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WorksheetsExplorers and Early Settlements
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
What four goods did the Polos want to trade for in China?
coffee, paper, furs and spices
compasses, gold, spices and silk
spices, silk, furs and jewels
gunpowder, silk, deer hide, spices
Who was the 5th emperor of the Mongol empire who wanted to learn Christianity from the Polos?
Genghis Khan
Hotula Khan
Yesugei Khan
Kublai Khan
What romantic writer helped Marco Polo write his book, The Travels of Marco Polo?
Manzoni
Leopardi
Rustichello
Verdi
What disease spread through Europe killing millions and was spread along the Silk Road?
bubonic plague
influenza plague
cholera plague
small pox plague
What was the preferred method of transportation on the Silk Road?
trains
camel caravans
wagons pulled by horses
airplanes
Check all of the obstacles or dangers along the Silk Road.
mountains and deserts
an oasis
cold or hot weather
markets
bandits
What explorer was the first to sail around Africa and onto India?
Juan Ponce de Lone
Amerigo Vespucci
Vasco da Gama
Francisco Vazquez
What English explorer was called a pirate by the Spain but a hero by England for stealing $14 million of gold?
Henry Hudson
Sir Walter Raleigh
John Cabot
Sir Francis Drake
What Italian explorer was the first to finally realize that North and South America were a New World and not India?
Amerigo Vespucci
Juan Ponce de Leon
Francisco Diaz
Christopher Columbus
What explorer is given credit for being the first to sail around the world but actually was killed in the Philippines?
Sir Francis Drake
Juan Ponce de Leon
Vasco Diaz
Ferdinand Magellan
What English explorer was looking for a Northwest Passage through North America and had several bodies of water named after him?
John Cabot
John Hawkins
Henry Hudson
Jack Balboa
What Italian explorer sailed for Spain on a bold expedition to the WEST to find a water route to China?
Vasco da Gama
Juan Ponce de Leon
Christopher Columbus
Ferdinand Magellan
Who did Sir Walter Raleigh chose to be governor of the second Roanoke colony?
Ralph Lane
John White
John Smith
Henry Grenville
What letters were carved on a tree at the Roanoke colony?
HELP
ROA
CRO
SOS
What two motives did Sir Francis Walsingham have for sabotaging the Roanoke colony?
money and love
honor and money
jealousy and money
jealousy and honor
Which is NOT a theory of what happened to the colonists at Roanoke and to John White's daughter and granddaughter?
were killed by Spanish or Native Americans
tried to sail to Chesapeake Bay in small boat and drowned
went to Croatoan Island to live with the Natives
were rescued by Spanish pirates and taken to California
died of diseases or starvation
Who was the strong leader that helped make Jamestown a successful colony?
John White
Sir Walter Raleigh
Ralph Lane
John Smith
What rule did John Smith enforced on the colonists to help the colony survive?
Everyone was rationed 1 cup of water a day.
Anyone who did not work did not eat.
Everyone was allowed only 1 meal a day.
Anyone not sick had to build the palisade.
What cash crop did the Jamestown colonists plant to help them with economic success?
wheat
tobacco
coffee
corn
The first Africans arrived in Jamestown has free laborers paid to work the tobacco fields.
True
False
What did the Virginia Company offer the colonists to encourage them to stay for seven years?
gold
bread
citizenship
land
Why did most of the men who went to Jamestown plan to do?
start a new with their family
look for gold and return to England
build a fort for the Spanish
teach Christianity to the Natives
