoag

How did Tisquantum cooperate with the Plymouth colonists?

• by teaching them how to fish

• by teaching them how to trade

• by teaching them how to mark trails

• by teaching them how to repair ships

Which of the following statements correctly describe John Smith?

• He was captured by American Indians.

• He sailed the length of the Mississippi River.

• He was the first governor of the Plymouth Colony.

Why did many American Indians die in New Spain?

CHOOSE TWO.

• Many American Indians died because they were enslaved,

  overworked, and not fed enough by the Spanish

• They also died from being exposed to new

  diseases that settlers brought from Europe.

• Many American Indians died because they drowned in the ocean.

• They also died from being exposed to the sun.

Which major European powers would win the race to colonize America?

Student responses will vary but should include an explanation of how England, France, the Netherlands,

and Spain all established lasting colonies in the Americas, while Sweden, despite being a great power of

Europe in the early 17th century, established a colony that did not have a lasting impact, and the fact that

.

• England, France, and Spain controlled large portions of North America

• Sweden, Netherlands, and Japan controlled large portions of North America