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Chapter 3 Lesson 4

Total questions: 9

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
________________________ was a French explorer who explored the Mississippi River Valley. He named it Louisiana after the French king, Louis XIV.
a)
Samuel de Champlain
b)
Robert de La Salle
c)
Henry Hudson
d)
Jacques Cartier
2.
________________________ was an Englishmen who explored for the Dutch East India Company.
a)
Samuel de Champlain
b)
Robert de La Salle
c)
Henry Hudson
d)
Jacques Cartier
3.
Which statement is an opinion?
a)
The French did not deserve to keep control of their territories.
b)
France tried several systems of government in New France.
c)
The English colonies had the largest population of settlers.
d)
The Dutch captured New Sweden’s colony in 1655.
4.
How did the colonial communities created by the French and Dutch differ?
a)
French settlements were spread farther apart.
b)
The French built farms, forts, and trading posts.
c)
The Dutch brought families to settle their colony.
d)
The Dutch awarded monopolies for the fur trade.
5.

Which of these people was a ruler of a European colonial power?

a)

Louis XIV

b)

Henry Hudson

c)

Robert La Salle

d)

Samuel de Champlain

6.

How did the French and Dutch compare in their relationships with American Indians in North America?

a)

Both the French and the Dutch fought the American Indian groups they met.

b)

The French fought some groups, while some Dutch settlers married Indian women.

c)

The French traded with American Indian groups, while the Dutch sent soldiers to fight these groups.

d)

Both the French and the Dutch traded with American Indian groups, but the Dutch fought with them as well.

7.

Which statement best compares the colonial communities created by the French and the Dutch in North America?

a)

The Dutch formed settlements like Fort Christina and Quebec, while the French created a colony called New Amsterdam.

b)

The Dutch built trading posts and forts to protect themselves, while the French built farms on open lands and made peace by trading crops.

c)

The French formed smaller communities that were scattered over a wider area, while the Dutch built a larger community in a smaller area.

d)

The French created communities that governed themselves, while the Dutch created royal provinces that were ruled by European monarchies.

8.

Read this passage. Then answer the question.

“Instead of finding that this country is populated as it ought to be after so long an occupation thereof by our subjects, we have learned with regret not only that the number of its inhabitants is very limited, but that even these are daily exposed to the danger of being wiped out by the Iroquois.”

—Louis XIV, 1663

This quotation best supports which statement about the ways Europeans competed in North America?

a)

European nations fought wars to decide which of them could build colonies in an area.

b)

European nations could better protect their interests in an area if they had more settlers there.

c)

European nations divided up colonial territories according to which nation had been there the longest.

d)

European nations had to fight and defeat any American Indians before they could compete with other Europeans.

9.

Which statement makes the most convincing argument about the colonization efforts of the French, Dutch, and English in North America?

a)

The French were most successful because their colonies covered the most territory.

b)

The Dutch were most successful because their colony made the most money per person of all the colonies.

c)

The English were most successful because their colonies supported large populations and productive economies.

d)

The English, French, and Dutch were equally successful because they each held territory and established colonies.