Abeka History 4 Chapter 1 Practice Test

🌎 The first European to find land in the Western Hemisphere was ​ (a)   .

🌎 The explorer that North and South America were named was ​ (b)   .

• Leif Ericson
• Amerigo Vespucci
• Christopher Columbus
• John Cabot

The explorer who claimed the Eastern coast of North America for England was ______.

• John Cabot

• Jacques Cartier

• Hernando Cortés

Which of these was not one of the first countries to establish settlements in North America?

• England

• France

• Italy

• Spain

Nearly all people coming to the New World were seeking ______.

• adventure

• freedom

• riches

📌 The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut became a pattern for the (Charter of Privileges/Constitution/Declaration of Independence) ​ (a)   .

📌 Harvard College was started to train (doctors/lawyers/ministers) ​ (b)   .

• Constitution
• Charter of Privleges
• Declaration of Independance
• ministers
• doctors
• lawyers

Fishing was a major industry in the ______ Colonies.

• New England

• Middle

• Southern

🌎 ​ ​ (a)   : The first permanent European settlement in America

🌎 ​ (b)   : Known as the Lost Colony

🌎 ​ (c)   : The first permanent English settlement in America ​

🌎 ​ (d)   : Became part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony

🌎 ​ (e)   : First colony to offer complete religious freedom; founded by Roger Williams

• Roanoke
• St. Augustine
• Jamestown
• Plymouth Colony
• Rhode Island
• New York
• Pennsylvania
• Georgia
• New Jersey

🌎 ​ (a)   : Claimed by three countries at one time

🌎 ​ (b)   : Known as Penn's Woods

🌎 ​ (c)   : Originally established to help people in debtor's prison

• New York
• Pennsylvania
• Georgia
• New Jersey
• Rhode Island
• St. Augustine

______ is the written record of what man has done with the time God has given him.

• History

• Georgraphy

• Science

The ______ most likely made it possible for the first people to reach the Western Hemisphere.

• Land bridge

• History

• Charter