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Unit 2 Lesson 5 Quiz: Searching for a Northwest Passage

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 41mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following was John Cabot hoping to discover?

a)

Newfoundland

b)

New York

c)

Virginia

d)

a Northwest Passage

2.

Colonists from Newfoundland sent ______________________ back to Europe after discovering an abundant resource. (79)

a)

bananas

b)

fish

c)

cotton

d)

gold

3.

____________________ hired Henry Hudson to find the Northwest Passage.

a)

The Dutch East India Company

b)

Queen Isabelle

c)

King Henry the Great

d)

Mr. Perry

4.

The Northwest Passage...

a)

was never actually discoverd

b)

runs through New Lothrop

c)

cuts North America in half

d)

helped merchants get to Asia faster

5.

A 'merchant company' was...

a)

a group of religious missionaries

b)

a group of businessmen who helped pay for exploratory voyages

c)

a group of explorers trying to find a Northwest Passage

d)

a group of Native Americans trading with settlers

6.

Why did merchants hope to find a Northwest Passage?

a)

they hoped to find a faster route to Africa

b)

they hoped to find a safer route to South America

c)

they hoped to find a faster route to the Indies

d)

they hoped to find a safer route to New Lothrop Elementary

7.

Both John Cabot and Giovanni da Verrazano were searching for the ___________________________________________.

a)

merchant company

b)

Northwest Passage

c)

Fountain of Youth

d)

the Hudson Bay

8.

A ___________________________________ was a group of people that helped pay for voyages of exploration in the 1500's.

a)

colony

b)

merchant company

c)

Northwest Passage

d)

Spanish colony

9.

On Henry Hudson's 1st voyage, he explored the ______________________________.

a)

Chesapeake and Delaware Bays

b)

Hudson Bay

c)

Pacific Ocean

d)

southern tip of Florida

10.

On Henry Hudson's 2nd voyage, he explored what is today called the __________________________.

a)

Hudson River

b)

St. Lawrence River

c)

Great Lakes

d)

Hudson Bay