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European Settlements Quiz Practice

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In Spanish colonies, _____________ were persecuted and driven out.

a)

Catholics

b)

Protestants

c)

Quakers

d)

Baptists

2.

A _________ is a government ruled by a king.

a)

royal colony

b)

island

c)

monarch

d)

colony

3.

People traveled from England to the New World for ________________.

a)

crops

b)

money

c)

religious freedom

d)

gold

4.

Who governed the Spanish colonies?

a)

viceroys

b)

They made their own laws.

c)

President

d)

The Spanish Queen

5.

Spanish colonies would only allow the _______ religion.

a)

Catholic

b)

Baptist

c)

Methodist

d)

Protestant

6.

The main explorer for Spain was ___________.

a)

Hernando DeSoto

b)

Henry Hudson

c)

John Cabot

d)

Robert Lasalle

7.

The main explorer for France was __________________.

a)

Hernando DeSoto

b)

Henry Hudson

c)

John Cabot

d)

Robert Lasalle

8.

The main explorer for England was _____________.

a)

Hernando DeSoto

b)

Henry Hudson

c)

John Cabot

d)

Robert Lasalle

9.

_________ was the main economic opportunity in the French Colonies.

a)

cod fishing

b)

fur trading

c)

cotton farming

d)

woodworking

10.

England had colonies in present day ____________ and __________

a)

Southeastern US

and

Canada

b)

Mexico

and

Southwestern US

c)

Louisianna

and

Canada

d)

Canada

and Mexico

11.

Spain had colonies in present day ____________ and __________

a)

Southeastern US

and

Canada

b)

Mexico

and

Florida

c)

Louisianna

and

Canada

d)

Canada

and Mexico

12.

A _____________ is a product grown to sell and make money.

a)

cash crop

b)

money crop

c)

dollar bill crop

d)

rich crop

13.

The settlers from _____________ were permitted to set up their own government.

a)

England

b)

Spain

c)

France

d)

Portugal

14.

____________ failed at keeping plantations successful.

a)

Spain

b)

France

c)

England

d)

Portugal

15.

Spain's colonies were the first to use Indigenous Peoples and Africans as ______________.

a)

slaves

b)

citizens

c)

workers