WorksheetsHistory TRIMESTER
Total questions: 34
Worksheet time: 18mins
The discovery of _______________ transformed every day life.
gold
cotton
farming
oil
A theory is something that is proven to be one hundred percent factual.
True
False
According to the Land Bridge Theory, it is believed a land bridge once connected Siberia to:
Alaska (North America).
England (Europe).
China (Asia).
Brazil (South America).
Prince Henry the Navigator is from:
Portugal.
Italy
Spain
Greece
The Crusades helped Europeans become more interested in finding faster trade routes to Asia.
False
True
Who was the first explorer to successfully navigate their way from Portugal to India?
Vasco da Gama
Hernando Cortes
Prince Henry the Navigator
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus is from:
Sagres, Portugal.
Madrid, Spain.
London, England.
Genoa, Italy.
Leif Erikson is a Viking explorer who is believed to have reached North America 500 years prior to Columbus.
False
True
What European explorer was the first to realize that Columbus may have found an entirely new landmass that Europeans were not aware of?
Amerigo Vespucci
Hernando Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan
Hernando Cortes
According to the Land Bridge Theory, it is believed a land bridge once connected Siberia to:
Alaska (North America).
England (Europe).
China (Asia).
Brazil (South America).
Which of the following explorers found an Atlantic-Pacific Passageway?
Ferdinand Magellan
Francisco Coronado
Vasco da Gama
Vasco Balboa
___________________ crew became the first group of sailors to circumnavigate the earth
Balboa's
Balboa's
Magellan's
Ponce de Leon's
what were the three Gs that motivated Spanish conquistadors
gain gold god
Gold greatness gally
Greed glory god
Glory god gold
What was England's first permanent settlement in North America?
Plymouth
Roanoke
Jamestown
New York City
Where did the starving time take place
Roanoke
Plymouth
Jamestown
Virginia
It takes three years for ships to return to Roanoke due the fact that England was at war with Spain.
False
True
What crop helps save the colony of Jamestown?
Corn 🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑
Wheat
Cotton ✨✨✨✨
Tobacco
In 1619, the very first slaves were brought to the English colonies as a source of labor to help harvest tobacco.
True
False
Who was the founder of Connecticut?
John Winthrop
Thomas Hooker😟
Roger Williams
John Wheelwright
Farming and agriculture was the most important industry in the New England colonies.
False
True
Who famously gave the "city on a hill" sermon?👺👺👺👺
Roger Williams 💀💀💀💀💀💀
John Winthrop
John smith 🦔🦔🦔
Walter Raleigh
The Religious Society of Friends is a reference to:
Catholics
Puritans.
Anglicans
Quakers
Non English immigrants make the Middle Colonies the most diverse part of English North America.
True
False
The political cartoon, Join, or Die, is a picture of a _________ cut into eight parts.
snake
buffalo
lion
eagle
George Washington is a colonel in the Pennsylvania militia.
False
True
Kermit
What is an immediate cause of the repeal of the Stamp Act?
The passing of the Townshend Acts.
The Committee of Correspondence is formed.
Pontiac's War begins
The passing of the Declaratory Act.
Which of the following acts was a way for the British to save money (not an actual tax)?
Townshend Act
Stamp Act
Quartering Act
Sugar Act
What company benefited from the tea act
(a)
The Sugar Act of 1764 replaces the Molasses Act of 1733 by cutting the tax on sugar in half.
True
False
The Proclamation of 1763 stated that colonists were forbidden from settling east of the Mississippi River.
True
False
The ___________ were a series of court orders that allowed British troops to search colonists' homes for "illegal goods".
Townshend Acts
Writs of Assistance
Tea Act
Intolerable Acts
The Stamp Act Congress met in:
New York City
Philadelphia
Boston
Trenton
What act stated that Great Britain had total control over the colonies?
Quartering Act
Stamp act
Declaratory Act
Townshend Acts
The Intolerable Acts are also known as the:
Navigation Acts.
Parliamentary Acts.
Declaratory Acts.
Coercive Acts.
