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WorksheetsThe Struggle for North America
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 5mins
What was a Missionary?
A journey that Spanish conquistadors would complete
A religious settlement where people called Missionaries work and live
A religious home where everyone living in there would practice one kind of religion
Who was Don Juan de Onate?
A Spanish conquistador who was born in Spain who searched North America for land
A Spanish conquistador who was born in Germany who founded the first Spaniard town
A Spanish conquistador who was born in Mexico and was a noble who searched for gold
A French explorer who led a army against the Spanish and lost the war
Who was Antonio de Otermin?
A Pueblo leader who was arrested and started a rebellion
A Spanish governor who arrested the Pueblo leaders
A Native American who led his own army, joined up with other Natives to topple the Spanish government
Who was Pope?
A Pueblo leader who got arrested for practicing his religion, but started a rebellion
A Pueblo person who helped others escape the Spanish government
A Spanish person who arrested 47 Pueblo people for practicing their own religion.
Who was Diego de Vargas?
A Pueblo military leader who took over New Mexico, but was later killed by the Spanish people
A Spanish man who led a Spanish army to take back New Mexico
A Pueblo hero when he helped protect New Mexico against the Spanish people.
Who was Junipero Serra?
A Pueblo Missionary who was loyal to the Spanish, but was killed by a sickened Spanish man
A Spanish Missionary who walked from Mexico, to New Spain
What does portage mean?
A water route which is used to trade to far distances
A land route which is used to connect one body of water to another
A route used to travel far distances, the French used these routes to claim land.
Who were voyageurs?
People who captured and sold escaped Indian slaves
People who voyage across a channel for fish.
People who carry furs and goods from post to post by canoe
People who use boats to travel from place to place to explore the land
What are coureurs de bois?
People who were previously slaves but became fishermen
People that are merchants who live off the land
Men who carry messages through dangerous terrain
People who sell fur without a licence
What was Quebec?
A permanent French settlement which was a trading center founded by a man named Samuel de Champlain
A English outpost in Canada that spied on the French during the French Indian War.
A French settlement that was used as a supply center for the French soldiers.
What was the St. Lawrence River?
A river that the French settled along hoping to discover a Northwest Passage.
A river that the English used to fish along but the French used the other side to fish as well.
A river that had many fish and animals that were very nutritious for the body, both the British and French claimed it.
Who was Jacques Marquette?
A man who founded the settlement Detroit, but was later killed by Indians.
A man who tried to find a Northwest Passage, but failed and instead found the Arkansas River
A man who was a knight of the French who led a expedition to find a Northwest Passage.
A person who killed many Indians. He was hanged by the French king for crimes against the Natives.
Who was Louis Jolliet?
A former fur trader who hoped to find the Northwest Passage with Jacques Marquette
A former fur trade who became a farmer in Detroit, but actually became the Mayor
A former fisherman who sold dozens of fish for the economy of Detroit
What was the French and Indian War?
A war that the French caused by invading Indian land
A war that the Indians caused by invading New France
A war caused by the colonist of the British by moving into Indian land
A war caused by Spain by sending troops to Fort Duquesense to take the 13 colonies
What was the Treaty of Paris?
The treaty that ended World War 1
The treaty that ended the French and Indian War and made France give its land up to Spain and Great Britain
The treaty that ended the French and Indian War and made Spain give up all of its territory in Central and North America.
What was the Proclamation of 1763?
The document that gave African Americans rights to be a citizen in the colonies.
The proclamation that gave all of the land on the east of the Appalachian to the Spanish colonists.
The proclamation that gave all the land on the east of the Appalachian to the British colonist
The proclamation that gave all the land on the east of the Appalachian to the African Americans
