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Explorers Review

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who named Louisiana?

a)

Hernando De Soto

b)

Robert de La Salle

c)

Samuel de Champlain

2.

Louisiana was first named

a)

New Orleans

b)

Louisiana

c)

Louisiane

3.

Louisiana was named after

a)

King Louis X

b)

King Louis

c)

King Louis XIV

4.

Louisiane means Louis land

a)

True

b)

False

5.

 

De Soto's became the first

a)

European to see the Mississippi River

b)

European to capture America

c)

European to capture America

d)

European to visit Mexico

6.

What did Hernando de Soto's men do after he died?

a)

buried his body in the Mississippi River

b)

buried his body at zoo

c)

buried his body in the mud

d)

buried his body at zoo

7.

Who were the first inhabitants?

a)

European Explorers

b)

Native Americans

c)

Christopher Columbus

d)

De Soto

8.

What is a major difference between Louisiana Territory and the state we know today?

a)

name

b)

size

c)

color

9.

The Mississippi River was not important to the explorers.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Name all the bodies of water that border in North America in the 1800's. ( select 3)

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Mississippi River

d)

Great Lakes