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Native American History Quiz

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is credited with sailing to the Americas in 1492?

a)

Leif Ericson

b)

Jacques Cartier

c)

Christopher Columbus

d)

Ponce de Leon

2.

What term was used by the Norse to refer to Native Americans?

a)

Native Americans

b)

Indians

c)

Skrellings

d)

Amerinds

3.

Which Native American civilization was located in Peru?

a)

Aztecs

b)

Incas

c)

Mayas

d)

Cherokee

4.

What was the language used by the tribes clustered around the Great Lakes?

a)

Gulf languages

b)

Iroquois

c)

Algonquian

d)

Siouan

5.

What was the major division within the tribe, often represented by an animal?

a)

Clan

b)

Federation

c)

Tribe

d)

Settlement

6.

Which European explorer established the first French settlement in Canada?

a)

Ponce de Leon

b)

John Cabot

c)

Samuel de Champlain

d)

Jacques Cartier

7.

Who was given permission to establish a colony in North America by Queen Elizabeth I?

a)

Sir Humphrey Gilbert

b)

Sir Thomas More

c)

Richard Hakluyt

d)

Sir Walter Raleigh

8.

What was the name of the first English colony established in North America?

a)

Quebec

b)

Roanoke Island

c)

St. Augustine

d)

Jamestown

9.

Who was the ruler of the local tribes in the Powhatan Confederacy?

a)

Pocahontas

b)

Opechancanough

c)

John Rolfe

d)

Chief Powhatan

10.

In which year did the passing Dutch ship sell 20 African slaves to the Virginia settlers?

a)

1622

b)

1608

c)

1610

d)

1619

11.

Who carefully plotted his revenge on the English colonists and led an attack on Jamestown in 1622?

a)

Chief Powhatan

b)

John Rolfe

c)

Pocahontas

d)

Opechancanough

12.

In which year did James I make Virginia a royal colony?

a)

1624

b)

1610

c)

1608

d)

1612

13.

What was the name of the settlement established upstream at Henrico (Richmond) by Lord De La Warr?

a)

Quebec

b)

Jamestown

c)

St. Augustine

d)

Roanoke Island