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Early Native Interaction 2017

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Most Native Americans living in Virginia at this time belonged to which Confederacy?
a)
Powhatan
b)
Iroquois
c)
Apache
d)
Cherokee 
2.
What plant did John Rolfe bring to Virginia in 1612, leading to economic success and, unfortunately, race based slavery?
a)
tobacco
b)
corn
c)
cocoa
d)
tomatoes 
3.
What diseases did the colonists bring over to the Americas?
a)
Smallpox
b)
Influenza
c)
Measles
d)
All of the above. 
4.
What was Virginia's legislature, created in 1619, called?
a)
The Virginia Company
b)
House of Burgesses
c)
House of Representatives
d)
House of Colonists
5.
This was England's First Permanent Colony.
a)
Chesapeake 
b)
Williamsburg
c)
Roanoke
d)
Jamestown 
6.
Indentured servants were different than slaves in that indentured servants were freed after one year of work. 
a)
False. Indentured Servants were never freed.
b)
True. 
c)
False. Indentured Servants were freed after 4-7 years of work and were not paid. 
d)
False. Indentured servants were paid.
7.

The 1st permanent settlement by the Spanish (1588) still exists today. What is it?

a)

Santa Fe

b)

St. Augustine

c)

Mexico City

d)

Vera Cruz

8.

What Native Americans lived in the Southwest region dominated by the Spanish?

a)

Powhatan

b)

Pueblo

c)

Lakota

d)

Sioux

9.

Which conquistador defeated the Aztecs (1521)?

a)

Ferdinand Magellan

b)

Hernan Cortes

c)

Christopher Columbus

d)

Francisco Pizarro

10.
The homes of the Pueblo Indians were_______________.
a)
pueblos and hogans 
b)
tipis and earth lodges
c)
wigwams and longhouses
d)
wood and concrete
11.
The Spanish first moved into the North American southwest in an effort to
a)
obtain precious metals (like gold and silver)
b)
establish missions
c)
impose Spanish culture
d)
strengthen the security of New Spain
12.
The Pueblo leader, Popé, led a revolt in response to Spanish efforts to...
a)
Establish trade routes
b)
Impose Spanish culture, including religion
c)
Mine for precious metals
d)
Replace Tenochtitlan with Mexico City
13.
Which is NOT a part of the Three G's that were the main reasons for European exploration?
a)
God
b)
Greatness
c)
Glory
d)
Gold
14.
A land dispute in Connecticut resulted in an alliance between the English colonists and the Narragansett tribe against the ____ tribe.
a)
Iroquois
b)
Powhatan
c)
Seminole
d)
Pequot
15.

The first English colonies in North America were set up in the hope of achieving (eg Jamestown - Joint stock - 1607).

a)

Financial gain for investors

b)

Political freedom for settlers

c)

Religious freedom for settlers

d)

Military supremacy for England

16.

Which of the following factors best explains why Native American efforts to unite were rare?

a)

most tribes were isolated from each other

b)

Europeans discouraged tribes from uniting

c)

People had different foods and cultures

d)

tribes had traditions of independence and long standing conflicts

17.
Which Indian tribes tended to establish more of a hunting-gathering lifestyle due to their location and desire for buffalo?
a)
Sioux Great Plains Indians
b)
Woodland Indians in the Midwest
c)
Mohawk in the Northeast
d)
Pueblos in the Southwest
18.
Which of the following social and demographic changes occurred in the Western Hemisphere after the arrival of Europeans in the 16th century?
a)
deadly diseases killed thousands
b)
emergence of racially mixed populations
c)
a new hierarchy created by intermixture of African Americans, Spanish settlers, and Native Americans 
d)
All of the above
19.

In the economies of the Spanish colonies, Indian labor, used in this system to support plantation-based agriculture and extract precious metals and other resources. Indians were reduced to serf or quasi slave labor through this.

a)

mercantilism

b)

crop rotation

c)

capitalism

d)

encomienda

20.
Which European (Spaniard) dissented from the views of most Europeans towards Native Americans and became an advocate for better treatment of Indians?
a)
Hernando de Soto
b)
Juan Ponce De Leon
c)
Bartolome de la Casas
d)
Henry Hudson
21.
Who did the Pueblos revolt against?
a)
English
b)
Spanish
c)
tidewater gentry
d)
conquistadors
22.
Which was connected with the Mystic River massacre?
a)
King Philip's War
b)
Pequot War
c)
Haitian Revolution
d)
the Pueblo Revolt
23.
What was the most common theme of conflicts with Native Americans?
a)
ethnicity and race
b)
religion
c)
intermarriage
d)
land encroachment and economic motivations
24.

Who was involved in a rebellion based, in part, on the land needs of tobacco in Virginia?

a)

Pope

b)

Opechanacanough

c)

Metacom

d)

John Rolfe

25.

What 1676 rebellion originated with friction between western settlers in Virginia with Native Americans?

a)

Turner's Rebellion

b)

Leisler's Rebellion

c)

Bacon's Rebellion

d)

Anti Federalist Rebellion

26.

Group involved in atrocities against Conestoga Indians after the French and Indian War in western Pennsylvania.

a)

Transcendetalists

b)

Paxton Boys

c)

Perfectionists

d)

Anti Federalists

27.

Killed during King Phillip's War against westward encroaching Puritans.

a)

Metacom

b)

Powhatan

c)

Geronimo

d)

Sitting Bull