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WorksheetsUSA Studies Weekly Week 6
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
How did Magellsn's crew discover the need for an international date line?
a)
They crossed the equator.
b)
Their ship's log was one day off when they returned from their voyage.
c)
They wanted to go out to dinner with someone.
d)
They forgot to keep a ship's log.
2.
Who is called the Father of New France?
a)
Robert La'Salle
b)
Jacques Cartier
c)
John Cabot
d)
Samuel Champlain
3.
In North America, what direction will a magnetic compass point to?
a)
magnetic north
b)
Santa's workshop
c)
the South Pole
d)
Italy
4.
Who was the English explorer whose crew left him adrift in Hudson Bay?
a)
Henry Hudson
b)
Charlie Hudson
c)
Henry Cabot
d)
Henry Huggins
5.
Why did France have trouble getting settlers to colonize the New World?
a)
They thought it was too far away.
b)
It was too expensive.
c)
They thought all of it was cold and snowy like Canada.
d)
It was too hot.
6.
Why did Queen Elizabeth of England knight Sir Francis Drake?
a)
He named the international date line.
b)
He was her horseman.
c)
He explored the Phillipines.
d)
He circumnavigated the globe.
7.
What was the late winter holiday celebrated by the Cajuns?
a)
Acadia Day
b)
Mardi Gras
c)
Easter
d)
Halloween
8.
What body of water did Robert La'Salle explore?
a)
Lake Champlain
b)
Hudson River
c)
Mississippi River
d)
New Orleans River
9.
Who was the Italian working for England that explored North America clost to the time period of Christopher Columbus?
a)
John Cabot
b)
Samuel de Champlain
c)
Papa Georgio
d)
Sir Francis Drake
10.
Jacques Cartier claimed the region that is now ________ for France.
a)
The United States
b)
Mexico
c)
Cuba
d)
Canada
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