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WorksheetsMagazine 8: Early Settlements
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 14mins
How can a country take real control over a territory?
by setting up colonies
by finding gold there
by having slaves first
by farming the land
Why did Queen Elizabeth I want to claim parts of North America?
She wanted to increase England's wealth.
She wanted to make allies with the Native Americans.
She was from there originally.
She wanted to move England to North America.
New Amsterdam would later on become what major city?
New York City
Jefferson City
New England City
New France City
What was the first country to claim land in the America's? Why?
Spain because they paid for Christopher Columbus' voyages.
Spain because they were raiding England's ships.
England because they set up the Jamestown colony.
England because Queen Elizabeth raided Spain's ships.
Hernando Cortez
Spanish conqueror who used his army to conquer the Aztec's empire
Spanish conqueror who used his army to conquer the Mayans.
Spanish conqueror who spoke out against slavery.
Spanish conqueror who became a priest after 12 years of owning slaves.
What was the first European permanent settlement in North America?
Saint Augustine in Florida.
Saint Pedro in Florida
Saint Florida
Orlando Florida
Where did the early settlers of New Spain get their free labor from?
Native Americans
English colonists
Spaniards
soldiers
25 million to 1 million
The Native American population changing since the Spanish settlers came.
The settlers of Jamestown population changing since the Native Americans came.
The Native American population changing since the Jamestown settlers came.
Bartolome de las Casas life:
For 12 years he owned slaves.
He became a priest and spoke out about the injustice of slavery through his writings.
He spoke up for the just treatment of all human beings.
He conquered the Aztec empire with his army.
Name the 2 main purposes of the missions in New Spain
To convert Native Americans to Christianity.
to use the Native Americans for free labor
to start a new colony in Jamestown, Virginia
to convert the Pilgrims to Christianity.
"Anyone who did not work, did not eat." was said by who?
John Smith
John White
Tisquantum
Bartolome
Why did the Pilgrims come to North America?
Because they separated themselves from the Church England and wanted to worship freely.
Because they wanted to search for gold.
Because they wanted to raid Spanish ships.
Because they wanted to escape Catholicism and convert the Native Americans.
Native American who was sold into slavery in Europe. He escaped and returned to find that all his people were dead from diseases. But he still helped out the Pilgrims.
Tisquantum
Pocahontus
Powhatan
Hernando Cortes
How did the Spanish settlers treat the Native Americans?
They forced them to work hard, didn't feed them enough, and they died from diseases they had no immunity towards.
They lived among them peacefully and tried to learn their language.
They learned to trade with them for fur hats which were all the rage.
They made a peace treaty with them and lived in peace among them.
How did the French settlers treat the Native Americans?
They lived among them, tried to learn their language, accepted their way of life while trying to convert them to Christianity.
They kept them as slaves and let them die from diseases which they had no immunity from. They also overworked them.
They overfed, under-worked, and did not try to convert them to Christianity.
They had a Thanksgiving with them while learning how to plant, fish, hunt, and make a peace treaty with other Native American groups.
What were the European countries racing to colonize North America?
France, Spain, Sweden, England
Germany, France, Belgium, England
England, Spain, France, Netherlands
Spain, France, Germany, England
a person legally bound to work for a fixed term
indentured servant
slave
mission
borderlands
the practice of treating people as property and forcing them to work against their will
slavery
indentured servant
pilgrim
puritan
a religious settlement built in a foreign land
mission
proprietary colony
self-government
cash crop
lands located on or near a border
borderlands
royal colony
indentured servant
legislature
a plant grown to be sold rather than used by the farmer
cash crop
plantation
established church
colony
