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HS 5th Grade Chapter 2: Explorers

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Match the following

a)

a group of traders who buy and sell goods

1.

caravans

b)

a tool used to to help sailors know which direction they were traveling

2.

compass

c)

a tool that help sailors know where they were on the ocean

3.

quadrant

2.

Why could the Arabs explored?​ (a)   ​ (b)   (c)  

Choose from the below words
had boats
could produce charts
could navigate by the stars
invented the compass
they had a lot of money
3.

Why did the Arabs choose not to explore?

a)

they were tired of sailing

b)

they didn't have the right tools

c)

they were already successful in trading

d)

we don't know

4.

Match the following

a)

These people wanted to change the Church of England

1.

Puritans

b)

These people started their own churches

2.

Separatists

c)

People who worked to pay for their journey to North America

3.

indentured servants

5.

This person realized that American Indians were humans with souls.

a)

the priests

b)

the pope

c)

John Winthrop

d)

Christopher Columbus

6.

The Chinese could have explored by didn't. Why could they have explored?​ ​ ​ ​ ​

a)
they invented the compass
b)
they had large large and sturdy ships
c)
they had precise charts and instruments
d)
they made detailed maps
e)
they could navigate by the stars
7.

Match the following.

a)

Who was the first person to sail from Europe to India?

1.

Vasco da Gama

b)

An American Indian who taught the Plymouth colonists how to grow food.

2.

Squanto

c)

Who made the colonists work at Jamestown?

3.

John Smith

d)

Who wanted their community to be a "model of Christian love"?

4.

John Winthrop

e)

Who explored the coast of Africa?

5.

Bartolomeu Dias

8.

Who arrived in the Americas in 1492?

a)

Peter Stuyvesant

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

John Winthrop

d)

Powhatan

9.

Who was the governor of New Netherland?

a)

John Smith

b)

Peter Stuyvesant

c)

Christopher Columbus

d)

John Winthrop

10.

Who wrote a book about the treatment of American Indians?

a)

Bartolomeu Dias

b)

Powhatan

c)

Bartolome de Las Casas

d)

Squanto

11.

Why did the English want to establish new colonies in America? ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

a)
land was scarce
b)
it was hard to find work
c)
they wanted a better life
d)
population was growing
e)
thrown into prison for not paying their debts
12.

Which colony struggled because the colonists would not work?

a)

Jamestown

b)

Massachusetts Bay

c)

Plymouth

d)

New England

13.

In which colony did Squanto teach the Pilgrims how to grow food?

a)

Jamestown

b)

Massachusetts Bay

c)

Plymouth

d)

New England

14.

The Mayas could have explored but chose not to. Why did they choose not to explore?​ ​

a)
they focused on building a civilization
b)
they didn't have sturdy boats
c)
they didn't have knowledge of the stars
d)

we don't know