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USA Studies Weekly, Week 6, grade 5

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How did Magellan's crew discover the need for an international date line?

a)

Their ship's log was one day off when they returned from their voyage.

b)

They crossed the equator

c)

They forgot to keep a ship's log

d)

They wanted to go out to dinner with someone

2.

Who is called the Father of New France?

a)

La Salle

b)

Cartier

c)

Cabot

d)

Champlain

3.

In North America, a magnetic compass will point to

a)

Italy

b)

magnetic north

c)

the South Pole

d)

Santa's workshop

4.

The English explorer whose crew left him adrift in Hudson Bay was

a)

Henry Huggins

b)

Charlie Hudson

c)

Henry Hudson

d)

Henry Cabot

5.

Why did France have trouble getting settlers to colonize the New World?

a)

They thought it was too far away.

b)

It was too expensive

c)

It was too hot.

d)

They thought all of it was cold and snowy like Canada.

6.

Queen Elizabeth of England knighted Sir Francis Drake for ..

a)

circumnavigating the globe

b)

exploring the Philippines

c)

being her horseman

d)

naming the international date line

7.

A late winter holiday celebrated by Cajuns is

a)

Acadia Day

b)

Mardi Gras

c)

Easter

d)

Halloween

8.

Robert La Salle explored the length of this body of water:

a)

Lake Champlain

b)

Mississippi River

c)

New Orleans River

d)

Hudson River

9.

This Italian working for England explored North America close to the time period of Christopher Columbus.

a)

John Cabot

b)

Samuel de Champlain

c)

Papa Georgio

d)

Sir Francis Drake

10.

Jacques Cartier claimed the region that is now_________for France.

a)

the United States

b)

Mexico

c)

Cuba

d)

Canada

11.

Why did Jacques Cartier's first colony at Montreal fail?

a)

There were not enough people in the colony.

b)

Cold weather, poor preparation, lack of food , and the native people didn't like them

c)

They did not have fishing poles, tents, shoes, or clothes

d)

There were only 10 people in the colony.

12.

Why did the Spanish in the New World call Drake and his men "sea dogs"?

a)

They carried so many domesticated dogs with them on the trip.

b)

They found a lot of dogs out at sea and brought them back with them.

c)

He and his crew were savage, stole food, weren't afraid to hurt other and acted like pirates.

d)

They were mean like dogs.