WorksheetsUS.4 Unit Test
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
Which European country made voyages of discovery to West Africa?
France
England
Portugal
Spain
Which of the following was NOT an obstacle to European exploration?
Disease and starvation
Fear of the unknown
Poorly built ships
Poor maps and navigational tools
With whom did the Europeans conduct trade in the New World?
Africans
Other Europeans
Canadians
American Indians
What were three motivating forces for European exploration of North America?
Gold and natural resources
Shut down trading posts
Competition for empire
Spread Christianity
Which European country conquered and enslaved American Indians in North and South America?
Spain
Portugal
England
France
How did the American Indians help the English with their settlements?
Taught them new farming techniques
Gave them salt for preserving their meats
Showed them how to hunt with spears and bows
Taught them building techniques for log homes
What European explorer established the settlement of Québec?
Francisco Coronado
Robert La Salle
Samuel de Champlain
John Cabot
Ghana, Mali, and Songhai become powerful by selling Africans to Portuguese slave traders
True
False
Which of the following was NOT an accomplishment of early European exploration?
Exchange of goods and ideas
Improved navigational tools and ships
Claiming of new territories
Introduction of new European diseases
What is the belief in cultural superiority?
Believing your own culture is better than any other culture
Belief in all cultures being equal to one another
Feeling that your own culture is not as important as another
Believing there is one world culture
American Indians believed that land was to be—
owned by individuals
shared or used but not owned
conquered and ruled
only owned by the American Indians
John Cabot was an early European explorer from –
Portugal
France
Spain
England
What region of North America was claimed by the explorer Robert La Salle?
Québec
Mississippi River Valley
Eastern Canada
Southwest North America
What European goods were often traded to the West African empires for gold?
Manufactured goods
Metal objects
Crop seeds
Cloth
Ghana, Mali, and Songhai dominated West Africa in sequence from –
300 to 1600 A.D. (C.E.)
1600 to 1800 A.D. (C.E.)
1900 to 2000 A.D. (C.E.)
0 to 300 A.D. (C.E.)
Where did the English establish settlements?
On French-claimed lands
Throughout the Spanish conquests
On American Indian lands
n Canadian-controlled areas
Which country first introduced European diseases to American Indians?
France
Spain
Portugal
England
Where were Ghana, Mali, and Songhai located?
East of the Sahara Desert, near the Nile River
North of the Kalahari Desert
South of the Sahara Desert, near the Niger River
Southern Africa, near the Galapagos Islands
Which early European was sponsored to explore and claim land in the Americas for Spain?
Francisco Coronado
Ferdinand Magellan
Robert La Salle
Christopher Columbus
What was an obstacle to European exploration in the New World?
Native American trade routes
New farming techniques
Lack of adequate supplies
Supplies of natural resources
Why did European countries send explorers to North America?
To extend their power and claim land
To prove mythical locations were real
To learn new languages and cultures
To increase the slave trade in Europe
