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Review Game - Early Settlements

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the primary motive for Spanish exploration in the Americas?

a)

Scientific research

b)

Religious freedom

c)

Gold and wealth

d)

Agricultural expansion

2.

The Native American people crossed the land bridge from which two continents?

a)

Europe to Asia

b)

Asia to North America

c)

Africa to Asia

d)

North America to South America

3.

What is the proper name for people who hunted animals and gathered wild plants, fruits, and nuts to survive?

a)

hunter-gatherers

b)

cavemen

c)

early humans

d)

wanderers

4.

This explorer's discovery led to the Spanish colonization of the Americas (New Spain) and sparking colonization of the New World.

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

Vasco Da Gama

c)

Ferdinand Magellan

d)

Marco Polo

5.

After contact with Europeans in the 1500s, millions of Native Americans died because of__________.

a)
slavery and the terrible conditions on their sea journey to Europe
b)
new foods which made them sick
c)
religious persecution because of the Spanish Inquisition
d)
diseases which the Native Americans were not immune to
6.

Why did the early explorers began to make voyages?

a)

to search for gold

b)

to spread religion

c)

to find a water pathway to Asia

d)

All of the above

7.

What nation sponsored Columbus´s expedition in 1492?

a)
Spain
b)
France
c)
Italy
d)
England
8.

Why did Columbus sail west from Europe?

a)
to find his lost dog
b)
to find new lands
c)

to find gold

d)
to find a faster route to Asia
9.

What was a benefit of exploring?

a)
gold
b)
spread of religion
c)
new land and products
d)
all of the choices
10.

Definition: a Spanish community for the religious conversion and training of Native Americans

a)
mission
b)

conservatory

c)

conversion camp

d)

church

11.

Which colonies were associated with plantations and small farms?

a)

Middle Colonies

b)

Southern Colonies

c)

Farming Colonies

d)

New England Colonies

12.

Which religion was a form of Christianity that was in opposition to the Catholic Church?

a)

Catholicism

b)

Judaism

c)

Muslim

d)

Protestantism

13.

What was the name of the native group Columbus met when he reached land?

a)
Aztecs
b)
Incas
c)
Taino
d)
Peru
14.

What do you call people who conquer lands and take what they want?

a)

colonists

b)
conquistadors
c)

conquerers

d)
coconuts
15.

Who was the Spanish priest who spoke out against the mistreatment of Indians in New Spain?

a)
Bartolome de Las Casas
b)
Pizarro
c)
De Vaca
d)
The Indians spoke for themselves
16.

Many of the European countries wanted to spread what religion?

a)

Islam

b)

Judaism

c)

Christianity

d)

Buddhism

17.

Which colonies were nicknamed "The Breadbasket Colonies?"

a)

New England Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

18.

Which colonies were home to the most loyal members of the Anglican Church (Church of England)?

a)

New England Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

19.

The Salem Witch Trials were based in which colonies?

a)

New England Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

20.

South Carolina and Virginia were located in which colonies?

a)

New England Colonies

b)

Southern Colonies

c)

Middle Colonies

21.

Which European country was the first to establish a permanent settlement in the Americas?

a)

France

b)

Spain

c)

England

d)

Italy

22.

What was the cash crop that saved Jamestown?

a)

Wheat

b)

Indigo

c)

Tobacco

d)

Rice

23.

What is the quality of the soil found in the New England colonies?

a)

Fertile soil

b)

Good soil

c)

Thin and rocky soil

d)

Sandy soil

24.

Which religious groups were present in the middle colonies?

a)

Quakers, Huguenots, Jews, and Presbyterians

b)

Catholics, Baptists, Methodists, and Lutherans

c)

Hindus, Buddhists, Muslims, and Sikhs

d)

Puritans, Anglicans, Mormons, and Amish

25.

Which religious groups were present in the New England colonies?

a)

Quakers, Huguenots, Jews, and Presbyterians

b)

Catholics, Baptists, Methodists, and Lutherans

c)

Hindus, Buddhists, Muslims, and Sikhs

d)

Puritans and Pilgrims

26.

What was a significant characteristic of the middle colonies' social structure?

a)

Development of a middle class

b)

Strict class divisions

c)

Predominance of nobility

d)

Lack of skilled artisans

27.

The first successful colony was founded where in 1607?

a)

Maryland

b)

Virginia

c)

North Carolina

d)

Georgia

28.

Which of the following is NOT a Southern Colony?

a)

Maryland

b)

Virginia

c)

New York

d)

Georgia

29.

Which colony was founded in 1663 along with North Carolina?

a)

Maryland

b)

South Carolina

c)

Georgia

d)

Virginia

30.

In the Southern Colonies, what was most important socially?

a)

The military and your ranking within it

b)

The family and land ownership

c)

The church

d)

The middle class

31.

Why did the first people cross the land bridge to North America?

a)

They were tired of the wars in their lands.

b)

They were looking for warmer weather.

c)

They just felt like trying something new.

d)

They were following the mammoths.

32.

What was the primary economic activity of New France?

a)

Gold and Glory

b)

Farming

c)

Fur Trade

d)

Missions

33.

Which group of people used canoes, lived in towns, and had totem poles?

a)

Iroquois Confederacy/Atlantic Coast Tribes

b)

North West Tribes

c)

Southwest (Pueblo) Tribes

d)

Mississippian Tribes

e)

Incan, Mayan, and Aztec Empires

34.

Which group of people were mound builders and lived Midwestern United States all the way down to present-day New Orleans?

a)

Iroquois Confederacy/Atlantic Coast Tribes

b)

North West Tribes

c)

Southwest (Pueblo) Tribes

d)

Mississippian Tribes

e)

Incan, Mayan, and Aztec Empires

35.

Which group of people ate a variety of food (meat, fish, and crops) and lived in longhouses?

a)

Iroquois Confederacy/Atlantic Coast Tribes

b)

North West Tribes

c)

Southwest (Pueblo) Tribes

d)

Mississippian Tribes

e)

Incan, Mayan, and Aztec Empires

36.

Which group of people organized Irrigation and aqueducts to feed and water large cities throughout Mexico and Central America and believed in human sacrifices?

a)

Iroquois Confederacy/Atlantic Coast Tribes

b)

North West Tribes

c)

Southwest (Pueblo) Tribes

d)

Mississippian Tribes

e)

Incan, Mayan, and Aztec Empires

37.

Which group of people lived in modern day Arizona and New Mexico in cave dwellings to shelter them from the heat?

a)

Iroquois Confederacy/Atlantic Coast Tribes

b)

North West Tribes

c)

Southwest (Pueblo) Tribes

d)

Mississippian Tribes

e)

Incan, Mayan, and Aztec Empires

38.

What was the Encomienda System?

a)

New France's idea of how to make money off Native Americans

b)

New Spain's idea of taking everything of value with little regard to the Native Americans

c)

The English colonies system of enslaving Native Americans

d)

New Spain's plan to eliminate 90% of the Native American population

39.

Which country was considered the "friendliest" to the Native Americans?

a)

Spain

b)

England

c)

France

40.

Definition: form of business organization in which many investors pool funds to raise large amounts of money for large projects

a)

Mercantilism

b)

Encomienda System

c)

Joint Stock Company

d)

Go Fund Me

41.

"The Starving Time" is about the difficulties of what colony?

a)

Roanoke

b)

Salem

c)

Plymouth

d)

Jamestown

42.

Who bartered with the Powhatan tribe and is considered a “Hero of Jamestown"?

a)

John Rolfe

b)

John Smith

c)

Roger Williams

d)

John Calvert

43.

This person was the minister who founded Providence, Rhode Island and believed in the separation of church and state

a)

John Rolfe

b)

John Smith

c)

Roger Williams

d)

John Calvert

44.

This explorer helped Jamestown create a profitable tobacco crop and married Pocohantas.

a)

John Smith

b)

Roger Williams

c)

John Calvert

d)

John Rolfe

45.
  1. 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?


a)

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.

b)

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.

46.

Definition: The written framework of government for the Pilgrims at Plymouth signed

a)

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

b)

Mayflower Compact

c)

Magna Carta

d)

The Constitution

47.

Definition: Considered the first constitution of the western world and was influential in the creation of others

a)

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

b)

Mayflower Compact

c)

Magna Carta

d)

The Constitution

48.

This individual is considered one of the first feminists and was convicted of heresy for questioning male authority in Rhode Island.

a)

Anne Boleyn

b)

Anne Frank

c)

Anne Hutchinson

d)

Anne Hathaway

49.
  1. This colony is a proprietary colony named after Charles I’s wife, Queen Henrietta Maria.

a)

Virginia

b)

Massachusetts

c)

Rhode Island

d)

Maryland

50.
  1. This individual was from the Wampanoag tribe and served as an emissary and interpreter for the Pilgrims.

a)

Sasquatch

b)

Squanto

c)

Pocohantas

d)

Sacagawea