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WorksheetsThe New World
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
True or False: African Kingdoms would regularly trade captives of war as slaves for goods.
True
False
A Spanish explorer who came to the Americas in the 1500s and claimed large areas of land for Spain is called a
conquistador
colony
pilgrim
pioneer
How did Native Americans get to North America?
They traveled on boats.
They followed prey across the land bridge.
They came from Africa.
They swam across the Pacific Ocean.
The two continents connected in the Land Bridge Theory were _____.
North America and Asia
South America and Europe
South Carolina and North Carolina
Africa and Australia
Native Americans in which region lived in adobe homes made of clay and wood?
Plains
Eastern Woodlands
Southwestern
Great Basin
The Great Plains Native Americans lived in _______________________.
longhouses
pueblos
teepees
adobe homes
Which two Native American groups lived in the forest and were able to use a lot of wood?
Southwest, Great Basin
Pacific Northwest, Eastern Woodlands
Plains, Eastern Woodlands
Pacific Northwest, Great Basin
This Native American group created totem poles to describe their families, history, and beliefs.
Pacific Northwest
Eastern Woodlands
Southwest
Great Basin
This Native American group lived in the region east of the northwest coast in today’s Nevada, Idaho, and Utah.
Eastern Woodlands
Plains
Great Basin
Southwest
Which statement best describes the diet of the Pacific Northwest Native Americans?
The Pacific Northwest planted and grew everything they ate.
The Pacific Northwest followed buffalo.
The Pacific Northwest mainly hunted deer.
The Pacific Northwest fished for whales and fish.
Improvements in navigation such as the astrolabe, the compass, and building faster ships were a(n)_______________ factor in the Age of Exploration.
Economic
Political
Technological
Emotional
The land masses of North America, Central America, and South America
Canada
Great Britian
East Indies
The Americas
A sickness that can pass quickly from one person to another as germs are spread by touch or through the air
colony
settler
contagious disease
explorer
How is a colony different form other places in which people settle?
It is ruled by another country.
It was started many years ago.
It is designed to be temporary.
It has a very simple way of life.
What was the name and year the first permanent British settlement was founded in the New World?
Jamestown 1492
Plymouth 1607
Jamestown 1607
Boston 1673
The Aztecs and Incas were polytheistic and the Mayans were monotheistic.
True
False
The Spanish were able to take over the Aztecs and Incas because they were smarter than them.
True
False
The Incas used what method to farm?
terraces for irrigation
slash and burn
