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Module 1 Review

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which colony had settlers who were later known as "Pilgrims"?
a)
Roanoke
b)
Jamestown
c)
Plymouth
2.

Which colony became destroyed, and the reason why is still a mystery today?

a)

Washington D.C.

b)

Plymouth

c)

Roanoke

d)

Jamestown

3.

The Dutch hired this man to find them the Northwest Passage:

a)

John Smith

b)

Henry Hudson

c)

George Washington

d)

Henry Hannemann

4.

The male Pilgrims agreed to sign this important governing document:

a)

Pilgrim Promise

b)

Mayflower Treaty

c)

Declaration of Independence

d)

Mayflower Compact

5.
Which country was NOT eagerly sending explorers to claim American lands?
a)
Germany
b)
England
c)
Spain
d)
France
6.

What is one thing that Europe introduced to America?

a)

corn

b)

turkeys

c)

peppers

d)

cows

7.

Mr. G's favorite movies are:

a)

Harry Potter

b)

Avengers

c)

Lord of the Rings

d)

Star Wars

8.

What year was the first successful settlement in Jamestown?

a)

1602

b)

1604

c)

1607

d)

1615

9.

Who sponsored the first English Colonists?

a)

North Carolina Republic

b)

The Virginia Company

c)

The Georgia Senate

d)

The Northerns United

10.

These people are indigenous to, or from, North America:

a)

Spanish

b)

Pilgrims

c)

Native Americans

d)

Puritans

11.
There were three regions in the 13 original colonies. 
a)
East, West and North
b)
Top, middle and bottom
c)
New England, Middle and Southern
12.

Who settled Jamestown, Virginia in 1607?

a)

The Spanish

b)

The English

c)

The French

13.

Europe and the Americas were also known by these two names:

a)

Big and Small Worlds

b)

Near and Far Places

c)

Old and New Areas

d)

Old and New Worlds

14.

Mr. G graduated from this college

a)

Marquette

b)

MLC

c)

LPS

d)

Concordia

15.

What was the INITIAL reason that European explorers sailed to the Americas?

a)

to find new sea routes to Asia

b)

to form military alliances

c)

to spread Christianity to Africa

d)

to find new sources of cheap labor

16.

What was Christopher Columbus trying to find when he stumbled across North America?

a)

North America

b)

Asia

c)

Spain

d)

Russia

17.

Which colonies were the best for crop growing?

a)

All Three

b)

New England

c)

Southern

d)

Middle

18.

a sea passage between the Atlantic and Pacific along the north coast of North America

a)

Northwest Passage

b)

Mayflower Compact

c)

Columbian Exchange

d)

Proclamation of 1763

19.

French colonists ...

a)

converted American Indians to Catholicism

b)

profited from fur trading in the Great Lakes Region

c)

implemented the cottage industry

20.
What was responsible for the death of so many Native Americans?
a)
Advanced Weaponry
b)
Tribal Warfare
c)
Hernan Cortes
d)
Disease
21.

The Spanish conquered these two Native American empires:

a)

Aztecs and Incans

b)

Iroquois and Seminoles

c)

Mayan and Carib

d)

Navajo and Ojibwe

22.

Which colony had strict religious views?

a)

All Three

b)

New England

c)

Middle

d)

Southern

23.

What is the Columbian Exhange?

a)

Exchange of ideas between America and Europe

b)

Exchange of different plants, animals, diseases between the New and Old World.

c)

Exchange of disease between colonists and Native Americans.

d)

Exchange of money between the Wergild and Ordeal

24.

Mr. G is from this country

a)

USA

b)

S. Korea

c)

N. Korea

d)

China

25.
Which colony was settled by people wanting religious freedom?
a)
Roanoke
b)
Jamestown
c)
Plymouth
26.

This Puritan town was infected with a so-called plague of witchcraft:

a)

Plymouth

b)

Salem

c)

Shorewood

d)

Concord

27.

Two major conflicts erupted between the English and the Natives. One was King Philip's War, the other...

a)

War of Fire and Blood

b)

Ojibwe War

c)

Pequot War

d)

Penobscot Conflict

28.

What types of people migrated to Massachusetts?

a)

Catholics

b)

Puritans

c)

Romans

d)

Americans

29.

This treaty divided the world between Portugal and Spain:

a)

Treaty of Paris

b)

Treaty of Peace

c)

Treaty of Amarillo

d)

Treaty of Tordesillas

30.

This word loosely means "conquestors" and was given to Spanish soldier-explorers:

a)

Knights

b)

Conquistadors

c)

Incans

d)

Frontiersmen

31.

Mr. G played this sport in high school and college.

a)

Tennis

b)

Soccer

c)

Basketball

d)

Football

32.

The ___ wanted to reform the Anglican Church, while the ___ wanted to leave the church altogether.

a)

separatists / puritans

b)

British / Americans

c)

puritans / separatists

d)

Catholics / Protestants

33.

In what year did Christopher Columbus sail 3 ships for Asia?

a)

1942

b)

1492

c)

1249

d)

1429

34.

Christopher Columbus actually discovered an island off the coast of North America. He claimed this new land for ___________.

a)

Portugal

b)

Italy

c)

Spain

d)

England

35.

The name given to the period of time when Europeans set out in search of new trade routes to Asia:

a)

Middle Passage

b)

Age of Exploration

c)

Time of Travel

d)

Columbian Exchange

36.

In this type of government, the priests rule:

a)

Theocracy

b)

Democracy

c)

Republic

d)

Oligarchy

37.

This is the name for Jamestown's toughest winter, when they lost many of their colonists.

a)

Hard Winter

b)

Long Night

c)

Starving Time

d)

Dire Winter