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WorksheetsUnit 1A
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
Columbus called the people he encountered:
Asians
Indians
Salvadorans
Spaniards
Spain, Portugal, and other European countries were in competition to find _______________.
A sea route to the Indies
New food crops
The United States of America
A way to keep the British out of the Americas
Spices were valuable because they were used ______________.
To help sailors navigate the high seas
To fund Columbus' voyage to the Americas
As medicine, food preservatives, and flavorings
As a basis for the Columbian Exchange
The compass allowed sailors to _______________.
Measure the positions of stars
Tell which direction was north
Discover the North Pole
Predict when cloudy weather would occur
Amerigo Vespucci ________________.
Competed with Christopher Columbus
Named a continent after himself
Settled in the Caribbean and spent his life there
Identified South America as a continent
For what achievement was Vasco Núñez de Balboa known?
He was the next important explorer after Christopher Columbus.
He sailed around the world.
He was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean from the Americas.
He was the first to hike through rain forests in the Americas.
Which explorer's crew was the first to sail around the world?
Christopher Columbus'
Vasco da Gama's
Ferdinand Magellan's
Juan Cabrillo's
The British, French, Spanish, and Dutch all explored _________________.
The East Indies
Canada
Europe
The Americas
One result of Cortés's conquering of the Aztec Empire was that _____________.
he continued to explore what is today known as Mexico
the Aztecs were forced to learn Spanish
it encouraged other conquistadors
Francisco Pizarro wrote him a letter
Which man and his army conquered the Inca?
Atahualpa
Francisco Pizarro
Hernán Cortés
Montezuma
Juan Ponce de León landed on the mainland of North America in search of ____________.
enslaved people
food
the Northwest Passage
the Fountain of Youth
After the arrival of Europeans, many Native Americans died because of ___________.
disease
exposure to heat
overcrowded conditions
starvation
England, France, and the Netherlands hoped to discover a ____________.
northwest passage to Asia
route to South America
route to Africa
southwest passage to India
What did the French want to establish in the Americas?
fishing and fur trade
gold and silver mines
new communities
slave trade
The Protestant Reformation was __________.
a new government
a study of scientific ideas
a religious movement
an idea of the Catholic Church
Who was the first explorer, hired by, France to reach North America?
Giovanni da Verrazano
Jacques Cartier
Louis Joliet
Samuel de Champlain
New France was located ___________.
along the St. Lawrence River
in the Caribbean
in Louisiana
on Manhattan Island
Traders who established rights to the Canadian fur trade were:
Dutch
English
French
Spanish
Because Britain defeated the Spanish armada, ______________.
the British could start colonies in North America
the Spanish no longer controlled the seas
Spain did not overthrow Protestantism in Britain
all of these
John Cabot, who probably landed on the coast of Newfoundland, was hired by _________________.
France
Italy
England
The Netherlands
The ______ is a type of Spanish settlement in the Americas.
Pueblo
Plantation
Mission
All of the above
______ was the first permanent European settlement in what is now the United States.
San Juan
San Diego
St. Augustine
Santa Fe
