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Unit 1: Colonial America

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the name of the land bridge that allowed people to walk to the Americas?

a)

Beringia

b)

Icelandic Glacier

c)

Golden Gate

d)

Neolithic

2.

Why did the first Americans move to North America?

a)

Running from enemies

b)

Following animals

c)

Looking for better farmland

d)

Seeking adventure

3.

What allowed Native Americans to stay in one place?

a)

Hunting

b)

Trading

c)

Warm weather

d)

Farming

4.

What cultural region is Nebraska located in?

a)

Artic

b)

Great Plains

c)

Southwest

d)

Mideast

5.

Which explorer inspired Europeans to travel to Asia for luxurious goods?

a)

Hernan Cortes

b)

Vasco De Gama

c)

Christopher Columbus

d)

Marco Polo

6.

Which direction did Columbus sail?

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

7.

What is one impact of the trade between the Old and New World?

a)

Diseases were spread to the Native Americans

b)

Native American population increased

c)

Native Americans got rich

d)

Europeans learned how to domesticate horses

8.

Who conquered the Inca Empire?

a)

Ferdinand Magellan

b)

Hernan Cortes

c)

Christopher Columbus

d)

Francisco Pizarro

9.

Which group of people were known as "Separatists"?

a)

Puritans

b)

Catholics

c)

Pilgrims

d)

Quakers

10.

What was the first permanent English colony in America?

a)

Providence

b)

Jamestown

c)

Louisiana

d)

Maryland

11.

What cash crop saved Jamestown?

a)

Corn

b)

Tobacco

c)

Cotton

d)

Indigo

12.

What trading post did Samuel de Champlain found?

a)

Jamestown

b)

New Orleans

c)

Quebec

d)

Philadephia

13.

Which country originally settled in New York?

a)

Canada

b)

Netherlands

c)

England

d)

France

14.

French claimed territory in the Mississippi River basin and the middle of North America.

a)

Louisiana

b)

Florida

c)

Quebec

d)

Michigan

15.

Which explorer conquered the Aztecs?

a)

Francisco Coronado

b)

Francisco Pizarro

c)

Hernan Cortes

d)

Ponce de Leon

16.

Explorer who claimed Florida for Spain.

a)

Francisco Coronado

b)

Francisco Pizarro

c)

Hernan Cortes

d)

Ponce de Leon

17.

Explorer who claimed land for both the Dutch and the English.

a)

John Smith

b)

Vasco de Gama

c)

James Oglethorpe

d)

Henry Hudson

18.

Why did Roger Williams found Rhode Island?

a)

Wanted freedom of religion

b)

Wanted stricter religious laws

c)

Wanted to build a gold mine

d)

Was evicted from Massachusetts

19.

Who made the laws in most colonies?

a)

The King

b)

The Priest

c)

The Elected Assembly

d)

The President

20.

Pennsylvania was founded by which religious group?

a)

Catholics

b)

Lutherans

c)

Puritans

d)

Quakers

21.

Where did most people live during colonial times?

a)

Plantations

b)

Small Family Farms

c)

Big Cities

d)

Nomadically moved around

22.

What did African Kings trade in exchange for slaves?

a)

Sugar Cane

b)

Tobacco

c)

Guns

d)

Lumber

23.

What is the name of the slave trade from Africa to the colonies?

a)

The Middle Passage

b)

The Columbian Exchange

c)

The Catholic Path

d)

The Great Awakening

24.

Which colonial regions had slaves?

a)

New England

b)

Middle

c)

Southern

d)

All of the Above

25.

a system of rule where the power to govern belongs to the people

a)

Mayflower Compact

b)

colony

c)

democratic

d)

indentured servant

26.

a crop such as tobacco, sugar, and cotton, raised in large quantities and sold for profit

a)

Pilgrims

b)

cash crop

c)

slave trade

d)

conquistadors

27.

the first permanent English colony and settlement in America

a)

Roanake, VA

b)

Jamestown, VA

c)

New York, NY

d)

Boston, MA

28.

an agreement that Pilgrims wrote and signed describing how they would govern themselves in the Americas

a)

Mayflower Compact

b)

Magna Carta

c)

English Bill of Rights

d)

The Constitution

29.

person who worked for 3-7 years in order to pay for their passage to the American colonies

a)

pilgrims

b)

puritans

c)

slave

d)

indentured servant

30.

people who travel to a territory in order to make converts to their religion

a)

missionaries

b)

nomads

c)

democratic

d)

indentured servants

31.

a new settlement or territory established and governed by a country in another land

a)

country

b)

colony

c)

Jamestown, VA

d)

continent

32.

Spanish soldier-explorers, especially those who conquered the native peoples of Mexico and Peru

a)

conquistadors

b)

indentured servant

c)

Pilgrims

d)

missionaries

33.

group of early settlers who came to America to escape religious persecution

a)

49ers

b)

Conquistadors

c)

Pilgrims

d)

Missionaries