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WorksheetsSocial Studies Alive - Ch 5
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
Which river did La Salle explore?
Colorado
Hudson
Mississippi
Rio Grande
Which explorer was not sponsored by Spain
Christopher Columbus
Poce DeLeon
John Cabot
Hernan Cortes
Jacques Cartier explored what river that now serves as a border between Canada and the United States of America?
Rio Grande
Mississippi
Ohio
St. Lawrence
In which year did Christopher Columbus first set sail for the New World?
1506
1610
1492
1457
What part of the New World did La Salle claim for France?
the entire Mississippi Valley
Florida and the islands around it
a colony established on the Texan coast
the land that surrounds the Gulf of Mexico
What was Jacques Cartier looking for when he sailed up the St. Lawrence River in 1534?
the Seven Cities of Gold
the Fountain of Youth
the East Indies
the Northwest Passage
What were England and Holland looking for when they hired Henry Hudson?
the Seven Cities of Gold
a northern sea route to Asia
the fountain of youth
good sites for colonies
Why did Spanish priests believe that Coronado's expedition had been a success?
Coronado found the Seven Cities of Gold and gave them to the Catholic Church.
The expedition gave them a chance to spread Christianity to American Indians.
During the expedition, Coronado himself converted to Christianity.
The priests believed they had found a shorter route to the Holy Land.
Why did Robert de La Salle want to explore the Mississippi River?
He believed he would find the Seven Cities of Gold along the river.
He expected that it was the shortcut route to the East Indies.
He had heard about the wealth of the Aztec empire and wanted to conquer it.
He wanted to establish a French empire of trading posts, forts, and settlements.
How did the Spanish finally defeat the Aztecs?
They enlisted the help of French explorers to defeat the Aztecs in battle.
They poisoned the canals that ran through the Aztec capital.
They dropped bombs on the Aztec capital every day for three weeks.
They surrounded the Aztec capital for three months and cut off its supplies.
Why did Montezuma II welcome Hernán Cortés to the Aztec community in 1519?
Montezuma thought Cortés might be a god that was expected to return.
Montezuma's sister had married Cortés about five years earlier
Cortés brought Montezuma gifts of gold, and Montezuma wanted more.
Montezuma wanted Cortés to help him defeat the French who settled nearby.
What did Ponce de León find while searching for the fountain of youth?
Florida
East Indies
Mississippi River
Northwest Passage
The Columbian Exchange was
the arrival of Columbus's three ships in San Salvador.
the gift of gold ornaments and pearls made by Columbus to American Indians.
the flow of goods and ideas between the Americas and Europe.
the first Spanish settlement in the New World.
