WorksheetsExploration and Colonization
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 14mins
Martin Luther launched the Reformation movement by rejecting many teachings of the Catholic Church.
True
False
Whose ideas helped launch a movement called the Reformation?
John Cabot
Martin Luther
Christopher Columbus
Jacques Cartier
The relationship between the French and the Native Americans in New France was unfriendly and threatened the Native Americans way of life.
True
False
The Reformation can best be described as
a type of government.
the study of scientific ideas.
a religious movement.
an artistic rebirth.
Which country’s colonists maintained a profitable fur trade in North America?
Denmark
England
France
Spain
Who searched for a passage through the Americas under the sponsorship of the Dutch?
Christopher Columbus
Henry Hudson
John Cabot
Jacques Marquette
Explorers searched the coast of North America looking for the northwest passage to Asia.
True
False
The name of the German priest who nailed a list of complaints on the door of a local Catholic Church and who launched the Reformation.
Jesus Christ
The Pope
Martin Luther
Louis IX
The French established a royal colony that was named
New France.
Montreal.
Marquette.
New Amsterdam.
The Reformation Movement led to a new form of Christianity called _____________.
Catholicism
Lutheranism
Protestantism
Adventists
What is an armada?
A group of soldiers
A war fleet
A branch of the army
A group of priests
This explorer searched for a passage through North America but instead discovered what is now called the Hudson River.
Thomas Wadsworth
George Hamilton
Henry Hudson
Jacques Cousteau
Which best describes the Northwest Passage?
Passage through Panama
Major river in Canada
Waterway through South America
A route through North America the Europeans hoped existed
Native Americans helped the French fight against the British because
the French were more interested in fur trading instead of land.
the French had a weak military.
they disliked paying taxes to the British government.
they feared retaliation from the King.
Many Native Americans died from
starvation.
cold.
diseases.
heat.
What was an effect of mercantilism on the colonies in the 1600s?
It caused Christianity to spread quickly among the native peoples of the Americas.
It discouraged the private ownership of property in the Americas.
It led to fierce rivalry between European nations over territory in the Americas.
It forged an alliance between Spain and Portugal against the other colonial powers.
Which two forms of Christianity were rivals in the exploration of the Americas?
Protestantism and Judaism
Catholicism and Lutheranism
Lutheranism and Protestantism
Catholicism and Protestantism
In the 1500s and early 1600s, explorers from England, France, and the Netherlands hoped to find
a sea route between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
the “fountain of youth” mentioned in Native American legend.
the elusive “Silk Road” that linked Europe to China.
a way to reach Asia by sailing around Africa.
After Europeans began colonizing the Americas, chickens changed the diet of many Native American peoples. This is an effect of
mercantilism.
the Reformation.
the Columbian Exchange.
peninsulares.
How did the Crusades contribute to the Age of Exploration?
by proving to Europeans that the world was round
by stimulating European trade with Asia
by increasing the power of the Protestant churches
by forcing Protestants to flee Europe
Which of the following had the greatest impact on the increasing accuracy of maps during the Renaissance?
the consolidation of royal power
reports from traders and travelers
scientific advances in astronomy
the rediscovery of classical works
What is the most likely reason native peoples did not die in large numbers from diseases such as smallpox before Europeans arrived in the Americas?
Native peoples had a superior knowledge of medicine.
Native peoples typically sacrificed sick people to their gods.
Such diseases were unknown to native peoples.
Native diets were more nutritious than those of Europeans.
Why did the demand for enslaved workers from Africa increase in the European colonies in the Americas in the 1500s and later?
Too few Europeans came to settle in the colonies.
Mercantilist theory said that workers should not be paid.
Native Americans insisted on being paid for their work.
They were forced to labor in the mines and on plantations.
Why did the French have better relations with Native Americans than other European countries that established colonies in the Americas?
The French exported fewer goods to their home country than other nations did.
The French did not bring diseases from their home country as other nations did.
The French posed less of a threat to Native Americans than other nations did.
The French did not try to convert Native Americans to Christianity as other nations did.
Nations sought to (a) more goods than they imported.
Which European country was primarily interested in fur trading in North America?
Spain
France
England
Portugal
What was the main reason for the decline in Native American populations after European contact?
War with Europeans
Loss of land
Introduction of new diseases
Forced labor
Which explorer is credited with discovering the St. Lawrence River?
Giovanni de Verrazano
Jacques Cartier
Henry Hudson
Samuel de Champlain
