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WorksheetsExploration of the New World
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
The two continents connected in the Land Bridge Theory were _____.
North America and Asia
South America and Europe
South Carolina and North Carolina
Africa and Australia
How did Native Americans get to North America?
They traveled on boats.
They followed prey across the land bridge.
They came from Africa.
They swam across the Pacific Ocean.
How did the Ice Age impact the level of water in the ocean?
It lowered the water level, causing the Land Bridge to be covered.
b.It had no impact on the level of water in the ocean.
It raised the water level, causing the Land Bridge to be covered.
It lowered the water level, causing the Land Bridge to be seen.
Why did the earliest people have to move so often?
To explore the world
To follow their food source
To find better weather
To find a land bridge
Native Americans in which region lived in adobe homes made of clay and wood?
Plains
Eastern Woodlands
Southwestern
Great Basin
The Great Plains Native Americans lived in _______________________.
longhouses
pueblos
teepees
adobe homes
Which two Native American groups lived in the forest and were able to use a lot of wood?
Southwest, Great Basin
Pacific Northwest, Eastern Woodlands
Plains, Eastern Woodlands
Pacific Northwest, Great Basin
This Native American group created totem poles to describe their families, history, and beliefs.
Pacific Northwest
Eastern Woodlands
Southwest
Great Basin
This Native American group lived in the region east of the northwest coast in today’s Nevada, Idaho, and Utah.
Eastern Woodlands
Plains
Great Basin
Southwest
Which statement best describes the diet of the Pacific Northwest Native Americans?
The Pacific Northwest planted and grew everything they ate.
The Pacific Northwest followed buffalo.
The Pacific Northwest mainly hunted deer.
The Pacific Northwest fished for whales and fish.
Which country was the first to seek a water route to Asia?
Spain
Portugal
England
France
What is the name of the time period between the 15TH and 17TH centuries in which Europeans traveled in search of new trade routes, land, and goods?
Age of Treasure
Age of Exploration
Age of Adventure
Age of Navigation
Merchants bringing spices from the Far East to Europe was a(n) _______________ factor in the Age of Exploration.
Economic
Political
Technological
Emotional
Improvements in navigation such as the astrolabe, the compass, and building faster ships were a(n)_______________ factor in the Age of Exploration.
Economic
Political
Technological
Emotional
Competition between nations to gain more land was a(n) _______________ factor in the Age of Exploration.
Economic
Political
Technological
Emotional
Which early explorer became famous when his ship was the first to sail around the world
Christopher Columbus
Ferdinand Magellan
Leif Eriksson
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Which explorer sailed for both the Netherlands and England in search of the Northwest Passage, and he claimed and mapped what is now New York for the Dutch and lands in Canada for the English?
Hernando De Soto
Christopher Columbus
Leif Eriksson
Henry Hudson
This Viking explorer from Greenland explored North America to discover many forests andnatural areas.
Christopher Columbus
George Washington
Robert LaSalle
Leif Eriksson
This explorer traveled the Mississippi River to its mouth in the Gulf of Mexico and named the area Louisiana, claiming it for France.
Henry Hudson
Christopher Columbus
Ferdinand Magellan
Robert LaSalle
This Spanish conquistador explored the southeastern United States and claimed the land, which included Florida, for Spain.
Hernando De Soto
Christopher Columbus
Leif Eriksson
Henry Hudson
