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Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does migrate mean?

a)

permanent

b)

stay in one place

c)

move from place to place

2.
The time when the water levels dropped due to freezing temperatures and formed into glaciers.
a)
Ice Age
b)
Age of Exploration
c)
Ice Times
d)
Frigid Age
3.

Why did the Native Americans use the Landbridge?

a)

to escape the cold

b)

because it would be fun

c)

to follow and hunt their food

d)

to start a new life

4.

What two continents did the Landbridge connect?

a)

Asia and Africa

b)

Asia and North America

c)

North American and Europe

d)

Asia and Europe

5.

What is the best title for the above map, which shows how the Natives came to North America over 10,000 years ago?

a)

The Transcontinental Railroad

b)

The Middle Passage

c)

The Columbian Exchange

d)

The Landbridge Theory

6.
What N.A. group lived on the eastern side of the U.S. between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mississippi river
a)
Eastern Woodland
b)
Great Basin 
c)
Pacific Northwest
d)
Southwest
7.
This N.A. group lived in longhouse and wigwams?
a)
Great Basin 
b)
Southwest
c)
Pacific Northwest
d)
Eastern Woodland 
8.
Which N.A. group followed buffalo and lived in teepees?
a)
Eastern Woodland
b)
Southwest
c)
Pacific Northwest
d)
Plains 
9.
Which N.A. group depended on the buffalo the most 
a)
Plains
b)
Eastern Woodland
c)
Southwest
d)
Great Basin 
10.
Which N.A. group lived in the desert and made 
a)
Great Basin
b)
Plains
c)
Pacific Northwest
d)
Southwest
11.
Shelter for the Southwest N.A. was
a)
Pithouse
b)
Plankhouse
c)
Adobe
d)
Teepee
12.
What N.A. group lived by the Rocky Mountains
a)
Pacific Northwest
b)
Great Basin
c)
Southwest
d)
Plains 
13.
The Great Basin N.A. lived in 
a)
Teepees
b)
Adobes
c)
Pithouses
d)
Plank Houses 
14.
What N.A. group depended on food from the ocean (salmon, otters, etc.)
a)
Eastern Woodland
b)
Pacific Northwest
c)
Southwest
d)
Plains
15.
Which TWO N.A. groups depended on wood as a resource
a)
Southwest and Plains
b)
Plains and Pacific Northwest
c)
Great Basin and Eastern Woodland
d)
Eastern Woodland and Pacific Northwest 
16.
What new technology helped the explorers improve navigation in the 1400ś?
a)
compass
b)
astrolabe
c)
improved maps
d)
all of the choices
17.
What nation sponsored Columbus´s expedition in 1492?
a)
Spain
b)
France
c)
Italy
d)
England
18.
Why did Columbus sail west from Europe?
a)
to find his lost dog
b)
to find new lands
c)
to find the Northwest passage
d)
to find a faster route to Asia
19.
What group of Europeans reached North America 500 years before Columbus?
a)
Dutch
b)
Spanish
c)
Vikings
d)
Portuguese 
20.
Long, narrow ship that could carry many goods over a long distance.
a)
compass
b)
technology
c)
navigation
d)
caravel
21.
The explorer who is known for sailing around the world
a)
Christopher Columbus
b)
Ferdinand Megellan
c)
Hernan Cortes
d)
Vasco de Gamo
22.
These are the four reasons for exploration
a)
God, Gold, education, and Spice Trade
b)
Gold, Spice Trade,education, and Glory
c)
God, Gold, Glory, and the Spice Trade
d)
Travel for adventure, Glory, God, Shoes
23.
One type of new technology that made sailing possible during the 15th century
a)
compass
b)
computer
c)
Ships
d)
GPS
24.

The astrolabe uses the _________ to determine navigation and distance traveled.

a)

stars

b)

magnetic pole

c)

carevel

d)

portolani

25.

Economical means...

a)

relating to the government

b)

a sickness

c)

managing goods and services for financial reasons

d)

kings or queens

26.

Why did Europeans take so long to explore the unknown?

a)

They thought there were sea monsters

b)

Their ships were slow

c)

They didn't have maps

d)

All of the above

27.

Where did Columbus first land?

a)

South Carolina

b)

Greenland

c)

Bahamas

d)

Spain

28.

What was John Cabot trying to find?

a)

America

b)

the Northwest Passage

c)

natives

d)

oceans

29.

______ traveled to the New World in the year 1000

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

Leif Eriksson

c)

John Cabot

d)

MARCO POLO

30.
Most explorers were sailing FROM which continent?
a)
Africa
b)
Asia
c)
Europe
d)
North America
31.

What is the name of this tool?

a)

astrolabe

b)

compass

c)

globe

d)

map

32.

Why were John Cabot and Henry Hudson unsuccessful in their attempts to find the Northwest Passage through North America?

a)

They traveled at a time when the Northwest Passage was frozen over.

b)

Access to the Northwest Passage was blocked by the Dutch

c)

The Northwest Passage could not be found because it does not exist.

d)

They sailed south of the Northwest Passage.

33.

How did the exploration of Henry Hudson impact western civilizations?

a)

He proved that sailing around the world could be achieved.

b)

He claimed Florida and the southwest region of what today is the United States.

c)

He found the Northwest Passage that connected the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

d)

He claimed and mapped what is now New York for the Dutch.

34.

How did France gain territory in North America?

a)

Robert LaSalle explored the Mississippi River.

b)

Christopher Columbus explored the Caribbean Islands.

c)

Hernando de Soto explored the Florida Peninsula.

d)

John Cabot explored the Hudson River.

35.

What was the significance of Robert LaSalle's expedition?

a)

He explored the Mississippi River to its mouth in the Gulf of Mexico and named the area Louisiana.

b)

He claimed the coastal regions of North America and called this land Virginia and New England.

c)

He discovered the Northwest Passage did not exist and claimed New France.

d)

He was the first to sail around the world and claim land for Spain.

36.
I am an Italian explorer who was hired by the King of England to go out exploring after Columbus.  I landed on what is today Newfoundland, but I thought I was in Asia.
a)
Vespucci
b)
Cabot
c)
Erickson
d)
Balboa
37.
Whose mission was it to explore and establish fur trade along the Mississippi River?
a)
Henry Hudson
b)
Robert de La Salle