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Colonial Life Reinforcement Questions - 5th Grade

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why did European explorers sail to the Americas?

a)

To meet Vikings

b)

To find faster routes to Asia

c)

To talk to Incas and Aztecs

2.

What European explorer "discovered" the Americas in 1492?

a)

John Cabot

b)

Jacques Cartier

c)

Henry Hudson

d)

Christopher Columbus

3.

Who were called "conquistadors"?

a)

Spanish explorers

b)

Native Americans

c)

Empires from Mexico

4.

A colony is...

a)

A type of farm

b)

A settlement ruled by another country

c)

A formal partnership

5.

British and French fought many battles for controling Canada

a)

True

b)

False

6.

In 1655, Latin America was divided into three Viceroyalties

a)

True

b)

False

7.

People who lived in Latin America's colonies belonged to different social classes?

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Click on the social classes that existed in Colonial Latin America

a)

Acadians, Métis, Huron, and Iroquois

b)

Peninsular, Creole, Mestizo, and Mulatto

9.

During the Triangular Trade Africans were enslaved, sold, and forced to work

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Native Americans WERE NOT forced to convert to Christianity

a)

True

b)

False