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WorksheetsBJU History Test 2
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
a tool invented by the Arabs that sailors used to determine their location
caravan
compass
quadrant
a group of traders who travel together to trade and sell their goods
caravan
compass
quadrant
an invention that allowed sailors to know which direction they were sailing
caravan
compass
quadrant
Who explored the coast of Africa for Portugal?
Peter Stuyvesant
John Winthrop
Dias
Las Casas
Who set foot on an island in the Americas in 1492?
Columbus
Da Gama
Dias
Las Casas
Who wrote about the treatment of the American Indians?
Powhatan
Da Gama
Dias
Las Casas
Who made the colonists at Jamestown work in the fields?
Columbus
John Smith
Dias
John Winthrop
Who governed New Netherland?
Peter Stuyvesant
Da Gama
John Smith
Las Casas
The first person to sail from Europe to India was...
Vasco da Gama
Jamestown
Plymouth
pope
It was declared that Indians were humans with souls by the...
servants
Separatists
pope
Puritans
The English founded the colony ___________, but many of the colonists would not work.
Plymouth
Jamestown
servants
John Winthrop
To pay for their voyage to America, many people became indentured...
Puritans
Separatists
servants
Vasco da Gama
The people who wanted to change the Church of England by removing the false teachings and practices were called...
Puritans
Separatists
servants
Vasca da Gama
The people who started their own churches and kept apart from the Church of England were called...
Puritans
Separatists
servants
Vasco da Gama
A Patuxet Indian taught Pilgrims to grow food in the _________ colony.
Jamestown
Plymouth
Puritans
Separatists
The first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, who wanted the community to be a model of Christian love, was...
Vasco da Gama
Jamestown
John Winthrop
pope
What did Columbus persuade his men to do when they became restless?
quit
go to sleep
persevere
exercise
Which colony set up a congregational church government?
Virginia Woodland Colony
Massachusetts Bay Colony
New Jersey Coast Colony
Rhode Island Colony
In what way did English cities motivate people to start colonies?
The people wanted to be like the English cities.
People wanted to start colonies for religious reasons because English cities had become wicked.
The English cities didn't have enough space for the growing population.
Who was the chief of several woodland tribes in the Chesapeake Bay area?
Pocohantas
Powhatan
Pontiac
Washakie
