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Exploration of the New World

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The two continents connected in the Land Bridge Theory were _____.

a)

North America and Asia

b)

South America and Europe

c)

South Carolina and North Carolina

d)

Africa and Australia

2.

How did Native Americans get to North America?

a)

They traveled on boats.

b)

They followed prey across the land bridge.

c)

They came from Africa.

d)

They swam across the Pacific Ocean.

3.

How did the Ice Age impact the level of water in the ocean?

a)

It lowered the water level, causing the Land Bridge to be covered.

b)

b.It had no impact on the level of water in the ocean.

c)

It raised the water level, causing the Land Bridge to be covered.

d)

It lowered the water level, causing the Land Bridge to be seen.

4.

Why did the earliest people have to move so often?

a)

To explore the world

b)

To follow their food source

c)

To find better weather

d)

To find a land bridge

5.

Native Americans in which region lived in adobe homes made of clay and wood?

a)

Plains

b)

Eastern Woodlands

c)

Southwestern

d)

Great Basin

6.

The Great Plains Native Americans lived in _______________________.

a)

longhouses

b)

pueblos

c)

teepees

d)

adobe homes

7.

Which two Native American groups lived in the forest and were able to use a lot of wood?

a)

Southwest, Great Basin

b)

Pacific Northwest, Eastern Woodlands

c)

Plains, Eastern Woodlands

d)

Pacific Northwest, Great Basin

8.

This Native American group created totem poles to describe their families, history, and beliefs.

a)

Pacific Northwest

b)

Eastern Woodlands

c)

Southwest

d)

Great Basin

9.

This Native American group lived in the region east of the northwest coast in today’s Nevada, Idaho, and Utah.

a)

Eastern Woodlands

b)

Plains

c)

Great Basin

d)

Southwest

10.

Which statement best describes the diet of the Pacific Northwest Native Americans?

a)

The Pacific Northwest planted and grew everything they ate.

b)

The Pacific Northwest followed buffalo.

c)

The Pacific Northwest mainly hunted deer.

d)

The Pacific Northwest fished for whales and fish.

11.

Which country was the first to seek a water route to Asia?

a)

Spain

b)

Portugal

c)

England

d)

France

12.

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?

a)

Age of Treasure

b)

Age of Exploration

c)

Age of Adventure

d)

Age of Navigation

13.

Merchants bringing spices from the Far East to Europe was a(n) _______________ factor in the Age of Exploration.

a)

Economic

b)

Political

c)

Technological

d)

Emotional

14.

Improvements in navigation such as the astrolabe, the compass, and building faster ships were a(n)_______________ factor in the Age of Exploration.

a)

Economic

b)

Political

c)

Technological

d)

Emotional

15.

Competition between nations to gain more land was a(n) _______________ factor in the Age of Exploration.

a)

Economic

b)

Political

c)

Technological

d)

Emotional

16.

Which early explorer became famous when his ship was the first to sail around the world

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

Ferdinand Magellan

c)

Leif Eriksson

d)

Vasco Nunez de Balboa

17.

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?

a)

Hernando De Soto

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

Leif Eriksson

d)

Henry Hudson

18.

This Viking explorer from Greenland explored North America to discover many forests andnatural areas.

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

George Washington

c)

Robert LaSalle

d)

Leif Eriksson

19.

This explorer traveled the Mississippi River to its mouth in the Gulf of Mexico and named the area Louisiana, claiming it for France.

a)

Henry Hudson

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

Ferdinand Magellan

d)

Robert LaSalle

20.

This Spanish conquistador explored the southeastern United States and claimed the land, which included Florida, for Spain.

a)

Hernando De Soto

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

Leif Eriksson

d)

Henry Hudson