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3rd Nine Weeks Test Review

Total questions: 100

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the Prince of Portugal who was called a navigator but never actually sailed a boat but sponsored expeditions?

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

Prince Henry the Navigator

c)

Bartolomeu Dias

d)

Vasco da Gama

e)

Amerigo Vespucci

2.

What was a different kind of Spanish soldier that wanted to spread Christianity, open trade routes, and find LOTS of gold?

a)

Conquistres

b)

Canquestor

c)

Conquistadors

d)

Spanish explorers

3.

Who "discovered" America and brought interest to the rest of Europe?

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

Prince Henry the Navigator

c)

Bartolomeu Dias

d)

Amerigo Vespucci

e)

Vasco da Gama

4.

What is resistance to a disease or sickness, particularly due to previous exposure?

a)

RESISTANCE

b)

God Powers

c)

Immunity

d)

Untouchable

5.

What is a plant that is grown by a farmer to make money?

a)

Money Tree

b)

Cash Crop

c)

Money Plant

d)

Cash Money

6.

What was the mixing of plants, animals, bacteria, and viruses known as?

a)

The Great Sickness

b)

The Columbian Exchange

c)

COVID 19

d)

The Lost Pandemic

7.

What is to sail completely around like a circle?

a)

Circular Navigation

b)

Circumnavigate

c)

Circle Sail

d)

SCUBA CIRCLE

8.

Who conquered the Aztecs in Mexico and made Spain very wealthy?

a)

Francisco Pizzaro

b)

Hernán Cortés

c)

Hernando DeSoto

d)

Ponce de Leon

9.

What is the name of the event that occurred on June 30, 1520?

a)

La Noche Feo

b)

La Noche Guapo

c)

La Noche Triste

d)

La Noche Caliente

10.

How many soldiers did Cortés bring with him to Mexico?

a)

400

b)

700

c)

600

d)

500

11.

Who was the first to explore the America West, discovered the Grand Canyon?

a)

Ferdinand Magellan

b)

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

c)

Giovanni da Verrazzano

d)

Jacques Cartier

e)

Samuel de Champlain

12.

What is permission from a monarch to start a colony?

a)

Permission

b)

Allowance

c)

Colonization

d)

Charter

13.

Where did the French establish a trading post in Louisiana?

a)

New Orleans

b)

Baton Rouge

c)

Monroe

d)

Lafayette

14.

What is known as the Lost Colony?

a)

Jamestown

b)

Newfoundland

c)

New Amsterdam

d)

Roanoke

15.

Which modern-day city did the Spanish build over the destroyed city of Tenochtitlán?

a)

Cozumel

b)

Mexico City

c)

Veracruz

d)

Lima

16.

Who was the first child born to British parents in the Americas and the granddaughter of John White?

a)

Virginia Dare

b)

Sarah Dare

c)

Abigail Williams

d)

Elizabeth Dare

17.

Where did John Cabot land in North America?

a)

New Amsterdam

b)

Jamestown

c)

Salem

d)

Newfoundland

18.

Who led an expedition to be the first sail around the southern cape of Africa, the Cape of Good Hope?

a)

Amerigo Vespucci

b)

Vasco da Gama

c)

Christopher Columbus

d)

Prince Henry the Navigator

e)

Bartolomeu Dias

19.

Who crossed through Panama to claim the Pacific Ocean for the nation of Spain?

a)

Ponce de Leon

b)

Vasco de Balboa

c)

Hernán Cortés

d)

Francisco Pizzaro

e)

Hernando DeSoto

20.

Who led a group of settlers back to Roanoke and left three years only to return to find no trace of the settlers?

a)

John Cabot

b)

John White

c)

James Cook

d)

Henry Hudson

21.

Who purchased the Island of Manhattan from the Manhates tribe for $24 worth of goods?

a)

Francis Drake

b)

Peter Minuit

c)

Robert la Salle

d)

Sir Walter Raleigh

22.

Who during his 3 voyages, he mapped lands from New Zealand to Hawaii and searched for the Northwest Passage?

a)

John Cabot

b)

John White

c)

James Cook

d)

Henry Hudson

23.

What was the fabled trade route that many explorers died looking for?

a)

the Northeast Passage

b)

the North Passage

c)

the West Passage

d)

the Northwest Passage

24.

Which of the following are examples of cash crops? (Choose all that apply)

a)

Tobacco

b)

Carrots

c)

Coffee

d)

Cotton

e)

Sugar

25.

Which god was Cortés believed to be?

a)

Huitzilopoctli

b)

Quetzalcoatl

c)

Tezcatlipoca

d)

Tlaloc

26.

Who is someone that pays for something such as an expedition or adventure?

a)

Sony

b)

Little Ceasers

c)

Sponsor

d)

Bruce Wayne

27.

What was the original name given to the Cape of Good Hope?

a)

Cape of Good Fortune

b)

Cape of Good Storms

c)

Cape of Good Trade

d)

Cape of Good Tide

28.

Who claimed Canada for the nation of France?

a)

Ferdinand Magellan

b)

Fransico Vasquez de Coronado

c)

Giovanni da Verrazzano

d)

Jacques Cartier

e)

Samuel de Champlain

29.

Who led the first expedition to circumnavigate the world?

a)

Ferdinand Magellan

b)

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

c)

Giovanni da Verrazzano

d)

Jacques Cartier

e)

Samuel de Champlain

30.

Who led an expedition that explored the Hudson River and Hudson Bay while looking for the Northwest Passage?

a)

John Cabot

b)

John White

c)

James Cook

d)

Henry Hudson

31.

Who explored South America realized that is was a new continent, not the outskirts of Asia, had the new continent named after him?

a)

Amerigo Vespucci

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

Prince Henry the Navigator

d)

Vasco da Gama

e)

Bartolomeu Dias

32.

Who conquered the Incas in Peru and made Spain very wealthy?

a)

Ponce de Leon

b)

Vasco de Balboa

c)

Hernán Cortés

d)

Francisco Pizzaro

e)

Hernando DeSoto

33.

Who mapped the Atlantic coast and the Great Lakes, founded Quebec?

a)

Ferdinand Magellan

b)

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

c)

Giovanni da Verrazzano

d)

Jacques Cartier

e)

Samuel de Champlain

34.

Who received a charter from Queen Elizabeth I to settle a land that would be called Virginia?

a)

Francis Drake

b)

Peter Minuit

c)

Robert la Salle

d)

Sir Walter Raleigh

35.

Who led the first European expedition to set foot on North America since the Vikings and disappeared searching for the Northwest Passage?

a)

John Cabot

b)

John White

c)

James Cook

d)

Henry Hudson

36.

Who explored the Atlantic coast, was either eaten by cannibals or executed for piracy in 1528?

a)

Ferdinand Magellan

b)

Francsico Vasquez de Coronado

c)

Giovanni da Verrazzano

d)

Jacques Cartier

e)

Samuel de Champlain

37.

Who traveled 24,000 miles to discover the first trade route from Europe to Asia?

a)

Amerigo Vespucci

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

Prince Henry the Navigator

d)

Vasco da Gama

e)

Bartolomeu Dias

38.

Who explored the southeastern United States and discovered the mouth of the Mississippi River?

a)

Ponce de Leon

b)

Vasco de Balboa

c)

Hernán Cortés

d)

Francisco Pizzaro

e)

Hernando DeSoto

39.

Who explored looking for the mythical Fountain of Youth?

a)

Ponce de Leon

b)

Vasco de Balboa

c)

Hernán Cortés

d)

Francisco Pizzaro

e)

Hernando DeSoto

40.

Who claimed areas watered by the Mississippi River for France named Louisiana for King Louis XIV?

a)

Francis Drake

b)

Peter Minuit

c)

Robert la Salle

d)

Sir Walter Raleigh

41.

Who led the first English expedition to circumnavigate the world and known as the greatest sailor in all of England?

a)

Francis Drake

b)

Peter Minuit

c)

Robert la Salle

d)

Sir Walter Raleigh

42.

What is an economic theory that stated that in order to increase wealth and power, a country must have a favorable balance of trade?

a)

Communism

b)

Mercantilism

c)

Democratic Socialism

d)

Free Market Economy

43.

What is a printed statement that defames or misrepresents?

a)

Treason

b)

Libel

c)

Blasphemy

d)

Slander

44.

What were the three types of British colonies in North America?

a)

Charter

b)

British

c)

Proprietary

d)

English

e)

Royal

45.

What is conducting illegal/secret trade?

a)

Smuggling

b)

Theiving

c)

ILLEGAL DEAL

d)

Back Alley Deal

46.

What means to work for another in order to learn a trade?

a)

Apprentice

b)

STUDYING

c)

Experience

d)

Work Study

47.

What is forced to leave or no longer welcome?

a)

Banish

b)

Mr. Amelang kicks you out of class

c)

Suspended

d)

Expelled

48.

Who wanted to reform the Church of England so it would be more pure?

a)

Puritan

b)

Separatist

49.

Who wanted to start their own church from scratch?

a)

Puritan

b)

Separatist

50.

Who is one who travels to a sacred place as an act of religious devotion?

a)

Puritan

b)

Separatist

c)

Pilgrim

d)

Chosen One

51.

Who was the publisher of the New York Weekly Journal that was put on trial in 1735 after printing negative statements about the royal governor?

a)

John Winthrop

b)

Andrew Hamilton

c)

John Peter Zenger

d)

Thomas Hooker

52.

What happened in 1692 in Salem, Massachusetts where people were put on trial for witchcraft?

a)

The Enlightenment

b)

The Great Awakening

c)

The Salem Witch Trials

d)

Salutary Neglect

53.

What was a period of religious revival taking place during the 1730s and 1740s?

a)

The Enlightenment

b)

The Great Awakening

c)

The Salem Witch Trials

d)

Salutary Neglect

54.

What was a intellectual movement that took place between 1600s and 1700s?

a)

The Enlightenment

b)

The Great Awakening

c)

The Salem Witch Trials

d)

Salutary Neglect

55.

What was a period in the early 1700s when England purposefully neglected the colonies because it di not have the money or the soldiers to enforce the Navigation Act?

a)

The Enlightenment

b)

The Great Awakening

c)

The Salem Witch Trials

d)

Salutary Neglect

56.

What were the rules of the Navigation Acts of 1651? (Choose all that apply)

a)

Colonists had to sell certain raw materials only to England.

b)

Colonists were allowed to make money any way they wanted.

c)

Colonies could not develop any industries that would compete with British industries.

d)

Colonists had to transport the raw materials to England using only English ships.

e)

Colonists could only sell goods or buy goods from England.

57.

What were James Oglethorpe's rules for the colony of Georgia? (Choose all that apply)

a)

No large plantations

b)

No guns

c)

No rum

d)

Few Slaves

e)

No Catholics

58.

What did the Mayflower Compact promise? (Choose all that apply)

a)

Obey just and equal laws

b)

Church must be attended

c)

Created for the general good of the colony

d)

Benefit the glory of God

e)

Honor the King of England

59.

What day the Mayflower leave England for the colonies?

a)

September 16, 1520

b)

September 16, 1720

c)

September 16, 2020

d)

September 16, 1620

60.

What day was the Mayflower Compact written?

a)

November 21, 1520

b)

November 21, 1720

c)

November 21, 2020

d)

November 21, 1620

61.

What is an agreement or promise with religious overtones?

a)

Covert

b)

PROMISE

c)

Oath

d)

Covenant

62.

What is a group of people brought together for religious worship?

a)

Cult

b)

Church group

c)

GROUP

d)

Congregation

63.

What is to punish/harass usually because of one's identity?

a)

PUNISH

b)

Abuse

c)

Bullying

d)

Persecution

64.

What was the religious group called the Society of Friends who were said to tremble/quake before God?

a)

Methodists

b)

Baptists

c)

Catholics

d)

Quakers

65.

What was the name of the war fought between the British and the Wampanoag?

a)

Metacomet's War

b)

Battle of the Wampanoag

c)

King Philip's War

d)

Massasoit's War

66.

What was the name of the line of rocks laid down by Mason and Dixon to mark the border between Pennsylvania and Maryland?

a)

Dixon-Mason Line

b)

Penn-Mary Line

c)

Mason-Dixon Line

d)

Mary-Penn Line

67.

Who was the lawyer that represented John Peter Zenger in his trial and urged the jury to determine whether or not Zenger spoke the truth and convinced them that people had the right to do so?

a)

Alexander Hamilton

b)

Andrew Hamilton

c)

Thomas Hooker

d)

John Winthrop

68.

Who would the colony of New York receive its name from?

a)

Henry Hudson

b)

Duke of York

c)

Peter Minuit

d)

Duke of New England

69.

Who was the founder of Pennsylvania?

a)

Thomas Hooker

b)

William Penn

c)

Roger Williams

d)

William Bradford

70.

Who were the two brilliant minds that influenced the ideas of government during The Enlightenment? (Choose Two)

a)

Thomas Hooker

b)

John Locke

c)

Roger Williams

d)

Montesquieu

71.

What were the names of the two Native Americans that helped save the settlers in New England and brought about the story of the first Thanksgiving? (Choose Two)

a)

Massasoit

b)

Squanto

c)

Metacomet

d)

Samoset

72.

What was a shared land that belonged to the town?

a)

Town Grass

b)

Town Green

c)

Town Lawn

d)

The Grove

73.

Who were the members of the church that were thought to be chosen by God and were the only people allowed to vote?

a)

CHOSEN

b)

Elect

c)

Male Citizens

d)

Disciples

74.

What was producing just enough crops to survive?

a)

Bare Minimum Farming

b)

Subsistence Farming

c)

Minimal Farming

d)

Small Farming

75.

What was the name of the wealthy planters that lived in the Tidewater section of the Southern Colonies?

a)

Delta Aristocracy

b)

Tidewater Aristocracy

c)

Swamp Aristocracy

d)

Southern Aristocracy

76.

How many people were executed for witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials?

a)

19

b)

20

c)

18

d)

17

77.

What was the name of the first permanent English colony in North America?

a)

Roanoke

b)

St. Augustine

c)

Newfoundland

d)

Jamestown

78.

What is an alliance between sovereign states?

a)

ALLIANCE

b)

Confederacy

c)

Agreement

d)

Truce

79.

What was the name of merchants that wanted to make money from the colonies?

a)

Virginia Company of London

b)

Tobacco Company

c)

Florida Company of London

d)

Roanoke Company of London

80.

What was the name of the winter of 1609 - 1610 where only about 60 of 400 people managed to survive?

a)

The Ice Age

b)

The Starving Time

c)

The Dark Night

d)

The Long Night

81.

What was the name of the Native American group that taught the English settlers how to grow maize and have something to eat?

a)

Powhatan Tribe

b)

Powhatan Group

c)

Powhatan People

d)

Powhatan Confederacy

82.

What is a government with elected representatives for the citizens?

a)

Democratic Socialism

b)

Representative Democracy

c)

Russian Communism

d)

Anarchic Communism

83.

What is a citizen representative in local government?

a)

Burgess

b)

REPRESTATIVE

c)

Citizen

d)

Crazy Person

84.

Who helped Jamestown back from struggling by implementing the philosophy, "Work or Starve"?

a)

John Rolfe

b)

John White

c)

John Smith

d)

John Raleigh

85.

What is the condition of being a contracted laborer?

a)

LABORER

b)

CONTRACTED

c)

Lawyer

d)

Indentured Servitude

86.

Who was the first colonist to cultivate tobacco for export and the husband of Pocahontas?

a)

John Smith

b)

John White

c)

John Raleigh

d)

John Rolfe

87.

What were communities of people who moved from place to place, relying on plants and animals found in the wild for food?

a)

Nomadic Hunter-Gatherers

b)

Rednecks

c)

Indecisive Hunters

d)

Eskimos

88.

What year did people first start arriving on the North American Continent?

a)

36,000 BC

b)

37,000 BC

c)

38,000 BC

d)

40,000 BC

89.

What is the movement of a number of people or animals usually to establish a new homeland?

a)

Migration

b)

Immigration

90.

What was the period of time when the Earth was covered in ice/snow and entire oceans were frozen?

a)

Cold Cold

b)

Ice Age

c)

Icy Period

d)

February 16-19 2021

91.

What animal was similar to the mammoth and could help feed an entire village of migrants for an entire month?

a)

Mammoth

b)

Mastodon

92.

What was the name of the land bridge that first inhabitants used to cross the ocean from Asia to North America?

a)

Bering Land Bridge

b)

Icelandic Land Bridge

c)

Canadian Land Bridge

d)

Asian Land Bridge

93.

What was the name of the region that the land bridge was located in?

a)

Canada

b)

Alaska

c)

Russia

d)

Beringia

94.

The land bridge helped connect Asia to which continent?

a)

North America

b)

South America

c)

Europe

d)

Asia

95.

What was the major reason for the first inhabitants to cross the land bridge and leave their established home?

a)

Food

b)

People

c)

Weather

d)

Boredom

96.

What was the early ancestor of the modern-day elephant that could feed an entire village of migrants for an entire month?

a)

Mastodon

b)

Mammoth

97.

What was known as the Western Frontier?

a)

Southern Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Backcountry

d)

New England Colonies

98.

What does it mean to require usually by law?

a)

REQUIRE

b)

LAWFUL REQUIREMENT

c)

Mandate

d)

Required by law

99.

What is a legislature having two houses?

a)

Unicameral

b)

Bicameral

c)

Tricameral

d)

Quadricameral

100.

What was a major incentive to grow tobacco in the colonies where the Virginia Company gave 50 acres of land for you and 50 more acres per person that you brought with you to the colonies ?

a)

Gifted Land

b)

Headright System

c)

Landright System

d)

Disneyland System