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Exploration: Columbus Review

Total questions: 66

Worksheet time: 42mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Columbus came over in what year?

a)

1492

b)

1592

c)

1392

d)

1500

2.

Which is a primary source

a)

a movie

b)

a news anchor reporting

c)

a journal

d)

a text book

3.

Which is a primary source?

a)

a written letter

b)

a song about a tragedy

c)

Mr. Parker's TR book

d)

a friend of a friend of a friend telling you something

4.

Who were the first people on the Americas?

a)

The Natives

b)

The Spanish

c)

French

d)

Vikings

5.

All men are...?

a)

rude

b)

smart

c)

Geese

d)

rockin

6.

What is NOT a reason why the Spanish were able to easily defeat the Natives

a)

Diseases

b)

Low food supply

c)

Intimidated

d)

Hesitant

7.

A key to a map tells what?

a)

All of the map's dirty little secrets

b)

The name of a state/ country

c)

A compass telling the Cardinal Directions

d)

Where certain people travel and when the year they traveled

8.

If I am in Texas, what country is directly south of me?

a)

Canada

b)

Louisiana

c)

Mexico

d)

Spain

9.

The name of the priest we talked about was...

a)

The Pope

b)

Bartolome de las Casas

c)

St Peter

d)

Martin Luther

10.

Why did the Priest call for a ban on Natives being enslaved?

a)

Too many deaths

b)

Bad workers

c)

Cost too much

d)

They were rude

11.

An ally is....

a)

A Spanish soldier

b)

A person who spreads Christianity

c)

A plantation worker

d)

A friend in need

12.

The (best) lead singer for Van Halen is

a)

David Lee Roth

b)

Sammy Hager

c)

Bon Scott

d)

Dee Snider

13.

A missionary is somebody who

a)

Is a friend who helps when needed

b)

Somebody who spreads Christianity

c)

A soldier

d)

A farm worker

14.

Peninsulares are where in the social structure

a)

top

b)

Second from top

c)

second from bottom

d)

bottom

15.

Creoles were at what level in the social structure

a)

top

b)

second from top

c)

second from bottom

d)

bottom

16.

The social structure is usually represented with what shape?

a)

square

b)

rectangle

c)

triangle

d)

cirlce

17.

What was the original largest class in the social structure

a)

creoles

b)

mestizos

c)

natives

d)

peninsulares

18.

bias looks like...

a)

just the facts

b)

an interview of somebody at a car scene

c)

an article calling Mr. Parker the best teacher in the world

d)

an obituary

19.

Who was the first European to step foot in the Americas

a)

Columbus

b)

Natives

c)

Leif Erikson

d)

Lief Erikson

20.

What is Mr. Parker's favorite Disney Movie?

a)

Hercules

b)

A goofy movie

c)

A land before time

d)

Jungle book

21.

Are you ready for the test tomorrow?

a)

Yes

b)

No

22.

A plant grown for food (ex: corn or wheat)

a)

crops

b)

sediment

c)

deforestation

d)

consume

23.

High class of people below the king of queen

a)

magnificnt

b)

monarchy

c)

conquistador

d)

nobleman

24.

Available in large amounts

a)

depleted

b)

consume

c)

abundant

d)

insatiable demand

25.

small, solid pieces of material that come from rocks or living things

a)

sediment

b)

voluminous

c)

crops

d)

ruins

26.

Moving from place to place, wandering, transient

a)

monarchy

b)

migratory

c)

voluminous

d)

eager

27.

Decrease

a)

resources

b)

sediment

c)

decline

d)

deforestation

28.

Used up; empty

a)

insatiable demand

b)

magnificent

c)

consume

d)

depleted

29.

of great size, numerous

a)

voluminous

b)

resources

c)

eager

d)

ruins

30.

Materials found in the earth that people need and value

a)

increase

b)

resources

c)

lush

d)

migratory

31.

Marked by richness of growth, especially of vegetation.

a)

voluminous

b)

nobleman

c)

lush

d)

insatiable demand

32.

Farming

a)

lush

b)

abundant

c)

resources

d)

agriculture

33.

Make bigger or more

a)

increase

b)

sediment

c)

insatiable demand

d)

consume

34.

Destruction of forests

a)

decline

b)

deforestation

c)

crops

d)

agriculture

35.

Very beautiful and impressive

a)

migratory

b)

increase

c)

magnificent

d)

agriculture

36.

Absolutely necessary

a)

increase

b)

magnificent

c)

deforestation

d)

indispensible

37.

to use up

a)

consume

b)

increase

c)

denude

d)

lush

38.

So great or demanding as not to be satisfied

a)

depleted

b)

insatiable demand

c)

ruins

d)

migratory

39.

A government ruled by a king or queen

a)

conquistador

b)

sediment

c)

monarchy

d)

nobleman

40.

Looking forward to with great interest or desire

a)

eager

b)

abundant

c)

increase

d)

voluminous

41.

Spanish conqueror

a)

ruins

b)

nobleman

c)

resources

d)

conquistador

42.

What is left after a building, wall, etc., has fallen to pieces

a)

ruins

b)

conquistador

c)

monarchy

d)

agriculture

43.

What region did the Hopi, Acoma and Zuni of Arizona(AZ) and New Mexico(NM) live in?

a)

Southeast

b)

Northeast

c)

West

d)

Southwest

44.

Which region did the Iroquois and the Algonquin live in?

a)

Southeast

b)

Midwest

c)

Northeast

d)

West

45.

What region did the Inuit live?

a)

West

b)

Northeast

c)

Southeast

d)

Midwest

46.
What region did the Creek, Cherokee and Chickasaw of Florida and Georgia live in?
a)

West

b)

Southeast

c)

Northeast

d)

Midwest

47.

What region did the Native Americans of the Plains such as the Crow tribe of Montana(MT) live in?

a)

Northeast

b)

Southeast

c)

Midwest

d)

West

48.
Which of the following is not a river in NY?
a)

The St. Lawrence River

b)

Hudson River

c)

The Snake River

d)

The Mohawk River

49.
Which of the following is not a mountain range in NY?
a)
The Grand Tetons
b)

The Adirondack Mountains

c)

Catskills Mountains

d)

Alleghany Plateau

e)
Pluto
50.

The first inhabitants of North American came from this continent ...

a)

Africa

b)

Australia

c)

Europe

d)

Asia

51.

Columbus searched for many years for someone to give him money to sail to the west. Which leaders and country finally gave him money?

a)

His mom

b)

King Ferdinand and Queen Elizabeth of Italy

c)

Leif Erikson

d)

King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain

52.

What year did Columbus sail on his 1st voyage?

a)

1941

b)

1429

c)

1492

d)

1400's

53.

What ocean did Columbus cross?

a)

Indian

b)

Arctic

c)

Atlantic

d)

Southern

54.

Why do we refer to the American natives as Indians?

a)

Because that is their name in their language.

b)

Because Columbus thought he landed in India.

c)

Because Marco Polo named them.

55.

Which color shows where the USA is located?

a)

blue

b)

purple

c)

yellow

d)

Green

56.
The needle of a compass always points _________________________.
a)
at the equator
b)
North
c)
South
d)
What's a compass?
57.

A compass can help us find our _________.

a)

personality

b)

direction

c)

homework

d)

memory

58.

How many cardinal directions are on a compass?

a)

20

b)

8

c)

4

d)

9

59.

Exporting, importing and trading goods is an example of

a)

Location

b)

Movement

c)

Human-Environmental interactions

d)

Climate

60.

Building a dam on a river is an example of?

a)

Place

b)

Movement

c)

Location

d)

Human-Environmental Interactions

61.

Corazon’s family is originally from Mexico. Her family moved to British Columbia before she was born, then back to Mexico when she was three, and finally to Ontario when she seven. What theme is this an example of?

a)

Location

b)

Movement

c)

Human-Environmental Interactions

d)

Regions

62.

The equator splits the Earth into the

a)

Northern and Southern Hemispheres

b)

Western and Eastern Hemispheres

c)

Cold Hemispheres

d)

Warm Hemispheres

63.

Which population group was MOST affected by diseases such as smallpox and measles?

a)
African populations
b)
European settlers
c)
Indigenous or native populations
d)
Asian populations
64.

When we talk about the "New World", what does that mean?

a)

The Americas

b)

Asia

c)

Africa

d)

Europe

65.

From which European country was Christopher Columbus born?

a)
Italy
b)
France
c)
Portugal
d)
Spain
66.

What are the "Three Gs" that Columbus and other explorers were seeking?

a)
gold, glory, and God
b)
silver, fame, and faith.
c)
diamonds, honor, and religion.
d)
wealth, power, and spirituality.