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Unit 1 grade 8 ss study guide

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a caravel

a)

A. a boat with a triangle sail that cold hold large cargo

b)

B. a festival with many fun activities and food stands

c)

C. a country

d)

D. a type of cheese

2.

What is a biblo

a)

A. a shackle that connects people by their legs and hands in a line

b)

A type of ship with big sails that can hold large cargo

c)

An wind pipe instrument

d)

D. a type of cheese

3.

Who was George Washington

a)

A British emissary to the French frontier establishment.

b)

B The last person to die in the american revolution

c)

C The first us president

d)

D a french commander

e)

E. a type of cheese

4.

What was the proclamation of line

a)

A. happening in 1494, it divided new world between Spain and Portugal

b)

British-produced boundary marked in the Appalachian Mountains at the Eastern Continental Divide.

c)

C a rule put in place to prevent explorers from passing a certain line .

d)

D. a type of cheese

5.

Who was Francisco pizarro

a)

A. an explorer for spain who led an expedition through mexico to modern day florida

b)

B. an explorer for the spain responsible for the fall of the inca empire

c)

Known as the first explorer to reach NA soil trying to reach asia

d)

D. a type of cheese

6.

Who was Hernan cortes

a)

A. claimed canada as French territory

b)

B. explorer for spain discovered the Americas and opened them up to exploration from other countries

c)

C. Explorer for spain responsible for the fall of the aztecs

d)

D. a type of cheese

7.

Who was Fransisco Vasquez de coronado

a)

A. an explorer for spain who led an expedition through mexico to modern day florida

b)

B. explorer from spain motivated to find the " fountain of youth".

c)

C. explorer from spain one of the first europeans to cross the mississippi river.

d)

D. a type of cheese

8.

Who was hernando de soto

a)

A. an explorer for spain who led an expedition through mexico to modern day florida

b)

B. explorer from spain responsible for the fall of the inca empire

c)

C. explorer from spain one of the first europeans to cross the mississippi river.

d)

D. a type of cheese

9.

What is mercantilism

a)

A. the a theory involving slaves being "inferior to whites"

b)

B. being a merchant to multiple continents

c)

C. the economic theory that trade generates wealth and is stimulated by the accumulation of profitable balances, which a government should encourage by means of protectionism.

d)

D. a type of cheese

10.

what are the THREE major reasons for exploration

a)

A. Glory, Conquering, enslavement

b)

B. Glory, Land, Gold

c)

C. God, Gold, Glory

d)

D. a type of cheese

11.

John Cabot is known as the first european Explorer on NA soil

a)

False

b)

True

12.

Christopher columbus was the FIRST explorer ever on south /north america

a)

True

b)

false

13.

Florida was one of the 13 colonies

a)

True

b)

False

14.

What is the treaty of tordesillas

a)

A, happened in 1494, it divided new world between Spain and Portugal

b)

B. British-produced boundary marked in the Appalachian Mountains at the Eastern Continental Divide

c)

C. a treaty made by a native american

d)

D. a type of cheese

15.

Where does the trans-atlantic slave trade originate

a)

A. In the 16th century when Portugal, and subsequently other european kingdoms

b)

B. began during the 15th century when Portugal, and subsequently other European kingdoms

c)

C. in the 17th century when Portugal, and subsequently other european kingdoms

d)

D. a type of cheese

16.

(unrealated) what is munster

a)

A. someone who isn't human

b)

B. a horrid person

c)

C. a thing that in movies normally hides under a bed

d)

D. a type of cheese