WorksheetsExplorers Chapter #4
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 7mins
The leader of the Spanish conquistadors who conquered the Aztecs.
Tisqunatum
Hernando Cortes
Francisco Pizarro
Hernando de Soto
European who founded a colony at Roanoke Island that soon disappeared.
Sir Walter Raliegh
Samuel de Champlain
Henry Hudson
missionaries
Explorer who founded Quebec and Montreal.
Samuel de Champlain
Francisco Pizarro
Henry Hudson
Jacques Cartier
People brought to the Americas against their will and forced to work for the colonists.
Indian Peoples
Native Americans
Africans
Europeans
Aztec leader when the Europeans came to Mexico.
Tisquantum
Atahuallpa
Samoset
Motecuhzoma
The leader of Incas killed by the Spanish.
Tisquantum
Atahuallpa
Samoset
Motecuhzoma
Peoples who died from hunger, overwork, and disease after being enslaved by the Spanish.
Indian Peoples
Native Americans
Africans
Europeans
Explorer who claimed for all of Spain what is now the southeastern United States.
Tisqunatum
Hernando Cortes
Francisco Pizarro
Hernando de Soto
Explorer who looked for the Northwest Passage.
Samuel de Champlain
Francisco Pizarro
Henry Hudson
Jacques Cartier
The Spanish explorer who looked for the Fountain of Youth and named present-day Florida.
Jaun Ponce de Leon
Hernando Cortes
Francisco Pizarro
Hernando de Soto
The Spanish conquistador who ordered his soldiers to kill the Inca emperor.
Samuel de Champlain
Francisco Pizarro
Henry Hudson
Jacques Cartier
The Spanish explorer who heard stories of the Seven Cities of Gold and set out to find them.
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
Hernando Cortes
Francisco Pizarro
Hernando de Soto
People who came to the Americas to convert native peoples to Christianity.
cobblers
tailors
blacksmiths
missionaries
The colonists and the Native Americans cooperated. Which of these is NOT an example of their cooperation?
The French and INdians traded furs for metal goods.
Tisquntum showed Pilgrims how to fish.
The Dutch and Iroquois traded.
The Spanish forced Native Americans to be slaves.
The colonists and the Native Americans had conflicts. Which of these is NOT an example of their conflicts?
The colonists forced the Native Americans off their land.
The Native Americans and colonists killed each other.
The colonists and Native Americans celebrated the first Thanksgiving together.
The Spanish forced Native Americans to be slaves.
What was the primary reason the Virginia Company came to America?
Religious Freedom
To make a profit by growing and selling tobacco
To gain wealth by trading for furs with Native Americans
To "find" gold in South America
What was the primary reason the French Government came to America?
Religious Freedom
To make a profit by growing and selling tobacco
To gain wealth by trading for furs with Native Americans
To "find" gold in South America
What was the primary reason the Pilgrims came to America?
Religious Freedom
To make a profit by growing and selling tobacco
To gain wealth by trading for furs with Native Americans
To "find" gold in South America
This country had colonies found in Middle and South America. Wealthy with gold, silver, and crops.
Holland
England
Spain
France
This country had colonies founded in Canada and in what is to today Michigan, and gained wealth through the fur trade.
Holland
England
Spain
France
This country had colonies found along the eastern coast of North America. Wealthy with tobacco, other plantations, and ship building.
Holland
England
Spain
France
