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WorksheetsAmerican History Drill Questions 1-28/Lessons 1-10 Review
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 17mins
The original inhabitants of America
Jerusalem
Europeans
Native Americans
Russians
The Viking credited as the first European to visit North America in 1000 AD
Erik the Red
Leif Erikson
Henry VIII
Christopher Columbus
What did Leif Erikson name the land he discovered?
Vinland
America
New Amsterdam
New England
Who was the King of Portugal that suggested it was possible to sail around Africa
King HenryVIII
King Phillip
King Ferdinand
Prince Henry the Navigator
Who financed Columbus' first voyage?
King Ferdinand
Queen Isabella
Queen Elizabeth
King Gerald
Who was the European credited with the discover of America?
Amerigo Vespucci
Christopher Columbus
Leif Erikson
John Smith
Who was the English sailor who discovered Cape Cod?
John Youth
John Smith
John White
John Cabbot
Who was the first European to reach India by sea?
Vasco da Gama
Amerigo Vespucci
Sir Francis Drake
Sir Walter Raleigh
Who was the explorer after whom our country was named after?
Christopher Columbus
Amerigo Vespucci
Jacques Cartier
Sir Francis Drake
Who was the leader of the first expedition to circle the globe?
Ferdinand Magellan
Sir Francis Drake
Jacques Cartier
Sir Walter Raleigh
Who was the French sailor who discovered the St. Lawrence River?
John Cabot
Vasco da Gama
John Smith
Jacques Cartier
What is the oldest city in the mainland of the United States?
St. Augustine, Florida
Jamestown, Virginia
The Roanoke Colony
Vinland
Who was the first English sailor to circle the globe?
Vasco da Gama
John Smith
Sir Francis Drake
John Cabot
What was the first colony in America, which disappeared?
Roanoke
Jamestown
Boston
Manhattan
Who established the Roanoke colony?
John Smith
Sir Francis Drake
William Penn
Sir Walter Raleigh
What was the first lasting English Colony?
Jamestown, Virginia
St. Augustine, Florida
Roanoke Island
Boston, Massachusetts
Who was the head of Jamestown?
John Smith
Sir Walter Raleigh
Blackstone
Oliver Cromwell
What was the first form of representative government in America?
Puritans
Seperatists
House of Burgesses
Mayflower Compact
Who were the Englishmen who desired a plainer and purer religion?
Separatists
Puratins
Pilgrams
Indians
What were the Puritans who left the Anglican church called?
Puritans
Pilgrams
Separatists
Mayflower Compact
What were the Separatists who sailed to the new land called?
Pilgrams
Colonists
Puratins
Separatists
Who were the Native Americans that aided the Pilgrims?
Pocahontas
Samoset
Squanto
Sacagawea
What was the law that forbade the colonists from building boats and required all goods to be carried by English ships?
Navigation Act
The Treaty of Paris
House of Burgesses
Mayflower Compact
Who was the protector of England who established the Navigation Act?
Oliver Cromwell
James Wolfe
William Penn
Nathan Bacon
What was the land that was purchased Dutch man Minuit for about $24 worth of trinkets named?
Manhattan Island
New York
New Amsterdam
Boston
What was the land named that was granted to William Penn?
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan
What is the borderline called separating Pennsylvania and Maryland?
(a)
What was the short civil war in Virginia during which Jamestown was seized?
French and Indian War
Bacon's Rebellion
Seven Year's War
What was the war that occurred in America against France and England called?
Bacon's Rebellion
Seven Year's War
French and Indian War
What was the war between France and England that occurred in Europe called?
Bacon's Rebellion
Seven Year's War
French and Indian War
Who was the general who captured Quebec?
James Wolfe
John Cabot
John Smith
Jacques Cartier
What was the document that signified the end of the French and Indian War?
Mayflower Compact
Navigation Act
The Treaty of Paris
Seven Year's War
