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"Discovering America"

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who did not discover America?

a)

Christopher Wallace

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

Jesus Christ

2.

a member of an advanced Mesoamerican civilization, indigenous to present-day central Mexico and conquered by Spain in 1519.

a)

Mayan

b)

Azteca

c)

Spanish territory

3.

This word means moving about from place to place without settling down.

a)

permanent

b)

stationary

c)

nomadic

d)

roaming Rom

4.

True/False:

Domestication means a wild animal to live in nature.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

What words means "an early ancestor of modern corn".

a)

cocoa

b)

maize

c)

rice

d)

wheat

6.

a member an advanced Mesoamerican civilization, known for its hieroglyph writing system and indigenous to present-day southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador and Honduras.

a)

Mayan

b)

Inca

c)

Aztec

7.

These are indigenous people of South American and the Caribbean who welcomed Spanish colonizers.

a)

Zapotec

b)

Inca

c)

Arawak

8.

How much % did Christopher Columbus get from Spain for the items/enslaved he brought back to Spain from the New World

a)

50%

b)

10%

c)

nothing

d)

40

9.

After 100 years of European. colonization, what percentage of indigenous people were deceased?

(a)  

10.

According to the song, America is born of

a)

maize and cotton

b)

rainbows and butterflies

c)

blood and gold

11.

Which word describe the feeling of Chief Powhatan address to Captain John Smith?

a)

excited

b)

betrayed

c)

guilty

12.

We no longer recognize Christopher Columbus day, what is the name of the name of the replacement of the day?

a)

Resilience Natives Day

b)

Bison Blessings

c)

Indigenous Peoples Day