WorksheetsEuropean Colonization
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 23mins
A nonexistent water route through North America to Asia
Northwest Passage
Middle Passage
Triangular Trade
Mutiny
A trade route with three legs linking North America, Africa, and the West Indies
Northwest Passage
Middle Passage
Triangular Trade
Mutiny
Sailing route from Africa to the America
Northwest Passage
Middle Passage
Triangular Trade
Mutiny
revolts, especially of soldiers or sailors against their officers
Northwest Passage
Middle Passage
Triangular Trade
Mutiny
English Protestants who rejected England's established church
Northwest Passage
Middle Passage
Triangular Trade
Pilgrims
lacking in quantity or quality
Northwest Passage
Middle Passage
Triangular Trade
Meager
What country was NOT part of the European Colonization of the Americas?
France
Germany
Spain
England
Where did Columbus think he had landed?
Asia
America
India
Brazil
Which of these was a goal of the first European explorers?
to establish trading posts
to find a water route to Asia
to exchange ideas with native peoples
to explore North and South America
Which explorer has a river and bay in New York named after him?
Drake
Columbus
Hudson
Champlain
What caused the Pilgrims to settle in New England?
They wanted to take part in the fur trade.
They wanted to escape poverty and starvation.
They wanted to practice their religion freely.
They wanted to convert Indians to Christianity.
Which of the following statements summarizes a result of the French and Indian War?
It gave France control over the Mississippi River.
It gave British colonists more freedom.
It marked the end of French power in North America.
It destroyed the American Indian alliances.
The first French colonists in North America were mostly interested in
taking part in the fur trade.
finding silver and gold.
gaining religious freedom.
building farms and plantations.
Study the image:
What generalization about the experiences of American Indians on Spanish missions does this image best support?
American Indians were forced to endure long hours of hard manual labor.
American Indians were treated cruelly by the Spanish missionaries
American Indians often died from diseases that had been brought from Europe.
American Indians were expected to convert to Christianity.
