WorksheetsChapter 3: Settlements Take Root
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 10mins
A ruler
monarch
encomienda
missionary
What group of people were at the bottom of the Spanish colony's class structure?
Native Americans
Creoles
Peninsulares
The first Spanish settlement in the United States was _______________________.
Jamestown
Roanoke
St. Augustine
A system for ranking people, often according to power or wealth.
monarch
encomienda
class structure
Which is NOT a reason that Spain wanted to settle the Americas?
wealth
power
cash crops
to spread religion
Why did Spain continue to support the settlement at St. Augustine?
The city contained a ton of gold and riches.
The Spanish thought they had found the fountain of youth.
The fort protected the settlers and Spanish trading ships.
Someone who travels to a new land to persuade others to believe in a particular religion.
Encomienda
Creole
Missionary
Why did Queen Elizabeth want to colonize North America?
She wanted to find the Fountain of Youth
She was jealous of Spain's colony.
She didn't like living in England.
An adviser to Queen Elizabeth I, who led England's attempt to set up a North American Colony.
Sir Walter Raleigh
John White
John Smith
England's attempt to set up a colony in North America, this colony is surrounded in mystery. It's colonists disappeared!
Jamestown
St. Augustine
Roanoke
A long period without rain
Ice Age
drought
flooding
Became King, after Queen Elizabeth I died. He gave the Virginia Company the power to set up an English colony.
Sir Walter Raleigh
John White
James I
What was the Virginia Company's purpose for starting a colony?
To spread religion
To build an empire
To make a profit
Why was Jamestown not a healthy location? (select all that apply)
The water was unfit to drink
Hurricanes often wiped out the land
Disease-carrying mosquitoes
The soil was unfit to grow crops
After the first year, this man became a successful leader of Jamestown. He pushed the settlers to improve the colony.
Sir Walter Raleigh
John White
John Smith
James I
Introduced a new type of tobacco plant that greatly improved the situation for Jamestown.
Pocahontas
John Rolfe
John White
A crop raised for sale, not for use by the people who farm it
cash crop
tobacco
encomienda
The House of Burgesses (select all that apply)
Was the home of the governor
was a special legislative body set up by the Virginia Company
made laws and decisions for the colony
made sure colonists had a say in their own government
How did settlers become landowners in Jamestown?
They purchased the land from the Virginia Company.
The could not become landowners.
They were given the land by the Virginia Company.
What was the name of the ship that the Pilgrims took to North America?
Thanksgiving
Santa Maria
Mayflower
Pilgrim's Pride
This group of settlers came to America because they wanted the freedom to practice their religion.
Native Americans
Spanish
Pilgrims
Once known as Separatists, these people were on a religious journey
Pilgrims
Puritans
Native Americans
What was the Mayflower Compact? (select all that apply)
an agreement written by the male Pilgrims
how the Pilgrims would govern themselves
a promise that the Pilgrims would work together to make "just and equal laws"
no person or group would have power over the others
Why was Squanto so important to the Pilgrims? (Select all that apply)
He spoke English well and served as a translator
He was a great warrior
He helped the Pilgrims an Native Americans make an agreement that benefited both groups
His help led to the first Thanksgiving feast
Someone, who agrees to work without pay for someone else, for a set time.
indentured servant
slave
butler
encomienda
Pilgrim colony of families (men, women, and children)
Jamestown
Virginia
Plymouth
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the Puritans?
Were very respectful of Native American ways
Everyone had to attend church or be forced to leave the colony.
Believed strongly in education
Church leaders governed the colonists
A shortcut, by water, across North America to Asia
St. Lawrence River
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Northwest Passage
French explorer who claimed the entire Mississippi river valley and a lot of land in North America.
Henry Hudson
Samuel de Champlain
Robert de La Salle
Jacques Cartier
French explorer who was looking for the Northwest Passage and claimed a large portion of land in what is now Canada.
Henry Hudson
Samuel de Chapmplain
Robert de Lasalle
Jacques Cartier
French explorer and businessman who formed a French trading post and first successful French settlement.
Henry Hudson
Samuel de Champlain
Robert de Lasalle
Jacques Cartier
English sailor, sent by the Dutch, to look for the Northwest Passage. Sailed up a river 150 miles before it became too shallow. Found a rich fur-trading area.
Henry Hudson
Samuel de Champlain
Robert de Lasalle
Jacques Cartier
This colony is what we now know as New York City. Settlers came from many different countries and religions.
Plymouth
New Netherland
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Cape Cod
