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WorksheetsColonization of the Americas REVIEW
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What was Christopher Columbus trying to find on his first journey with the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria?
a)
The New World
b)
America
c)
Faster Way to the Indies
d)
Faster way to Africa
2.
What was one bad thing that happened because of the Columbian Exchange?
a)
A. American crops didn’t grow well in Europe
b)
A. Native Americans died from European diseases
c)
A. European animals didn’t live in America
d)
A. People in both places got a lot of new goods
3.
What were the Jamestown colonists looking for?
a)
Faster way to the Bahamas
b)
Gold
c)
Religious Freedom
d)
Good Silver Mines
4.
Why did Roanoke become known as the "Lost Colony"?
a)
The people who tried to settle the colony got lost on their way there
b)
The people who settled there vanished
c)
No one could ever find the colony
5.
Why did the people from England create the colonies of Plymouth and Boston?
a)
The wanted to find Gold
b)
They wanted Religious Freedom
c)
They wanted to expand their land & power
6.
Which is not one of the 3 Gs of Exploration?
a)
God
b)
Glory
c)
Gold
d)
Grants
7.
What did Spanish explorers who heard about “ El Dorado” go looking for?
a)
Silver
b)
Gold
c)
Spices
d)
The Fountain of Youth
8.
The Unfair treatment of a person because of their beliefs is what?
a)
Slavery
b)
Persecution
c)
Convert
9.
Spanish Soldier that took over the Natives’ land and looked for gold was known as what?
a)
Persecutor
b)
Missionary
c)
Conquistador
10.
A Religious settlement where priests live and work to convert the natives is known as what?
a)
Convert
b)
Mission
c)
Plantation
11.
Native American woman – Helped the Jamestown colony
a)
John Rolfe
b)
Christopher Columbus
c)
Pocahontas
d)
Squanto
12.
Englishman – Grew and Sold Tobacco in Jamestown
a)
John White
b)
John Smith
c)
John Rolfe
d)
John Winthrop
13.
Englishman - The leader of Jamestown who said "If you do not work, you do not eat"
a)
Champlain
b)
Vespucci
c)
Smith
d)
Columbus
14.
1st person to call America the “New World” and realized that it was a separate continent
a)
Champlain
b)
Vespucci
c)
Smith
d)
Columbus
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