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WorksheetsThe First French, Dutch, & English Colonies Exam Eview
Total questions: 55
Worksheet time: 28mins
What is the Northwest Passage?
A passage Through N. America to China
A passage Through New England to New France
A passage around England to Canada
The North West route of Colombian Exchange
What is a Passage through North America to China and India?
North West Passage
Silk Road
Cathy Passage
Trans-continental Route
Why were Europeans looking for the Northwest passage?
To find a shorter route to China
To find a Shorter Route to Africa
To more Easily explore the West coast of America
To beat the Spanish
Who was Henry Hudson?
An English Explorer Hired by the Dutch to explore the new world
an Italian captain hired by the English
Leader of the Jamestown Settlement
A mercenary hired by the Virginia Company
Which of the following did Henry Hudson not do?
Enter New York Harbor
Get Beached in the Hudson River
Winter in the Hudson Bay
Discover the North West Passage
Which of the following was a benefit of the search for the northwest passage?
Mapping of the N. American Coast
Discovery of gold in Virginia
Settlement of New Orleans
Discovery of Tobacco
Quebec and Port Royal were founded by who?
Samuel de Champlain
John Smith
Robert de La Salle
Henry Hudson
Which if the following was not a French Colony?
Quebec
Port Royal
New Orleans
New Netherlands
Which of the following is not a reason the French decided to settle North America?
To create wealth through trade
to surpass the English
the desire for Adventure and fortune
Desire for tobacoo
What were the two resources the fueled economic activity in New France?
Fish & Fur
Fish & Gold
Fur & Gold
Gold & Silver
Which of the following was not something French Missionaries did?
Convert Natives
Prospect for gold
Draw maps
Write journals
What is the "Father of the Waters"
Father Jaques Marquette
Mississippi River
St. Lawrence River
Robert LaSalle
Which of the following explorers traveled the Mississippi River?
Father Jaques Marquette
Henry Hudson
John Rolf
Giovanni da Verrazano
Which of the following explorers traveled the Mississippi River?
Louis Joliet
Henry Hudson
John Smith
Giovanni da Verrazano
Which of the following explorers traveled the Mississippi River?
Robert de La Salle
Peter Minuit
John Smith
Giovanni da Verrazano
What did La Salle name the territory around the Mississippi River?
Louisiana
Jamestown
Virginia
New France
What Settlement was built by the French to defend Louisiana from Spain?
New Orleans
Quebec
Port Royal
New Sweden
What was and Indian and slave revolt in New Orleans
First Anglo-Powhatan War
Second Anglo-Powhatan War
Natchez Revolt
French and Indian War
What are Coureurs de Bois
Colonists who coexisted with the Indians
French Explorers
Dutch Explores
Young men seeking fame, glory, and gold
Who founded a Dutch settlement on the Hudson River?
Peter Minuit
Samuel de Champlain
John Rolf
Henry Hudson
The Dutch West India Company funded what colony?
New Netherlands
New Sweden
Jamestown
New Orleans
What colony was the most ethnically and ideologically diverse?
New Netherlands
New Sweden
Jamestown
New Orleans
During the French & Dutch Trade wars, who did the Dutch ally with?
Iroquois
Huron
Powahatan
Karankawa
During the French & Dutch Trade wars, who did the French ally with?
Iroquois
Huron
Powahatan
Karankawa
What is a colonial charter?
A contract to Settle in the new world granted by the King
A contract to hire a boat
A contract to purchase raw materials from the New World
A boat that hauled slaves to the new world
What did the Virginia Company Guarantee to colonists?
Gold
English Rights
property rights
Passage
What happened the first time the Jamestown colonists tried to land?
They found inhospitable land
Indians attacked
They built Jamestown
They found the Northwest Passage
What occurred on May 24, 1607?
Colonists Landed at Jamestown
The fist Anglo-Powhatan War started
France Settled in New Orleans
New Netherlands is founded
How many of the colonists initially settled at Jamestown
100
38
300
85
What was a major drawback of the site of Jamestown?
Disease infested mosquitoes
No good timber for building
Not enough food
Hard to defend
How many colonists died on the original voyage from England to Jamestown?
40
50
30
75
What kind of colonists would not work for themselves?
Gentleman
Journeyman
Conquistadors
Laborers
Jamestown settlers spent their time doing what instead of farming and hunting?
Looking for gold
Flirting with Indians
Exploring New lands
Sailing up and down the river
Who was Captain John Smith?
A leader of Jamestown Colony
A leader of Quebec Colony
A ships captain
The Kings Governor
What likely really happened the Pocahontas "saved" John Smith's life?
She really saved his life
It was a Symbolic Execution
He was enslaved
His leg got blown off
How many survived the first year at Jamestown?
24
38
40
56
What was the population of Jamestown in the Spring of 1610?
60
38
70
40
How many people immigrated to Jamestown from 1610-1624?
10000
1200
8000
12000
What was the population of Jamestown in 1624?
1200
1400
1000
800
What was the mortality rate for children under the age of 5 in Jamestown?
80%
60%
40%
75%
What was the collection of Indian Tribes that live around the James River and are ruled by Chief Powhatan?
Powhatan Confederacy
Powhatan Nation
Powhatan people
Powhatan Tribes
Which of the following is not a reason that relations between the settlers and Indians got worse?
Mistrust of different Languages & Cultures
English burned villages
English forced them off their land
English negotiated with the Indians
When did the first anglo-powhatan war occur?
1610-1614
1607-1610
1622-1627
1644-1646
What event forced the Powhatans off of their original land and formally separated Indian and English land?
Peace Treaty of 1646
2nd Anglo-Powhatan War
The Starving time
1st Anglo-Powhatan war
Who was the leader of Jamestown after John Smith left?
John Rolfe
Peter Minuit
Samuel de Champlaine
Powhatan
What became know as "Virginia's Gold & Silver"
Tobacco
Potash
Sea Glass
Fur
What was the system the gave landowners 50 acres of land for every colonists they paid to bring to the New World?
Headright System
Lang grant System
Acres for land System
importation system
What do you call someone who exchanges work for passage to the New World?
Indentured Servant
Slave
Imported Immigrant
Hired Help
How many indentured Servants outlived their indenture contracts?
1 in 10
1 in 5
1 in 15
1 in 7
Which of the following is not an effect of Tobacco on the Virginia Economy?
Put Virginia on firm economic footing
Ruins the soil after continuous planting
Chained Virginia's economy to a single crop
Reduced colonial labor demand
What year is "the year of controversy"?
1619
1607
1622
1610
What is the name of the House of representative government in Virginia?
House of Burgesses
Parliament
Seminary of Sedition
Congress
What did King James I call tobacco?
Stinky weed
Seminary of sedition
Smelly belly
Toxic Tar
What did King James I call a "Seminary of Sedition"?
House of Burgesses
Parliament
Jamestown Colony
The plantation system
In what year did King James revoke the Virginia Company Charter and mare it a royal colony?
1624
1644
1610
1607
