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USI.4 Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 41mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Complete the chart.

a)

Entertainment

b)

Searching for cures to illnesses related to the black plague

c)

Adventure

d)

Religious—Spread of Christianity

2.

Tools such as this one were used to —

a)

improve military weapons

b)

aid African agriculture

c)

find natural resources

d)

aid European exploration

3.

Choose ALL: What were the motivations for exploration?

a)

Fear of the unknown

b)

Spread of Christianity

c)

Belief in superiority of own culture

d)

Lack of adequate supplies

e)

Natural resources and trade

4.

Complete the graphic.

a)

Discovered cures for the black plague and other diseases

b)

Set up a trade route with the Far East via waterways

c)

Found an abundance of diamonds and gold to bring back to the ruling families

d)

Improved navigational tools and ships

5.

All were obstacles faced by the explorers EXCEPT —

a)

lack of supplies

b)

poor navigational tools

c)

disease

d)

trade

6.

Who made voyages of discovery along West Africa?

a)

Spanish

b)

Italian

c)

Portuguese

d)

French

7.

What replaces the question mark?

a)

Empires in South Asia

b)

Empires in North America

c)

Empires in Western Africa

d)

Empires in South America

8.

Which river impacted the daily lives of the people of the Ghana, Mali, and Songhai Empires?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

1

d)

4

9.

Who explored the area indicated by the number 2?

a)

Coronado

b)

Champlain

c)

Cabot

d)

La Salle

10.

Robert La Salle claimed the Mississippi River Valley for —

a)

Portugal

b)

France

c)

Spain

d)

England

11.

Who explored Eastern Canada for England?

a)

John Cabot

b)

Robert La Salle

c)

Samuel de Champlain

d)

Francisco Coronado

12.

Which of the following was a Spanish explorer?

a)

Robert de La Salle

b)

Francisco Coronado

c)

Samuel de Champlain

d)

John Cabot

13.

Choose the explorers from France.

a)

Robert La Salle

b)

John Cabot

c)

Samuel de Champlain

d)

Francisco Coronado

14.

Who explored the area indicated by the number 3?

a)

Cabot

b)

Champlain

c)

La Salle

d)

Coronado

15.

Which European country had the most positive cultural interactions with the First Americans?

a)

England

b)

Spain

c)

France

d)

Portugal

16.

As a cultural interaction, Spanish settlers most likely gave First Americans new--

a)

farming techniques

b)

crops to grow

c)

weapons to use

d)

European diseases

17.

Which group of people learned that the value of the new land was in establishing trading posts with the First Americans?

a)

Germans

b)

Portuguese

c)

French

d)

Spanish

18.

The English learned farming techniques from the First Americans and —

a)

gave them European diseases

b)

set up forts along the Mississippi to trade with the Indians

c)

established settlements and claimed ownership of land

d)

taught them Catholicism

19.

This passage demonstrates what type of interaction between the First Americans and the Frenchmen?

a)

The French were hostile toward the First Americans.

b)

Both groups had difficulty finding food.

c)

Trading could benefit both groups of people.

d)

The First Americans were disrespectful to the Frenchmen.

20.

This picture shows that one of the reasons the Spanish explored North America was to promote —

a)

farms

b)

religion

c)

slavery

d)

art