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Worksheets5th Social Studies Chapter 4: Building the First Colonies
Total questions: 74
Worksheet time: 42mins
By the 1500s, many European nations had sent explorers to explore
Africa
Asia
the Americas
Antarctica
As explorers claimed land in the Americas, they usually
moved on
stayed away
started building colonies
started hunting
The European countries were competing with each other to win _____ of as much of the Americas as possible
fame
bragging rights
control
fortune
Spain formed colonies to _______ its lands
settle
protect
put a flag on
look at
The capital of New Spain was
Spain
St Augustine
Santa Fe
Mexico City
New Spain included
California and Florida
islands in the Caribbean Sea and Panama
Panama and Mexico
islands in the Caribbean Sea and Florida
More colonists started coming to the Americas after
people found gold and silver
people found how easy it was to start a colony
people wrote books about the land
people wrote a newspaper ad
Portugal formed the colony of
Spain
Mexico City
New Netherlands
Brazil
Choose all that are true: Why did Spain and Portugal need so many workers?
to grow crops
to do their homework
to mine silver
to mine gold
They started forcing ______ they had conquered into slavery.
people from Europe
people from Spain
Native Americans
people from Asia
Choose all that are true: Why did so many Native Americas die in slavery?
from all the hard work
hunger
diseases (smallpox and measles)
from having an easy life
Choose all that are true: Who was Bartolome de Las Casas?
a governor of a colony
a landowner
he became a priest
he freed his enslaved workers
As more Native Americans died, how did the colonists find new workers?
found more Native Americans
purchased Africans who had been sold into slavery
hired workers
encouraged each other to work harder
Choose 2: What did the borderlands in New Spain include?
Canada
northern Mexico
southern U.S. from Florida to Canada
central U.S.
Choose all that are true: Who was Pedro Menendez de Aviles?
a Spanish explorer
he sailed with sailors and settlers from Spain
helped build the first permanent European settlement in the U.S.
he was a Dutch explorer
Spanish missionaries helped settle ____, the capital of the New Mexico Colony.
St. Augustine
Mexico City
Santa Fe
Guatamala City
Choose all that are true: Some Native Americans stayed on the missions because
they learned new ways of life
they were excited explorers were there
they learned new ways of working
they were forced to work on farms and ranches
Choose 2: Settlers who built haciendas often raised
cattle
pigs
sheep
goats
Choose 2: What did Native American tribes use horses for?
conquering land
war
hunting
as pets
Choose 2: England knew it could benefit from
lumber
raw materials
horses
sheep
Who did Queen Elizabeth choose to set up a colony in North America?
John White
Walter Raleigh
John Smith
John Rolfe
Where did Walter Raleigh send John White and 100 colonists to?
New Spain Colony
New Mexico Colony
Roanoke Island
Jamestown
Roanoke Island is known as
the Lost Colony
Jamestown
the First Colony
the Last Colony
A group of English merchants with the approval of King James I set up
the Last Colony
the Lost Colony
the Plymouth Colony
the Virginia Colony
The Virginia Company sailed three ships into
the Pacific Ocean
the Mississippi River
the Chesapeake Bay
the Missouri River
What was the first permanent colony of the Virginia Company?
Cape Cod
Jamestown
Roanoke Island
Plymouth
Choose all that are true: Why was Jamestown a poor choice for settlement?
swampy land
no food
good for farming but they didn't know how to farm
not good for farming
Why did no-one want to work in Jamestown?
they wanted to find gold and get rich
they wanted to be farmers
they wanted to be ranchers
the weather was too cold
When John Smith came to Jamestown, the new rule was
if you do not work, that is okay
if you do not work, you will not get paid
if you do not work, you can take a nap
if you do not work, you do not eat
Most of the Native Americans living in Virginia belonged to the
Iroquois
Powhatan Confederacy
House of Burgesses
Plymouth Colony
Who helped bring a short time of peace between the Powhatan and the colonists
Chief Powhatan
John Smith
John Rolfe
Pocahantas
John Rolfe helped Jamestown grow by introducing what cash crop?
corn
beans
tobacco
wheat
What is money left over after all costs have been paid?
supply
demand
legislature
profit
Choose all that are true: How did the Virginia company find more workers for all the tobacco?
they used indentured servants
they paid for people's travel in exchange for working without pay for awhile
more Africans were brought and enslaved
they paid them each $200
Why did colonists set up a legislature?
to see what a government was like
to make laws
they thought it sounded fun
to help control their workers
Virginia's legislature was known as
the House of Plymouth
the House of Burgesses
the House of Virginia
the House of Peace
Who were the only people who were allowed to vote in the House of Burgesses?
women
men who owned property
enslaved people
indentured servants
The Powhatan Wars led King James I to make
a royal colony
a proprietary colony
the House of Burgesses
a legislature
The New England region included...
Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania
Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine
Virginia, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine
King Henry VIII banned the ___ in England.
Lutheran Church
Baptist Church
Catholic Church
Methodist Church
People who wanted to follow their own religious beliefs and move to the Netherlands were known as
the Pohwatan
Puritans
Pilgrims
Dutch
Who agreed to pay for the Pilgrims' passage to North America?
the Plymouth Colony
the Virginia Colony
Queen Elizabeth I
King James
Choose 2: How did the Pilgrims repay the Virginia Company for passage to North America?
lumber
cattle
furs
gold
What was the name of the Pilgrim's ship they traveled on in 1620?
Nina
Santa Maria
Pinta
Mayflower
The Mayflower was headed for Virginia but after a storm, it landed at
Jamestown
Cape Cod
Santa Fe
St. Augustine
In order to keep the peace, all men on the Mayflower signed the
Mayflower Contract
Mayflower Compact
Mayflower Peace Agreement
Mayflower Laws
After a lot of looking, the settlers chose land for a settlement and named it
Virginia
Samoset
Cape Cod
Plymouth
Choose all that are true: Why was Plymouth a good choice for settlement?
it was near the Gulf of Mexico
it was on a harbor
it had good land for growing crops
it was swampy
Who was the Native American that welcomed the Plymouth settlers?
Samoset
Tisquantum
Squanto
Pocahontas
Samoset returned to Plymouth with ___ a member of the Wampanoag tribe.
Pocahontas
Squanto
Samoset Jr.
John Smith
Choose all that are true: Squanto showed the Plymouth settlers how to
plant corn, squash, and pumpkins
where to fish
how to use fur
how to use raw materials
Choose all that are true: The Native Americans traded furs for
food
metal goods
gold
cloth
Many of the new English colonists that were settling land were not friendly to
the leaders of the colony
the earlier English colonists
the Native Americans
the Plymouth colonists
Choose all that are true: France was busy claiming land in
the Southern U.S.
Canada
Northeastern U.S.
the Western U.S.
New France (the area along the St. Lawrence River) was established by
Louis Joliet
Sieur de la Salle
Jacques Cartier
Peter Minuit
Samuel de Champlain founded ___ along the St. Lawrence River.
New Sweden
Quebec
New Amsterdam
New Orleans
___ was the first French settlement in North America
New Sweden
New Amsterdam
Quebec
New Orleans
The aim of French Catholic missionaries arriving in New France was to
convert Native Americans to Catholic religion
teach the Native Americans their language
teach Native Americans how to fish
teach Native Americans about the fur trade
Choose 2 that are true: Why did French fur traders not build many long-lasting settlements?
they spent a lot of time trapping
they spent a lot of time taming animals
they spent a lot of time hunting
they spent a lot of time learning new languages
Which two settlements were the main settlements by the French in all of North America?
New Orleans
Quebec
Montreal
New Sweden
Choose all that are true: The Dutch began the New Netherland colony which was located along...
New Jersey
the Hudson River
New York
the Mississippi River
The Dutch set up a colony to profit from the
jewelry trade
metal trade
food trade
fur trade
Who was the governor of New Netherland?
Peter Minuit
Samuel de Champlain
Jacques Marquette
Louis Joliet
Choose all that are true: What were benefits of the New Amsterdam settlement?
built next to a harbor
close to the Hudson River flowing into the Pacific Ocean
a good place for trade
close to the Hudson River flowing into the Atlantic Ocean
The Swedish settlers founded the colony of New Sweden which included parts of
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware
New York, New Jersey, and Delaware
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Rhode Island
Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and Delaware
Choose 2: Who were allies?
The Huron and French
The Spanish and Huron
The Iroquois and the Dutch
The Spanish and French
The Mississippi meant
Father of Food
Father of Wind
Father of Waters
Father of Fur
Which two explorers set out to find the Mississippi?
Jacques Marquette and Pocahontas
Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet
Louis Joliet and King Louis XIV
Jacques Marquette and Jacques Cartier
Who was the French explorer who found the mouth of the Mississippi River and named the region Louisiana?
Jacques Marquette
Louis Joliet
Sieur de la Salle
Peter Minuit
Which two brothers reached the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico and found the mouth of the Mississippi River?
Pierre Le Moyne and Jacques Marquette
Jean-Baptiste and Louis Joliet
Peter Minuit and Louis Joliet
Pierre Le Moyne and Jean-Baptiste
Which region did the French King make a proprietary colony?
Jamestown
Plymouth
Virginia
Louisiana
Who is John Law?
a Scottish banker who became a fur trader
a Scottish banker who became Louisiana's owner
a Scottish banker who found the mouth of the Mississippi River
a Scottish banker who founded New Amsterdam
What is the capital of Louisiana?
New Orleans
Montreal
Quebec
Mexico City
True or False: By 1763, there were only 80,000 French colonists living in North America compared to more than 1,500,000 English colonists in North America
True
False
