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History TRIMESTER

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The discovery of _______________ transformed every day life.

a)

gold

b)

cotton

c)

farming

d)

oil

2.

A theory is something that is proven to be one hundred percent factual.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

According to the Land Bridge Theory, it is believed a land bridge once connected Siberia to:

a)

Alaska (North America).

b)

England (Europe).

c)

China (Asia).

d)

Brazil (South America).

4.

Prince Henry the Navigator is from:

a)

Portugal.

b)

Italy

c)

Spain

d)

Greece

5.

The Crusades helped Europeans become more interested in finding faster trade routes to Asia.

a)

False

b)

True

6.

Who was the first explorer to successfully navigate their way from Portugal to India?

a)

Vasco da Gama

b)

Hernando Cortes

c)

Prince Henry the Navigator

d)

Christopher Columbus

7.

Christopher Columbus is from:

a)

Sagres, Portugal.

b)

Madrid, Spain.

c)

London, England.

d)

Genoa, Italy.

8.

Leif Erikson is a Viking explorer who is believed to have reached North America 500 years prior to Columbus.

a)

False

b)

True

9.

What European explorer was the first to realize that Columbus may have found an entirely new landmass that Europeans were not aware of?

a)

Amerigo Vespucci

b)

Hernando Magellan

c)

Ferdinand Magellan

d)

Hernando Cortes

10.

According to the Land Bridge Theory, it is believed a land bridge once connected Siberia to:

a)

Alaska (North America).

b)

England (Europe).

c)

China (Asia).

d)

Brazil (South America).

11.

Which of the following explorers found an Atlantic-Pacific Passageway?

a)

Ferdinand Magellan

b)

Francisco Coronado

c)

Vasco da Gama

d)

Vasco Balboa

12.

___________________ crew became the first group of sailors to circumnavigate the earth

a)

Balboa's

b)

Balboa's

c)

Magellan's

d)

Ponce de Leon's

13.

what were the three Gs that motivated Spanish conquistadors

a)

gain gold god

b)

Gold greatness gally

c)

Greed glory god

d)

Glory god gold

14.

What was England's first permanent settlement in North America?

a)

Plymouth

b)

Roanoke

c)

Jamestown

d)

New York City

15.

Where did the starving time take place

a)

Roanoke

b)

Plymouth

c)

Jamestown

d)

Virginia

16.

It takes three years for ships to return to Roanoke due the fact that England was at war with Spain.

a)

False

b)

True

17.

What crop helps save the colony of Jamestown?

a)

Corn 🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑

b)

Wheat

c)

Cotton ✨✨✨✨

d)

Tobacco

18.

In 1619, the very first slaves were brought to the English colonies as a source of labor to help harvest tobacco.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Who was the founder of Connecticut?

a)

John Winthrop

b)

Thomas Hooker😟

c)

Roger Williams

d)

John Wheelwright

20.

Farming and agriculture was the most important industry in the New England colonies.

a)

False

b)

True

21.

Who famously gave the "city on a hill" sermon?👺👺👺👺

a)

Roger Williams 💀💀💀💀💀💀

b)

John Winthrop

c)

John smith 🦔🦔🦔

d)

Walter Raleigh

22.

The Religious Society of Friends is a reference to:

a)

Catholics

b)

Puritans.

c)

Anglicans

d)

Quakers

23.

Non English immigrants make the Middle Colonies the most diverse part of English North America.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

The political cartoon, Join, or Die, is a picture of a _________ cut into eight parts.

a)

snake

b)

buffalo

c)

lion

d)

eagle

25.

George Washington is a colonel in the Pennsylvania militia.

a)

False

b)

True

c)

Kermit

26.

What is an immediate cause of the repeal of the Stamp Act?

a)

The passing of the Townshend Acts.

b)

The Committee of Correspondence is formed.

c)

Pontiac's War begins

d)

The passing of the Declaratory Act.

27.

Which of the following acts was a way for the British to save money (not an actual tax)?

a)

Townshend Act

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Quartering Act

d)

Sugar Act

28.

What company benefited from the tea act

(a)  

29.

The Sugar Act of 1764 replaces the Molasses Act of 1733 by cutting the tax on sugar in half.

a)

True

b)

False

30.

The Proclamation of 1763 stated that colonists were forbidden from settling east of the Mississippi River.

a)

True

b)

False

31.

The ___________ were a series of court orders that allowed British troops to search colonists' homes for "illegal goods".

a)

Townshend Acts

b)

Writs of Assistance

c)

Tea Act

d)

Intolerable Acts

32.

The Stamp Act Congress met in:

a)

New York City

b)

Philadelphia

c)

Boston

d)

Trenton

33.

What act stated that Great Britain had total control over the colonies?

a)

Quartering Act

b)

Stamp act

c)

Declaratory Act

d)

Townshend Acts

34.

The Intolerable Acts are also known as the:

a)

Navigation Acts.

b)

Parliamentary Acts.

c)

Declaratory Acts.

d)

Coercive Acts.