WorksheetsReview Game - Early Settlements
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 27mins
What was the primary motive for Spanish exploration in the Americas?
Scientific research
Religious freedom
Gold and wealth
Agricultural expansion
The Native American people crossed the land bridge from which two continents?
Europe to Asia
Asia to North America
Africa to Asia
North America to South America
What is the proper name for people who hunted animals and gathered wild plants, fruits, and nuts to survive?
hunter-gatherers
cavemen
early humans
wanderers
This explorer's discovery led to the Spanish colonization of the Americas (New Spain) and sparking colonization of the New World.
Christopher Columbus
Vasco Da Gama
Ferdinand Magellan
Marco Polo
After contact with Europeans in the 1500s, millions of Native Americans died because of__________.
Why did the early explorers began to make voyages?
to search for gold
to spread religion
to find a water pathway to Asia
All of the above
What nation sponsored Columbus´s expedition in 1492?
Why did Columbus sail west from Europe?
to find gold
What was a benefit of exploring?
Definition: a Spanish community for the religious conversion and training of Native Americans
conservatory
conversion camp
church
Which colonies were associated with plantations and small farms?
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
Farming Colonies
New England Colonies
Which religion was a form of Christianity that was in opposition to the Catholic Church?
Catholicism
Judaism
Muslim
Protestantism
What was the name of the native group Columbus met when he reached land?
What do you call people who conquer lands and take what they want?
colonists
conquerers
Who was the Spanish priest who spoke out against the mistreatment of Indians in New Spain?
Many of the European countries wanted to spread what religion?
Islam
Judaism
Christianity
Buddhism
Which colonies were nicknamed "The Breadbasket Colonies?"
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
Which colonies were home to the most loyal members of the Anglican Church (Church of England)?
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
The Salem Witch Trials were based in which colonies?
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
South Carolina and Virginia were located in which colonies?
New England Colonies
Southern Colonies
Middle Colonies
Which European country was the first to establish a permanent settlement in the Americas?
France
Spain
England
Italy
What was the cash crop that saved Jamestown?
Wheat
Indigo
Tobacco
Rice
What is the quality of the soil found in the New England colonies?
Fertile soil
Good soil
Thin and rocky soil
Sandy soil
Which religious groups were present in the middle colonies?
Quakers, Huguenots, Jews, and Presbyterians
Catholics, Baptists, Methodists, and Lutherans
Hindus, Buddhists, Muslims, and Sikhs
Puritans, Anglicans, Mormons, and Amish
Which religious groups were present in the New England colonies?
Quakers, Huguenots, Jews, and Presbyterians
Catholics, Baptists, Methodists, and Lutherans
Hindus, Buddhists, Muslims, and Sikhs
Puritans and Pilgrims
What was a significant characteristic of the middle colonies' social structure?
Development of a middle class
Strict class divisions
Predominance of nobility
Lack of skilled artisans
The first successful colony was founded where in 1607?
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
Georgia
Which of the following is NOT a Southern Colony?
Maryland
Virginia
New York
Georgia
Which colony was founded in 1663 along with North Carolina?
Maryland
South Carolina
Georgia
Virginia
In the Southern Colonies, what was most important socially?
The military and your ranking within it
The family and land ownership
The church
The middle class
Why did the first people cross the land bridge to North America?
They were tired of the wars in their lands.
They were looking for warmer weather.
They just felt like trying something new.
They were following the mammoths.
What was the primary economic activity of New France?
Gold and Glory
Farming
Fur Trade
Missions
Which group of people used canoes, lived in towns, and had totem poles?
Iroquois Confederacy/Atlantic Coast Tribes
North West Tribes
Southwest (Pueblo) Tribes
Mississippian Tribes
Incan, Mayan, and Aztec Empires
Which group of people were mound builders and lived Midwestern United States all the way down to present-day New Orleans?
Iroquois Confederacy/Atlantic Coast Tribes
North West Tribes
Southwest (Pueblo) Tribes
Mississippian Tribes
Incan, Mayan, and Aztec Empires
Which group of people ate a variety of food (meat, fish, and crops) and lived in longhouses?
Iroquois Confederacy/Atlantic Coast Tribes
North West Tribes
Southwest (Pueblo) Tribes
Mississippian Tribes
Incan, Mayan, and Aztec Empires
Which group of people organized Irrigation and aqueducts to feed and water large cities throughout Mexico and Central America and believed in human sacrifices?
Iroquois Confederacy/Atlantic Coast Tribes
North West Tribes
Southwest (Pueblo) Tribes
Mississippian Tribes
Incan, Mayan, and Aztec Empires
Which group of people lived in modern day Arizona and New Mexico in cave dwellings to shelter them from the heat?
Iroquois Confederacy/Atlantic Coast Tribes
North West Tribes
Southwest (Pueblo) Tribes
Mississippian Tribes
Incan, Mayan, and Aztec Empires
What was the Encomienda System?
New France's idea of how to make money off Native Americans
New Spain's idea of taking everything of value with little regard to the Native Americans
The English colonies system of enslaving Native Americans
New Spain's plan to eliminate 90% of the Native American population
Which country was considered the "friendliest" to the Native Americans?
Spain
England
France
Definition: form of business organization in which many investors pool funds to raise large amounts of money for large projects
Mercantilism
Encomienda System
Joint Stock Company
Go Fund Me
"The Starving Time" is about the difficulties of what colony?
Roanoke
Salem
Plymouth
Jamestown
Who bartered with the Powhatan tribe and is considered a “Hero of Jamestown"?
John Rolfe
John Smith
Roger Williams
John Calvert
This person was the minister who founded Providence, Rhode Island and believed in the separation of church and state
John Rolfe
John Smith
Roger Williams
John Calvert
This explorer helped Jamestown create a profitable tobacco crop and married Pocohantas.
John Smith
Roger Williams
John Calvert
John Rolfe
The Pilgrims and Puritans were both Protestant groups that shared Calvinist beliefs, fleeing England to Massachusetts due to religious persecution. What is the difference between the two groups?
Pilgrims were separatists who rejected Catholicism and the Church of England while Puritans were non-separatists who only wanted to reform the Church of England.
Puritans were separatists who rejected Catholicism and the Church of England while Pilgrims were non-separatists who only wanted to reform the Church of England.
Definition: The written framework of government for the Pilgrims at Plymouth signed
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Mayflower Compact
Magna Carta
The Constitution
Definition: Considered the first constitution of the western world and was influential in the creation of others
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Mayflower Compact
Magna Carta
The Constitution
This individual is considered one of the first feminists and was convicted of heresy for questioning male authority in Rhode Island.
Anne Boleyn
Anne Frank
Anne Hutchinson
Anne Hathaway
This colony is a proprietary colony named after Charles I’s wife, Queen Henrietta Maria.
Virginia
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Maryland
This individual was from the Wampanoag tribe and served as an emissary and interpreter for the Pilgrims.
Sasquatch
Squanto
Pocohantas
Sacagawea
