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New World - French & Indian War

Total questions: 83

Worksheet time: 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
People who move from place to place are:
a)
Carbon Dating
b)
Artifacts
c)
Nomads
d)
Migration
2.
Things left behind by early people are:
a)
Carbon Dating
b)
Artifacts
c)
Maize
d)
Migration
3.
A movement of a group of people is:
a)
Carbon Dating
b)
Artifacts
c)
Maize
d)
Migration
4.

The Ice Age provided access to the Americas through the ...

a)

The Northwest Passage

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Beringia Land Bridge

d)

Alaskan Land Bridge

5.
What did early Americans need in order to begin to form communities?
a)
Dependable food supply
b)
Clay to build homes
c)
Money to buy things
d)
Ways of protecting themselves
6.

Culture is defined as:

a)

The way people adapt to life

b)

The movement of people

c)

A method to date an artifact

d)

A way of life

7.

Which of the following is NOT a cause of migration to the Americas?

a)

A long Ice Age

b)

New cultures developed

c)

Water from the ocean froze

d)

Beringia land bridge became exposed

8.

The largest Mayan city was:

a)

civilization

b)

Cuzco

c)

Tikal

d)

Quechua

9.
A highly developed society is referred to as a:
a)
civilization
b)
Cuzco
c)
Tikal
d)
Quechua
10.

This tribe was the built stone pyramids:

a)

Civilization

b)

Cuzco

c)

Tikal

d)

Maya

11.

The Incan capital city was:

a)

Olmec

b)

Cuzco

c)

Tikal

d)

Quechua

12.
Which Aztec city was the largest city in the Americas? 
a)
Mexico City
b)
Chichen Itza
c)
Yucatan
d)
Tenochititlan
13.
The largest empire of the early American civilizations was the:
a)
Aztec
b)
Maya
c)
Inca
d)
Olmec
14.

The Inca produced a steady food supply using:

a)

Quipus

b)

Terraces

c)

Slash and burn farming

d)

Plows

15.

Incan system of record keeping:

a)

Quipus

b)

Cuniform

c)

Hieroglyphics

d)

Terracing

16.

The writing system that used symbols or pictures to represent things, ideas, and sounds:

a)

Quipus

b)

Hieroglyphics

c)

Theocracy

d)

Cuniform

17.

Which group is not considered part of the Mound Builders?

a)

Anasazi

b)

Adena

c)

Hopewell

d)

Mississippian

18.

The largest settlement of the Mound Builders was:

a)

Cahokia

b)

Mesa Verde

c)

Adena

d)

Pueblo Bonita

19.

Tepees were used by which culture?

a)

Peoples of the North

b)

Peoples of the West

c)

Peoples of the Plains

d)

Peoples of the Southwest

20.

Stone dwellings of the native americans:

a)

Mounds

b)

Teepees

c)

Adobes

d)

Pueblos

21.

Native Americans known for their extensive irrigation systems:

a)

Hohokam

b)

Anasazi

c)

Cahokia

d)

Acoma

22.

Homes made of sun dried mud bricks:

a)

Pueblos

b)

Adobes

c)

Teepees

d)

Igloos

23.

Native American tribe that built the Great Serpent Mound:

a)

Anasazi

b)

Hopewell

c)

Cahokia

d)

Adena

24.
Which explorer's crew was the first to sail around the world?
a)
Christopher Columbus's
b)
Vasco de Gama's
c)
Ferdinand Magellan's
d)
Amerigo Vespucci's
25.
What is a strait?
a)
A narrow sea passage
b)
A small hill
c)
A tool used for navigation
d)
A part of a ship
26.
What does circumnavigate mean?
a)
Discover new land
b)
Sail around the world
c)
Trade with another country
d)
Build new tools
27.
What country was the first European country to find a new sea route to Asia?
a)
Spain
b)
Italy
c)
Portugal
d)
India
28.
Vasco de Gama's crew was the first to sail all the way around the southern tip of which continent?
a)
North America
b)
Africa
c)
Asia
d)
South America
29.

What was the main goal of Prince Henry’s navigation school?

a)

Start a colony there

b)

Establish the slave trade

c)

Build a navy and start a war

d)

Find and control trade routes

30.

Who was the first European explorer to sail to and explore the southern tip of Africa?

a)

Bartolomeu Dias

b)

Ferdinand Magellan

c)

Leif Ericcson

d)

Prince Henry

31.

Where Columbus first landed, also known as "Holy Savior"...

a)

Puerto Rico

b)

San Salvidor

c)

Cuba

d)

Dominican Republic

32.

Which of the following was not one of the three ships that Columbus sailed from Spain with?

a)

Pinta

b)

Nina

c)

Pinata

d)

Santa Maria

33.
conquistadors
a)
pueblos
b)
Spanish explorers
c)
missions
d)
peninsulares
34.
Spanish towns in the Americas
a)
pueblos
b)
presidio
c)
missions
d)
peninsulares
35.
Spanish religious communities
a)
pueblos
b)
Spanish explorers
c)
missions
d)
peninsulares
36.
Hernán Cortés destroyed the powerful empire of the
a)
Inca
b)
Aztec
c)
Maya
d)
Olmec
37.
Which man and his army conquered Peru?
a)
Francisco Pizarro
b)
Atahualpa
c)
Hernan Cortes
d)
Montezuma
38.

Which country financed Colombus's voyage across the Atlantic in 1492?

a)

Spain

b)

England

c)

Portugal

d)

Italy

39.
The movement of enslaved Africans became known as the
a)
Atlantic Passage
b)
Triangular Trade
c)
Middle Passage
d)
Gateway to slavery
40.
______ served to emphasize individualism which evenutally supported America's political independence.
a)
The Great Awakening
b)
The Imperial System
c)
Mercantilism
d)
The Enlightenment
41.
What was the Protestant Reformation?
a)
A new government
b)
A study of scientific ideas
c)
A religious movement
d)
An idea of the Catholic Church
42.

Explorers could determine their latitude while at sea by using the stars. What device could accomplish this?

a)

Compass

b)

Siri

c)

Three-Masted Caravel

d)

Astrolabe

43.

The period of intellectual and artistic creativity was known as what?

a)

Protestant Reformation

b)

Crusades

c)

The Renaissance

d)

The Enlightment

44.

What was the process of things like food, diseases, and ideas going back and forth from the Old World and the New World?

a)

Columbian Exchange

b)

The Great Migration

c)

Middle Passage

d)

Circumnavigation

45.

After the fall of the Roman Empire, Western Europe was dominated by:

a)

The New Roman Empire

b)

The Catholic Church

c)

China

d)

Middle East

46.

Which of these was the largest of the ships on Christopher Columbus's first voyage?

a)

Nina

b)

Isabella

c)

Santa Maria

d)

Pinta

47.

Technology is:

a)

Use of electronics to help you

b)

Use scientific knowledge for practical purposes

c)

Something left behind by early people

d)

Use of classical knowledge

48.

Spanish fort:

a)

Missions

b)

Pueblos

c)

Peninsulares

d)

Presidio

49.

After the arrival of Europeans, many Native Americans died because of :

a)

Disease

b)

Exposure to heat

c)

Overcrowded conditions

d)

Starvation

50.

A journey to a holy place:

a)

Adventure

b)

Encomienda

c)

Pilgrimage

d)

Voyage

51.

Who is responsible for the Protestant Reformation?

a)

Jacques Cartier

b)

John Cabot

c)

Martin Luther

d)

Louis Joliet

52.

When and where did the French and Indian War begin?

a)

The war started in 1776 in New England

b)

The war started in 1754 in New England

c)

The War started in 1754 in the Ohio River Valley

d)

The war started in 1776 in the Ohio River Valley

53.

During the French and Indian War the British and the French were fighting over control of which area?

a)

Mississippi River Valley

b)

Connecticut River Valley

c)

Pennsylvania River Valley

d)

Ohio River Valley

54.

What ended the French and Indian War?

a)

The Treaty of Versailles

b)

The Treaty of Paris 1763

c)

The Proclamation of 1763

d)

Proclamation of French Defeat 1763

55.

Who won the French and Indian War?

a)

Great Britain

b)

France

c)

Spain

d)

Native Americans

56.

This created a temporary boarder at the Appalachian Mountains, restricting movement west for the colonists..

a)

Treaty of Paris

b)

Colonial Boarder 1763

c)

Proclamation of 1763

d)

Northwest Ordinance

57.
What battle in the contested region started the French and Indian War? 
a)
Fort Duquesne 
b)
Fort Necessity 
c)
Detroit 
d)
Montreal
58.
What Virginian was captured in the first conflict and later participated in Braddock's Defeat? 
a)
Patrick Henry
b)
Ben Franklin 
c)
George Washington
d)
George Whitefield
59.

Who became prime minister of Britain, changing the strategy of the war and turning the tide in Britain's favor?

a)

William Braddock

b)

William Pitt

c)

Jeffery Amherst

d)

George Washington

60.
What French city was captured by General Wolfe in 1759? 
a)
Montreal
b)
Louisbourg
c)
Detroit 
d)
Quebec
61.

The French and Indian War was part of what larger conflict?

a)

The Seven Years' War

b)

The Protestant Reformation

c)

World War I

d)

Crusades

62.

Which Native American tribe was allied with the British?

a)

Huron

b)

Algonquin

c)

Iroquois

63.

A government that linked different groups together:

a)

Federation

b)

Crusade

c)

Democracy

d)

Dictatorship

64.
What was England's first permanent settlement in North America?
a)
Roanoke
b)
New Netherland
c)
Plymouth
d)
Jamestown
65.
Who settled the Plymouth colony?
a)
pilgrims
b)
conquistadors
c)
the French
d)
Christopher Columbus
66.

Who founded the colony of Pennslyvania

a)

William Penn

b)

James Duke of York

c)

John Smith

d)

Roger Williams

67.
Which of these documents was a social contract? 
a)
The Mayflower Compact
b)
The Constitution
c)
The Emancipation Proclamation
d)
The Magna Carta
68.
The Virginia colony created its laws through ______. 
a)
Governor proclamations 
b)
General assembly
c)
House of Burgesses
d)
Monarchy rule 
69.

An official paper from the king of England giving permission to start a colony is called what?

a)

Charter

b)

Joint Stock Company

c)

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

d)

Mayflower Compact

70.

The practice of treating people unfairly because of their beliefs is called?...

a)

Tolerance

b)

Dissent

c)

Presperation

d)

Persecution

71.
What is a dissenter?
a)
someone who saves most of his or her money
b)
a person who disagrees with a leader's views
c)
one who settles a new land
d)
someone who tries to help other people
72.
What is the name of the war between Metacomet and his followers and the Puritans?
a)
Puritans War
b)
King Philip's War
c)
Metacomet's War
d)
Wapanoag War
73.
William Penn started which colony for the Quakers for a safe place to worship? 
a)
Pennsylvania 
b)
New York 
c)
New Jersey 
d)
Rhode Island 
74.
 Quakers were pacifists, meaning
a)
they believed only a certain number of people went to heaven
b)
the only attended church on Saturdays
c)
they did not believe in engaging in war
d)
hey elected representative assemblies
75.
Dutch landowner 
a)
Patroon 
b)
Clergy 
c)
Blockhouse 
d)
Policy 
76.

The South had ________ where cash crops were grown.

a)

Headrights

b)

Plantations

c)

Patroons

d)

Charters

77.
Who founded Georgia?
a)
King Charles II
b)
The Duke of York
c)
Lord Baltimore
d)
James Oglethorp
78.
Why did Nathaniel Bacon lead a revolt in Virginia? 
a)
He hated the South had slaves.
b)
Unfair taxes and poor protection from Native American attacks. 
c)
He wanted the former indentured servants to get land in the Tidewater. 
d)
He hated William Berkeley the governor. 
79.

Who followed the Mississippi River down to the Gulf of Mexico?

a)

Cavelier and La Salle

b)

Jacques Marquette

c)

Junipero Serra

d)

James Olgethrope

80.

The country that controlled Mexico, Caribbean, Central America, and South America called the land:

a)

New France

b)

Tidewater

c)

Louisiana Territory

d)

New Spain

81.

What English political philosopher was concerned with natural rights and wrote the Carolonia's constitution?

a)

Nathanial Bacon

b)

Peter Stuyvesant

c)

John Locke

d)

Junipero Serra

82.

What granted the right for people to worship free in Maryland?

a)

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

b)

Mayflower Compact

c)

Mason-Dixon Line

d)

Act of Toleration

83.

What was the boundary line established for the Calvert and Penn families?

a)

Tidewater

b)

Mason-Dixon Line

c)

Georgia

d)

Line of Demarcation

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