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History Midterm; Explorers, Ch.1, Ch. 2 Quiz.🤘

Total questions: 62

Worksheet time: 39mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Explorer that brought back a giraffe to China...

a)

Da Vaca

b)

Zheng He

c)

Champlain

d)

Cortes

2.

In 1532 (a)   and his men travelled 21 months and twenty-five hundred miles to reach Mexico, after being enslaved.

3.

Coronado searched for this....

a)

5 cities of gold

b)

seven cities of gold

c)

3 cities of people

d)

seven cities of silver

4.

These two explorers ____and____searched for the Northwest Passage.

a)

De Vaca and Hudson

b)

Cartier and Cortes

c)

Cortes and Champlain

d)

Hudson and Cabot

5.

This explorer found the city of Quebec

(a)  

6.

This explorer was particularly brutal to the Taino Indians

a)

Columbus

b)

Cortes

c)

Hudson

d)

Vespucci

7.

The motto for the spanish

a)

Gravy, Gold, Groove

b)

God, Grass, Glory

c)

Grooms, bride, God.

d)

Gold, God, Glory

8.

In 1565,__________was constructed off the coast of Florida by the Spanish

a)

St. Augustine

b)

Iceland

c)

Castillo de San Marcos

d)

Pensacola

9.

Erik the Red explored what place for the vikings

a)

Iceland

b)

Grassland

c)

Greenland

d)

Redland

10.

This explorer travelled into North America and discovered the Mississippi River

(a)  

11.

Henry Hudson was given credit for discovering what bay in 1610

a)

Henry Bay

b)

Hunter Bay

c)

Hudson Bay

d)

Harrison Bay

12.

Hernando Cortes encounter the Aztecs around 1519 and their ruler_____in Mexico

a)

Cuzco

b)

Montezuma

c)

Atahaualpa

d)

Zheng He

13.

Vasco da Gama sailed in 1497 around the tip of this continent

a)

Canada

b)

Africa

c)

Australia

d)

South America

14.

Christopher Columbus was an explorer for which country:_______

a)

Italy

b)

Portugal

c)

Spain

d)

Canada

15.

Ferdinand Magellan's crew was the first to____ the globe which means "to go around"

a)

Circumvent

b)

curricular

c)

circumnavigate

d)

radial navigation

16.

Henry Hudson, and Englishman, sailed for which country in 1610:______

a)

England

b)

France

c)

Iceland

d)

Dutch

17.

America is named for this famous explorer

a)

John Cabot

b)

Amerigo Vespucci

c)

Amerigo Vespasian

d)

Emerius Merlin

18.

Vasco Da Gama brought back salt to Portugal that was highly sought after item.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Chinese ships under Zheng He were known as swimming dragons

a)

True

b)

False

20.

Henry Hudson in 1497 sailed for England to find the Northeast Passage

a)

True

b)

False

21.

The St. Lawrence Bay was discovered by John Cabot

a)

True

b)

False

22.

Leif Erikson named his discovery in the new world Finland

a)

True

b)

False

23.

_____the belief that all objects have should

a)

Animism

b)

Taoism

c)

Legalism

d)

Deism

24.

(a)   carved from wood, depicting legends and events.

25.

______ the trip transporting slaves from Africa to the Americas

a)

Northwest Passge

b)

Northeast Passage

c)

Middle Passage

d)

South Passage

26.

The Spanish word for conqueror

a)

Conqor

b)

conquer

c)

corndogs

d)

conquistador

27.

(a)   paid sailors used to commandeer Spanish ships and take their items.

28.

_____ when people were constantly on the move searching for food

a)

Movers

b)

U-Haul

c)

nomadics

d)

Maize

29.

Sea explorers who settled on Greenland and tried to set up a colony in Canada.

a)

Olmecs

b)

Vikings

c)

Spanish

d)

English

30.

She was frozen to death as a sacrifice to the gods:

a)

Otzi

b)

Cleo

c)

Ice Maiden

d)

Darby

31.

Eventually conquered by Cortes, this tribe's capital was Tenochtitlan

a)

Aztecs

b)

Mayans

c)

Olmecs

d)

Inca

32.

Leader to Roanoke, but was forced to return for supplies and could not return to Roanoke for 3 years:

a)

John Smith

b)

John Green

c)

John White

d)

Sir. Walter Raleigh

33.

The fort established in Florida's east coast to protect Spanish galleons:

a)

St. John

b)

St. Augustine

c)

Roanoke

d)

Plymouth

34.

Sir Francis Drake was considered a Sea Dog that sailed for England during the Age of Exploration.

a)

True

b)

False

35.

During the Age of Exploration; the top three countries in contest for places in the new world were France, Germany, and England.

a)

True

b)

False

36.

The Spanish Armada was fought between Spain and England.

a)

True

b)

False

37.

"la felicissima armada" was coined by King Phillip II, what does it mean?

a)

The most fortunate fleet

b)

Unfortunate fleet

c)

The most unfortunate fleet

d)

The Fleet Armada

38.

_________was the man that financed the colony to Roanoke

a)

Sir. Walter Raleigh

b)

Sir. Francis Drake

c)

Sir. Martin Luther

d)

Sir. Paul Fisher

39.

The 7 reasons for colonisation by the English: Political freedom, personal riches, English domination, national wealth, religious freedom, adventure, and (a)   .

40.

One reason King Phillip II attacked England and Elizabeth I.

(a)  

41.

First child born in the English colonies:_____

a)

Virgina Dare

b)

Virginnna Dare

c)

Virginia Dare

d)

Viryinia Dare

42.

_______nailed 95 these two the door of the Wittenberg Cathedral.

a)

Martin Luther

b)

John White

c)

Mortin Luther

d)

John Smith

43.

After the 95 these what two parts did the church split into?

a)

Protestant and Baptist

b)

Baptist and Catholic

c)

Baptist and Deism

d)

Protestant and Catholic

44.

What were the sheets of paper called that you can "buy your way into heaven".

(a)  

45.

This word was carved on the palisade and discovered by John White after his return to Roanoke:

(a)  

46.

The oldest city in the continental United States is:

a)

ST. Augustine

b)

Pensacola

c)

Tennessee

d)

Mississippi

47.

The word reformation means:

(a)  

48.

🧭

a)

compass

b)

quadrant

c)

traverse board

d)

astrolobe

49.

What was the primary goal of the Age of Exploration?

a)

Routes to India

b)

Finding the Northeast Passage

c)

Middle Passage

d)

To find food.

50.

In what direction did mariners have an issue trying to determine and as a result, stayed closer to land.

a)

Latitude

b)

Longittude

c)

Prime Meridian

d)

Equator

51.

How does coquina shells help defend the Castillo de San Marcos?

a)

It broke.

b)

It acts like a barrier

c)

It held it's shape

d)

It doesn't

52.

Economic system that measured wealth by how much gold and silver a nation possessed

a)

Joint-Stock

b)

Mercantilism

c)

Proprietary

d)

Merchantism

53.

A group of Separatists that established Plymouth colony

a)

Puritans

b)

Plymouthians

c)

Pilgrims

d)

Lutheranists

54.

Members of the Anglican Church who hoped to purify it of Roman Catholic practices and ceremonies.

a)

Puritans

b)

Separatists

c)

Quakers

d)

Pilgrims

55.

The pilgrims sailed on the (a)  

56.

Pooling money to pay for supplies, crew, and ship.

a)

Royal Colonies

b)

Proprietary

c)

Self governing

d)

Joint-Stock

57.

Anne Hutchinson was the first to start the colony of Providence

a)

True

b)

False

58.

The colony was established by the Puritans in 1630:_____

a)

Mayflower

b)

Plymouth

c)

M.B.C.

d)

Jamestown

59.

An agreement by the Pilgrims was made to establish the first self-government in the New World.

a)

Royal Charter

b)

Sale for Indulgences

c)

Plymouth Compact

d)

Mayflower Compact

60.

This was known as the Church of England:______

a)

Protestant Church

b)

Anglo Church

c)

Anglican Church

d)

Puritan Church

61.

The inhabitants of Jamestown disappeared in 1588

a)

True

b)

False

62.

Of the New England colonies, which were founded under the principle of religious freedom? SELECT ALL.

a)

Massachusetts

b)

New Hampshire

c)

Rhode Island

d)

Connecticut