Worksheets6th Grade World History - Chapter 8 - Vocabulary
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Latin America
a)
Another name for the regions of South America and Central America
b)
Strong English leader that turned the Jamestown settlement into a thriving colony
c)
French explorer who discovered two of the Great Lakes (Ontario & Huron); also known as the Father of New France
d)
A person with Indian and Spanish parents
2.
Line of Demarcation
a)
Another name for the regions of South America and Central America
b)
Line drawn on the map by the pope that was supposed to determine where Spain and Portugal could claim land
c)
Strong English leader that turned the Jamestown settlement into a thriving colony
d)
colony settled by Pilgrims
3.
Treaty of Tordesillas
a)
Strong English leader that turned the Jamestown settlement into a thriving colony
b)
Another name for the regions of South America and Central America
c)
English people who came to the New World to escape persecution, to establish a place to bring up their children, and to advance missions
d)
A final agreement by Spain and Portugal that moved the Line of Demarcation
4.
Creoles
a)
people of pure Spanish or Portuguese descent born in the Americas
b)
A large country estate in Latin America
c)
European country that practiced imperialism
d)
Crops that could be sold for cash or supplies
5.
mother country
a)
colony settled by Pilgrims
b)
European country that practiced imperialism
c)
Settlement of Puritans in the New World
d)
A large country estate in Latin America
6.
exported
a)
Laws passed to protect the Indians and mestizos from some of the abuses they suffered
b)
Sent out of the colonies
c)
Crops that could be sold for cash or supplies
d)
colony settled by Pilgrims
7.
imported
a)
Sent out of the colonies
b)
European country that practiced imperialism
c)
brought into the colonies
d)
A final agreement by Spain and Portugal that moved the Line of Demarcation
8.
peninsulares
a)
brought into the colonies
b)
Sent out of the colonies
c)
Spaniards born in Spain
d)
English people who settled the Massachusetts Bay Colony in order to establish a society based on biblical principles
9.
New Laws of 1542
a)
Another name for the regions of South America and Central America
b)
A large country estate in Latin America
c)
Laws passed to protect the Indians and mestizos from some of the abuses they suffered
d)
Spaniards born in Spain
10.
Mestizos
a)
A person with Indian and Spanish parents
b)
Settlement of Puritans in the New World
c)
English people who settled the Massachusetts Bay Colony in order to establish a society based on biblical principles
d)
The working document outlining the pattern of U.S. government
11.
haciendas
a)
A large country estate in Latin America
b)
Delivered the colonists in North America from English rule
c)
French explorer sent by the king to find riches and a water route to China; discovered the St. Lawrence River
d)
Nation that developed from the original thirteen colonies
12.
Old World
a)
French explorer who discovered two of the Great Lakes (Ontario & Huron); also known as the Father of New France
b)
English people who came to the New World to escape persecution, to establish a place to bring up their children, and to advance missions
c)
Sent out of the colonies
d)
A term for Europe
13.
Jacques Cartier
a)
Strong English leader that turned the Jamestown settlement into a thriving colony
b)
An English colony in North America
c)
English people who settled the Massachusetts Bay Colony in order to establish a society based on biblical principles
d)
French explorer sent by the king to find riches and a water route to China; discovered the St. Lawrence River
14.
Samuel de Champlain
a)
An English colony in North America
b)
European country that practiced imperialism
c)
Settlement of Puritans in the New World
d)
French explorer who discovered two of the Great Lakes (Ontario & Huron); also known as the Father of New France
15.
John Smith
a)
Strong English leader that turned the Jamestown settlement into a thriving colony
b)
French explorer sent by the king to find riches and a water route to China; discovered the St. Lawrence River
c)
Sent out of the colonies
d)
brought into the colonies
16.
Jamestown
a)
people of pure Spanish or Portuguese descent born in the Americas
b)
An English colony in North America
c)
A final agreement by Spain and Portugal that moved the Line of Demarcation
d)
colony settled by Pilgrims
17.
cash crops
a)
Nation that developed from the original thirteen colonies
b)
Line drawn on the map by the pope that was supposed to determine where Spain and Portugal could claim land
c)
A large country estate in Latin America
d)
Crops that could be sold for cash or supplies
18.
Pilgrims
a)
European country that practiced imperialism
b)
Spaniards born in Spain
c)
English people who came to the New World to escape persecution, to establish a place to bring up their children, and to advance missions
d)
A final agreement by Spain and Portugal that moved the Line of Demarcation
19.
Puritans
a)
A large country estate in Latin America
b)
English people who settled the Massachusetts Bay Colony in order to establish a society based on biblical principles
c)
Another name for the regions of South America and Central America
d)
Strong English leader that turned the Jamestown settlement into a thriving colony
20.
Massachusetts Bay Colony
a)
Settlement of Puritans in the New World
b)
people of pure Spanish or Portuguese descent born in the Americas
c)
Spaniards born in Spain
d)
English people who settled the Massachusetts Bay Colony in order to establish a society based on biblical principles
21.
United States of America
a)
Crops that could be sold for cash or supplies
b)
A person with Indian and Spanish parents
c)
Nation that developed from the original thirteen colonies
d)
French explorer sent by the king to find riches and a water route to China; discovered the St. Lawrence River
22.
War for Independence
a)
Line drawn on the map by the pope that was supposed to determine where Spain and Portugal could claim land
b)
people of pure Spanish or Portuguese descent born in the Americas
c)
Delivered the colonists in North America from English rule
d)
A final agreement by Spain and Portugal that moved the Line of Demarcation
23.
Constitution
a)
English people who settled the Massachusetts Bay Colony in order to establish a society based on biblical principles
b)
The working document outlining the pattern of U.S. government
c)
French explorer sent by the king to find riches and a water route to China; discovered the St. Lawrence River
d)
A final agreement by Spain and Portugal that moved the Line of Demarcation
24.
Plymouth, MA
a)
An English colony in North America
b)
French explorer sent by the king to find riches and a water route to China; discovered the St. Lawrence River
c)
The working document outlining the pattern of U.S. government
d)
colony settled by Pilgrims
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