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Ch. 3 lesson 4 (Northwest Passage)

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

I Explored northern Canada

a)

Hudson

b)

Verrazano

c)

Cartier

d)

All

2.

I Claimed land around the St. Lawrence River for France

a)

Hudson

b)

Verrazano

c)

Cartier

d)

All

3.

I Explored inland Canada

a)

Hudson

b)

Verrazano

c)

Cartier

d)

All

4.

I Did NOT find the NW Passage

a)

Hudson

b)

Verrazano

c)

Cartier

d)

All

5.

English Nationality

a)

Hudson

b)

Verrazano

c)

Cariter

d)

All

6.

I wrote about friendly and unfriendly Indians that I met

a)

Hudson

b)

Cartier

c)

Verrazano

d)

All

7.

I was sent by the French king to search for gold and the NW Passage

a)

Hudson

b)

Verrazano

c)

Cartier

d)

All

8.

I sailed up and down North and South American coasts searching for the NW Passage

a)

Hudson

b)

Verrazano

c)

Cartier

d)

All

9.

I worked for both the English and Dutch trading companies

a)

Hudson

b)

Cartier

c)

Verrazano

d)

All

10.

I was mutinied against by my crew on my last voyage

a)

Hudson

b)

Cartier

c)

Verrazano

d)

All

11.

French nationality

a)

Hudson

b)

Verrazano

c)

Cartier

d)

All

12.

Italian who sailed for France

a)

Hudson

b)

Cartier

c)

Verrazano

d)

All

13.

Claimed land along a river in New York for the Netherlands

a)

Hudson

b)

Verrazano

c)

Cartier

d)

All

14.

I discovered the St. Lawrence River

a)

Hudson

b)

Verrazano

c)

Cartier

d)

All

15.

I searched for the NW Passage

a)

Hudson

b)

Verrazano

c)

Cartier

d)

All

16.

I landed off the coast of present-day N. Carolina on my first voyage.

a)

Hudson

b)

Verrazano

c)

Cartier

d)

All

17.

I sailed for the Dutch East India Company on one of my voyages

a)

Hudson

b)

Verrazano

c)

Cartier

d)

All

18.

Canada

a)

A

b)

F

c)

D

d)

C

19.

Which letter shows the Netherlands?

a)

C

b)

B

c)

D

d)

E

20.

Which letter is UK/England?

a)

C

b)

B

c)

D

d)

F

21.

Which letter shows the Hudson River

a)

F

b)

E

c)

K

d)

H

22.

Which letter is the Hudson Bay?

a)

M

b)

E

c)

F

d)

H

23.

Which letter shows mouth of the St. Lawrence River?

a)

J

b)

E

c)

H

d)

A

24.

Which letter shows France?

a)

D

b)

C

c)

B

d)

E

25.

I met and began trading with the Huron Indians?

a)

Cartier

b)

Hudson

c)

Verrazano

d)

All

26.

Check both: Which 2 Oceans was the NW Passage thought to connect

a)

Atlantic

b)

Arctic

c)

Pacific

d)

Indian

27.

Which 2 letters are Oceans?

a)

K

b)

H

c)

J

d)

F

28.

Why did other European nations still want to find a shortcut to Asia?

a)

to gain wealth and power like Spain

b)

to prove Marco Polo wrong

c)

so they didn't have to use so many ships

29.

What does the red line show?

a)

The Hudson Bay

b)

Northwest Passage

c)

St. Lawrence River

d)

Verazzano's route

30.

Type the 2 words that complete the NW Passage definition: Capitalize and Spell the 2 words correctly and separate them with 1 space or with a comma.

The NW Passage is a waterway in _______ America thought to connect the Atlantic to the ________.

(a)  

31.

True or False: The NW Passage was never discovered and does not exist

a)

True

b)

False

32.

True or False: Europe is the COUNTRY that all of these explorers are from?

a)

True

b)

False

33.

Draw a line that shows the NW Passage that was later discovered in the 1800's but too far north to be a useful trade route (from the ppt notes)

34.

Which country had the most power and land in the Americas during this time?

a)

Spain

b)

England

c)

France

d)

Netherlands

35.

SS is the BEST!!!!

a)

True

b)

False