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WorksheetsChapter 5 Quiz
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a log?
a)
a piece of wood to built a house
b)
a record of a voyage
c)
pieces of woods rolls
d)
a part of a cabin
2.
Who was the Aztec emperor during Cortes' conquest?
a)
Christopher Columbus
b)
Moctezuma
c)
Pochantas
d)
Ponce De Leon
3.
What major river did Hernando De Soto cross?
a)
Nile River
b)
Colorado River
c)
Mississippi River
d)
Amazon River
4.
What modern city is located where Tenochtitlan once stood>
a)
Miami
b)
Los Angeles
c)
Augusta
d)
Mexico City
5.
What does the word colony mean?
a)
a settlement far away from a country that rules it
b)
a group of cities
c)
a region with a diverse group of people
d)
a group of places that are called one name
6.
What was the Columbian Exchange?
a)
People trading organs
b)
Columbian changed his life
c)
exchange of goods between Americas and Europe
d)
the trade of cookies and ice cream
7.
How many logs did Christopher Columbus keep?
a)
5
b)
3
c)
1
d)
2
8.
Why did Columbus look for a new route?
a)
Wanted to start a new life
b)
Wanted to reach Asia by water
c)
Wanted to get rich quick
d)
Wanted to get a new job
9.
Where did Christopher Columbus land when he first arrived in 1492?
a)
the Caribbeans
b)
Mexico
c)
Canada
d)
Maine
10.
What is a missionary?
a)
A person who teaches his or her religion to others who have different beliefs
b)
a place to live all together
c)
a common goal
d)
a person that is serving people as a servant
11.
Who were the Taino?
a)
people who were native to Africa
b)
Cherokee Indian group
c)
Arawak Indians of the Caribbean Islands
d)
Spanish settlers
12.
What is encomienda?
a)
A settlement ruled by another country
b)
An area, often including Indian villages, that Spain gave to the colonists
c)
food served by the Spaniards
d)
A Spanish soldier who conquered lands for Spain
13.
How did Christopher Columbus get the money he needed for his journey?
a)
He asked the rulers of Africa
b)
He asked the rulers of Spain
c)
He asked the rulers of France
d)
He asked the rulers of the United States
14.
What mistake did Moctezuma make when the Spanish arrived in Mexico in 1519?
a)
He become ruler of Spain
b)
He was told to teach the Spanish everything
c)
He gave up
d)
He gave the Spanish disks of gold and silver, which made Spanish anxious about getting more
15.
What lands made up New Spain?
a)
All of the US states
b)
Mexico, Central America, Florida, Cuba, Hispaniola, part of South America
c)
All of the Northern States
d)
All of the Southern States
16.
Why did Bartolome de las Casas come to New Spain?
a)
To run an encomienda
b)
To live free
c)
Make a living
d)
Get a new job
17.
Who was Yanga?
a)
President of the United States
b)
King of Africa
c)
An enslaved African who escaped from the Spanish and eluded capture for 30 years
d)
Native American Chief
18.
Native Americans were treated better than the Enslaved Africans.
a)
True
b)
False
19.
In 1546, the Spanish conquered the Maya.
a)
True
b)
False
20.
In 1533, Pizarro conquered the Inca.
a)
True
b)
False
21.
Cortes takes control over Tenochititlan in 1521
a)
True
b)
False
22.
Did the Spanish conquer the Maya before or after the Inca?
a)
before
b)
after
c)
during
d)
none the above
23.
Who had a better life in Spain?
a)
Native Americans
b)
Spainards
c)
Africans
d)
Germans
24.
What is a conquistador?
a)
A spanish soldier who conquered lands for Spain
b)
a fancy dancer
c)
a person who wants to be king
d)
a leader of a religious group
25.
Which body of water did Cortes take as he traveled from Cuba to reach land?
a)
Pacific Ocean
b)
Germany
c)
Caribbean Sea
d)
Gulf of Mexico
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