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Northwest Passage and Pirates

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The most notorious pirate was...

a)

Steve Bonnet

b)

Blackbeard

c)

Henry Morgan

d)

William Kidd

2.

The French and English explorers were looking for which shortcut through the Americas?

a)

The Atlantic Thruway

b)

The Cape of Good Hope

c)

The Northwest Passage

d)

The Strait of Magellan

3.

This man was both and English and Dutch explorer who discovered New Amsterdam.

a)

Francis Drake

b)

King Philip

c)

Jacques Cartier

d)

Henry Hudson

4.

This sea dog pirate was the first to circumnavigate the world for England.

a)

Sir King Philip

b)

Sir Francis Drake

c)

Sir Henry Hudson

d)

Sir John White

5.

This Spanish fleet of 130 warships was sent to invade England.

a)

The HMS Pearl

b)

The Spanish Armada

c)

The English Armada

d)

The SS Minnow

6.

Began New France and built a trading post called Quebec.

a)

Samuel de Champlain

b)

Louis Joliet

c)

Robert La Salle

d)

Henry Hudson

7.

This __________ flag is named Jolly _____________.

a)

Spanish; Rich

b)

pirate; Rancher

c)

English; Robbin

d)

pirate; Roger

8.

The colony of New Amsterdam will later become....

a)

New Jersey

b)

New York

c)

New Hampshire

d)

New Mexico

9.

The first French settlement in the New World was....

a)

New York

b)

New Amsterdam

c)

Quebec

d)

Virginia

10.

Which country won the Spanish Armada War?

a)

France

b)

England

c)

Spain

d)

Italy

11.

Which country discovered the Mississippi River and sailed it down to discover Louisiana?

a)

England

b)

Spain

c)

Italy

d)

France