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History 4th

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many continents are there?

a)

7

b)

5

c)

4

d)

53

2.

How many oceans are there?

a)

7

b)

4

c)

5

d)

53

3.

Which merchant visited China and described its riches to Europe?

a)

Cortes

b)

Ponce de Leon

c)

Marco Polo

d)

Cartier

4.

Who led the voyage of the Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria?

a)

Cartier

b)

Columbus

c)

Balboa

d)

De Soto

5.

Which explorer discovered the Mississippi River?

a)

Balboa

b)

De Soto

c)

Cortes

d)

Ponce de Leon

6.

Which country gave Christopher Columbus the money he needed for his journey?

a)

England

b)

France

c)

Spain

d)

Portugal

7.

Which explorer first sailed around Africa to get to India?

a)

Leif Ericson

b)

Amerigo Vespucci

c)

Christopher Columbus

d)

Vasco da Gama

8.

In what year did Columbus discover America?

a)

1492

b)

1942

c)

1992

d)

1587

9.

A science that tries to understand past events is called_________

a)

Math

b)

computer

c)

History

10.

The study of people and events from the past. It explores both the way things change and the way things stay the same.

a)

History

b)

Physics

c)

Math

11.

Which missionary preached to the Indians until his death at 29 years old?

a)

David Brainerd

b)

Roger Williams

c)

John Wesley

d)

John Elioy

12.
Who first called the Native Americans "Indians"
a)
David Brainerd
b)
Christoper Columbus
c)
Jim Thorpe
d)
John Smith
13.

What are the six different types of homes in which Indians lived?

a)

rock, boxes, caves

b)

Cliff dwelling, tepee, hogan, pueblo dwelling, earth lodge, grass lodge,

14.

What animal changed the Indian way of living?

a)

Fishes

b)

horses

c)

Dogs

15.

Choose the correct answer for Columbu's Three Ships ?

a)

Horses, oxen, cattle

b)

Pinta, Niña, Santa Maria

c)

Vikings, Indians,European

16.

What did Columbus call the people who lived in America?

a)

Indian

b)

European

17.

What Indian was named the greatest athlete of the 20th century in the 1950's?

a)

John Wesley

b)

Sequoya

c)

Jim Thorpe

18.

What was the Cherokee alphabet called?

a)

Blible

b)

syllabary

c)

Science Book

19.

What is a tepee?

a)

A tent made by stretching animal skins over poles

b)

A house like school appearance

c)

A house like Restaurant appearance

20.

Who developed the Cherokee alphabet?

a)

John Eliot

b)

Jim Thorpe

c)

Sequoya

21.

What game did many Northern Indians play?

a)

Snowsnake

b)

Basketball

c)

Rock, paper, scissor

22.

What is a bullboat?

a)

Snowsnake

b)

A boat made by stretching buffalo skins over a round frame

c)

A type of house