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The New World

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

True or False: African Kingdoms would regularly trade captives of war as slaves for goods.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

A Spanish explorer who came to the Americas in the 1500s and claimed large areas of land for Spain is called a

a)

conquistador

b)

colony

c)

pilgrim

d)

pioneer

3.

How did Native Americans get to North America?

a)

They traveled on boats.

b)

They followed prey across the land bridge.

c)

They came from Africa.

d)

They swam across the Pacific Ocean.

4.

The two continents connected in the Land Bridge Theory were _____.

a)

North America and Asia

b)

South America and Europe

c)

South Carolina and North Carolina

d)

Africa and Australia

5.

Native Americans in which region lived in adobe homes made of clay and wood?

a)

Plains

b)

Eastern Woodlands

c)

Southwestern

d)

Great Basin

6.

The Great Plains Native Americans lived in _______________________.

a)

longhouses

b)

pueblos

c)

teepees

d)

adobe homes

7.

Which two Native American groups lived in the forest and were able to use a lot of wood?

a)

Southwest, Great Basin

b)

Pacific Northwest, Eastern Woodlands

c)

Plains, Eastern Woodlands

d)

Pacific Northwest, Great Basin

8.

This Native American group created totem poles to describe their families, history, and beliefs.

a)

Pacific Northwest

b)

Eastern Woodlands

c)

Southwest

d)

Great Basin

9.

This Native American group lived in the region east of the northwest coast in today’s Nevada, Idaho, and Utah.

a)

Eastern Woodlands

b)

Plains

c)

Great Basin

d)

Southwest

10.

Which statement best describes the diet of the Pacific Northwest Native Americans?

a)

The Pacific Northwest planted and grew everything they ate.

b)

The Pacific Northwest followed buffalo.

c)

The Pacific Northwest mainly hunted deer.

d)

The Pacific Northwest fished for whales and fish.

11.

Improvements in navigation such as the astrolabe, the compass, and building faster ships were a(n)_______________ factor in the Age of Exploration.

a)

Economic

b)

Political

c)

Technological

d)

Emotional

12.

The land masses of North America, Central America, and South America

a)

Canada

b)

Great Britian

c)

East Indies

d)

The Americas

13.

A sickness that can pass quickly from one person to another as germs are spread by touch or through the air

a)

colony

b)

settler

c)

contagious disease

d)

explorer

14.

How is a colony different form other places in which people settle?

a)

It is ruled by another country.

b)

It was started many years ago.

c)

It is designed to be temporary.

d)

It has a very simple way of life.

15.
A settlement that is far away from the country that rules it is a _______?
a)
colony
b)
island
c)
peninsula
d)
country
16.

What was the name and year the first permanent British settlement was founded in the New World?

a)

Jamestown 1492

b)

Plymouth 1607

c)

Jamestown 1607

d)

Boston 1673

17.

The Aztecs and Incas were polytheistic and the Mayans were monotheistic.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

The Spanish were able to take over the Aztecs and Incas because they were smarter than them.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

The Incas used what method to farm?

a)

terraces for irrigation

b)

slash and burn