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Friday, November 12 quizziz

Total questions: 56

Worksheet time: 2hrs 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was La Salle?

a)

a French Explorer

b)

a Spanish Explorer

c)

a Native American

2.

What is Ft. Saint Louis?

a)

La Salle's hometown

b)

La Salle's favorite place

c)

La Salle's first settlement in Texas

3.

What is a piece of land that is settled as a community called?

a)

a house

b)

a vacation

c)

a settlement

4.

What is an event with negative consequences?

a)

a celebration

b)

a disaster

c)

a office referral

5.

What river did La Salle sail?

a)

Colorado River

b)

Mississippi River

c)

Rio Grande River

6.

La Salle claimed land for the French King Louis. What did he call the land?

a)

Nebraska

b)

Louisiana

c)

Texas

7.

What does expedition mean?

a)

a flight

b)

a journey or voyage

c)

a car ride

8.

Why did La Salle come to the New World?

a)

to explore the land

b)

to gain wealth and trade with the Native Americans

c)

he had to because the King told him

9.

How did La Salle treat his settlers?

a)

nice

b)

harsh

c)

fair

10.

What year did Christopher Columbus land in Caribbean Islands?

a)

1492

b)

1519

c)

1521

d)

1536

11.

His mission to find gold in Texas failed

a)

Cortes

b)

Pineda

c)

Cabeza de Vaca

d)

Coronado

12.

Which of the following explorers Never came to Texas:

a)

Pineada

b)

De Vaca

c)

La Salle

d)

Columbus

13.
Columbus made a total of ____ journeys. 
a)
10
b)
14
c)
2
d)
4
14.

Why did Columbus call the Taino natives Indians?

a)

Because they asked him to

b)

Because Columbus thought he had landed in the West India.

c)

Because he liked the name Indians.

d)

Because he did not understand what they were trying to say.

15.
Columbus was sponsored by ___________________________________.
a)
The King and Queen of Spain
b)
President Obama
c)
The King of England 
d)
Queen Elizabeth 
16.

What ocean did Columbus cross?

a)

Indian

b)

Arctic

c)

Atlantic

d)

Southern

17.

Columbus's ships were named the _____________________.

a)

Ninta, Pinta, Santa Maritha

b)

Nine, Pine, and Mine

c)

Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria

d)

Ninia, Pinia, Santa Mine

18.

Cabeza de Vaca and his men were from ________________.

a)

Florida

b)

Mexico

c)

Spain

d)

Cuba

19.

Where did Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca get shipwrecked in and captured by the Karankawas?

a)

Grapevine

b)

Spain

c)

Florida

d)

Galveston

20.

Religious settlements

a)

province

b)

stockade

c)

mission

d)

conquest

21.

Im considered the first explorer of Texas:

a)

Pineda

b)

Cabeza De Vaca

c)

Columbus

d)

Cortes

22.

I am known for crossing through the panhandle of Texas:

a)

Onate

b)

La Salle

c)

Cornado

d)

Moscoso

23.
Who am I: I sailed the Gulf in Mexico in 1519, mapping it and claiming the land around it for Spain
a)
De Soto
b)
Cortes
c)
Columbus
d)
Pineda
24.

What were the names of some of the first explorers in Texas?

a)

Some of the first explorers were...Pineda, Narvaez, de Vaca, and Coronado

b)

Some of the first explorers were...Columbus, Louis, Clark, LaSalle

c)

Some of the first explorers were...Naves, Pina, la Beca, Colorado

25.
Which moon phase is when you can't see the moon at all?
a)
Waning crescent
b)
Full moon
c)
Waxing gibbous
d)
New moon
26.
What causes the phase of the Moon to change each night?
a)
The Moon changes its acutal shape throughout the course of the month.
b)
The alignment between the Earth, Moon, and Sun determines the amount of light reflected by the Moon.
c)
The season of the year determines the phase of the Moon.
d)
The closer the Moon is to Earth, the more light the Moon reflects.
27.
The cycle of the moon lasts about a _.
a)
day
b)
year
c)
week
d)
month
28.
Name the moon phase
a)
First Quarter
b)
Last Quarter
c)
New Moon
d)
Full Moon
29.
Name the moon phase
a)
First Quarter
b)
Last Quarter
c)
New Moon
d)
Full Moon
30.
Name the moon phase
a)
Waning Crescent
b)
Last Quarter or (third quarter)
c)
New Moon
d)
Full Moon
31.
Name the moon phase
a)
First Quarter
b)
Waxing Crescent
c)
New Moon
d)
Full Moon
32.
Name the phase of the moon for letter a
a)
First Quarter
b)
Last Quarter
c)
Waxing Gibbous
d)
Waning Gibbous
33.
Is the Moon bigger or small than the Earth?
a)
Bigger
b)
Smaller
c)
The same
34.
Which of the following lists the Earth, Sun, and Moon in order of size, from largest to smallest?
a)
Earth, Sun, and Moon
b)
Earth, Moon, and Sun
c)
Sun, Earth, and Moon
d)
Sun, Moon, and Earth
35.
An imaginary line about which an object rotates. 
a)
Axis
b)
Equator
c)
Fault
36.
How long does it take the Earth to ROTATE once on its axis?
a)
27 days
b)
365 days
c)
24 hours 
37.
What season does A represent?
a)
Summer
b)
Fall
c)
Winter 
d)
Spring
38.
What season does B represent?
a)
Summer
b)
Fall
c)
Winter 
d)
Spring
39.

How long does it take for the Earth to Revolve around the Sun?

a)

24 hours

b)

24 days

c)

365 days

d)

28 days

40.

Sun appears to rise in the__________and set in the ________.

a)

West, East

b)

East, East

c)

East, West

d)

West, West

41.
caused by the tilt of the Earth (23.5*)
a)
day
b)
seasons
c)
month
d)
night
42.
When the part of the world that you're living in is leaning towards the Sun, its _____
a)
winter
b)
spring
c)
summer
d)
fall
43.
The season that comes before winter is?
a)
summer
b)
winter
c)
spring
d)
fall
44.
Which season, or seasons, have the shortest daylight hours?
a)
Summer
b)
Fall
c)
Winter
d)
Spring
45.
What happens when the area in which you live tilts away from the sun?
a)
It is summer.
b)
It is spring.
c)
It is winter.
d)
It is fall.
46.

The hemisphere where you live:

a)

equator

b)

southern

c)

northern

d)

eastern

47.

Which statement is correct regarding the amount of daylight hours in different seasons?

a)

More hour of light during spring, less in fall

b)

More hours of light during summer, less in winter

c)

None of the seasons have equal daylight/darkness hours

d)

All seasons have an equal amount of daylight

48.

When the sun gets higher in the sky, shadows get ______.

a)

longer

b)

gone

c)

shorter

d)

darker

49.

When the sun gets lower in the sky, shadows get______.

a)

longer

b)

gone

c)

shorter

d)

darker

50.

Shadows are longest during _______.

a)

morning and evening

b)

noon

c)

night

51.

Shadows are shortest around______.

a)

morning and evening

b)

noon

c)

night

52.

Where will the tree's shadow be?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

53.

Where will the tree's shadow be?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

54.

Which position of the sun will make the longest shadow?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

55.

You can tell where the sun is by looking at a shadow because the sun is always on the __________ side of the object.

a)

same

b)

opposite

c)

right

d)

left

56.

Which picture shows the shadow of a pole at noon?

a)
b)
c)
d)

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