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Unit 1: Pre-Columbian America

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Large farms worked by slaves

a)

Plantation

b)

Columbian Exchange

c)

Haciendas

d)

Astrolabe

2.

Italian sailor, claimed new world for Spain

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

Juan Ponce de Leon

c)

Cabeza de Vaca

3.

Word for sailing around the world

a)

Circumnavigate

b)

Circumstance

c)

Ecomienda System

4.

Economic theory, colony funds mother country

a)

Ecomienda system

b)

Northwest Passage

c)

Mercantilism

5.

First Europeans to explore North America

a)

Mercantilism

b)

Plantations

c)

Vikings

6.

What were the 3 G's that explorers followed when deciding to explore the New World?

a)

Grit, Grand, Glory

b)

Gold, God, Glory

c)

Gaming, God, Glory

7.

Form of religion, protest the Catholic beliefs

a)

Catholicism

b)

Protestantism

c)

Baptist

d)

Judaism

8.

After the arrival of Europeans, many Native Americans died because of (a)  

9.

In 1492 Christopher Columbus sailed to the New World with the Nina, Pinta, and the (a)  

10.

Columbus called the people he encountered in the islands (a)  

11.

England, France, and the Netherlands hoped to discover a (a)  

12.

What items were passed between America to Europe and Africa during the Columbian Exhange?

a)

Squash, Corn, Turkey, Cacao Beans

b)

Horse, Citrus Fruits, Sugar Cane

c)

Slaves, Sugar Cane, horses

13.

What items were passed between Europe and Africa to America during the Columbian Exchange?

a)

Slave, Citrus fruits, Sugar Cane

b)

Money, gold, power

c)

Cacao beans, turkey, squash, corn

14.

Protestant Reformation was

a)

a new gov't

b)

a study of scientific

c)

a religious movement

15.

Huge fleet of warships, Navy

a)

Mission

b)

Spanish Armada

c)

Immunity

d)

Northwest Passage

16.

What resources interested the French the most in the New World?

a)

fish and fur

b)

gold and silver

c)

lumber and land

17.

What resources interested the English the most in the New World?

a)

fish and fur

b)

gold and silver

c)

lumber and land

18.

In 1492 Christopher Columbus sailed to the New World with the Nina, Pinta, and the

a)

Isabella

b)

Tordesillas

c)

Santa Maria

19.

The country leading the way to explore a route to Asia?

a)

Spain

b)

Portugal

c)

Ireland

20.

What resources interested the Spanish the most in the New World?

a)

fish and fur

b)

gold and silver

c)

lumber and land