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Americans and Their History

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The first explores to arrive in North America were from

a)

England

b)

Spain

c)

Portugal

d)

France

2.

Who was the leader of the three ships that approached North America?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Vasco da Gama

c)

Alonso de Ojeda

d)

Christopher Columbus

3.

A colony is a settlement ruled by another country.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

A person who is enslaved is

a)

not free

b)

free

c)

an explorer

5.

What was Columbus trying to find when he discovered America?

a)

a direct route to Africa

b)

a direct route to Australia

c)

a direct route to South America

d)

a direct route to Asia

6.

A timeline can be horizontal or vertical.

a)

True

b)

False

7.
Timelines must be in _____________ order
a)
newest to oldest
b)
guess
c)
no
d)
chronological/sequential
8.
A __________ shows the order in which events have occurred.
a)
timeline
b)
chronos
c)
title
d)
Anno Domini
9.
Timelines are read from
a)
right to left
b)
left to right
c)
upside down
d)
not read
10.
What part of a timeline informs the reader what the timeline is about?
a)
The events on the timeline.
b)
The title.
c)
The spacing of the years.
d)
The number of events the author chooses to include. 
11.
Timelines should include 
a)
predictions about the future
b)
unimportant events
c)
important events
12.

What was released in 2006?

a)

Office 2003

b)

BluRay Players

c)

Xbox 360

13.
What interval is being used?
a)
25 years
b)
150 years
c)
50 years
d)
no interval used
14.

One of the events that led to American freedom was the expensive war that England won against which country?

a)

Spain

b)

France

c)

Portugal

d)

China

15.

Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of

a)

Freedom

b)

Colony

c)

Independence

d)

Constitution