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Unit 1 Exploration and Colonization

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which Spanish settlement in SC failed?

a)

Charlesfort

b)

Charles Town

c)

San Miguel

d)

San Felipe

2.

Which Spanish settlement in SC failed because of Native American attacks?

a)

San Felipe

b)

Charlesfort

c)

Charles Town

d)

San Miguel

3.

Which French settlement in SC failed?

a)

Charles Fort

b)

Charles Town

c)

San Miguel

d)

San Felipe

4.

Which English settlement in SC was successful?

a)

Charles Town

b)

Charlesfort

c)

San Miguel

d)

San Felipe

5.

Why did Spain, France, and England want to explore and settle in SC?

a)

Make money for the mother country

b)

Find gold and a new labor source

c)

Find a place to send their criminals

d)

They were fleeing religious persecution

6.

Which country's motive to explore North America was to find the Northwest Passage?

a)

France

b)

Spain

c)

England

7.

Which country's motive to explored North America was to find gold?

a)

Spain

b)

France

c)

England

8.

Which country's motive to explore North America was to find gold or escape from religious persecution?

a)

England

b)

France

c)

Spain

9.

What was the Spanish explorer, Herman de Soto looking for?

a)

Gold

b)

Northwest Passage

c)

Natives to trade fur with

d)

Religious freedom

10.

Which country was the only country to successfully settle in SC?

a)

England

b)

Spain

c)

France

11.

Which country became very rich from trading furs with the natives in North America?

a)

France

b)

England

c)

Spain

12.

Which country became rich from crops grown on encomiendas and mining?

a)

Spain

b)

France

c)

England

13.

Which country claimed lands in Central, South American, and North America(SC and Florida)?

a)

Spain

b)

England

c)

France

14.

Which country set up colonies along the east coast of North America?

a)

England

b)

France

c)

Spain

15.

Which country set up the settlements of Montreal, Quebec and Louisiana?

a)

France

b)

Spain

c)

England

16.

Which country brought their protestant religion, language and ideas about self-government to the New World?

a)

England

b)

France

c)

Spain

17.

Which country built cities, created universities and brought their social class system and their style of government to the New World

a)

Spain

b)

France

c)

England