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Explorers Chapter #4

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The leader of the Spanish conquistadors who conquered the Aztecs.

a)

Tisqunatum

b)

Hernando Cortes

c)

Francisco Pizarro

d)

Hernando de Soto

2.

European who founded a colony at Roanoke Island that soon disappeared.

a)

Sir Walter Raliegh

b)

Samuel de Champlain

c)

Henry Hudson

d)

missionaries

3.

Explorer who founded Quebec and Montreal.

a)

Samuel de Champlain

b)

Francisco Pizarro

c)

Henry Hudson

d)

Jacques Cartier

4.

People brought to the Americas against their will and forced to work for the colonists.

a)

Indian Peoples

b)

Native Americans

c)

Africans

d)

Europeans

5.

Aztec leader when the Europeans came to Mexico.

a)

Tisquantum

b)

Atahuallpa

c)

Samoset

d)

Motecuhzoma

6.

The leader of Incas killed by the Spanish.

a)

Tisquantum

b)

Atahuallpa

c)

Samoset

d)

Motecuhzoma

7.

Peoples who died from hunger, overwork, and disease after being enslaved by the Spanish.

a)

Indian Peoples

b)

Native Americans

c)

Africans

d)

Europeans

8.

Explorer who claimed for all of Spain what is now the southeastern United States.

a)

Tisqunatum

b)

Hernando Cortes

c)

Francisco Pizarro

d)

Hernando de Soto

9.

Explorer who looked for the Northwest Passage.

a)

Samuel de Champlain

b)

Francisco Pizarro

c)

Henry Hudson

d)

Jacques Cartier

10.

The Spanish explorer who looked for the Fountain of Youth and named present-day Florida.

a)

Jaun Ponce de Leon

b)

Hernando Cortes

c)

Francisco Pizarro

d)

Hernando de Soto

11.

The Spanish conquistador who ordered his soldiers to kill the Inca emperor.

a)

Samuel de Champlain

b)

Francisco Pizarro

c)

Henry Hudson

d)

Jacques Cartier

12.

The Spanish explorer who heard stories of the Seven Cities of Gold and set out to find them.

a)

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

b)

Hernando Cortes

c)

Francisco Pizarro

d)

Hernando de Soto

13.

People who came to the Americas to convert native peoples to Christianity.

a)

cobblers

b)

tailors

c)

blacksmiths

d)

missionaries

14.

The colonists and the Native Americans cooperated. Which of these is NOT an example of their cooperation?

a)

The French and INdians traded furs for metal goods.

b)

Tisquntum showed Pilgrims how to fish.

c)

The Dutch and Iroquois traded.

d)

The Spanish forced Native Americans to be slaves.

15.

The colonists and the Native Americans had conflicts. Which of these is NOT an example of their conflicts?

a)

The colonists forced the Native Americans off their land.

b)

The Native Americans and colonists killed each other.

c)

The colonists and Native Americans celebrated the first Thanksgiving together.

d)

The Spanish forced Native Americans to be slaves.

16.

What was the primary reason the Virginia Company came to America?

a)

Religious Freedom

b)

To make a profit by growing and selling tobacco

c)

To gain wealth by trading for furs with Native Americans

d)

To "find" gold in South America

17.

What was the primary reason the French Government came to America?

a)

Religious Freedom

b)

To make a profit by growing and selling tobacco

c)

To gain wealth by trading for furs with Native Americans

d)

To "find" gold in South America

18.

What was the primary reason the Pilgrims came to America?

a)

Religious Freedom

b)

To make a profit by growing and selling tobacco

c)

To gain wealth by trading for furs with Native Americans

d)

To "find" gold in South America

19.

This country had colonies found in Middle and South America. Wealthy with gold, silver, and crops.

a)

Holland

b)

England

c)

Spain

d)

France

20.

This country had colonies founded in Canada and in what is to today Michigan, and gained wealth through the fur trade.

a)

Holland

b)

England

c)

Spain

d)

France

21.

This country had colonies found along the eastern coast of North America. Wealthy with tobacco, other plantations, and ship building.

a)

Holland

b)

England

c)

Spain

d)

France