WorksheetsEarly European Settlements Quiz
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 25mins
Look at the map. Which color represents New Spain?
Red
Blue
Gray
Look at the map. Which color represents the English colonies?
Red
Blue
Gray
In New France, fur trading was very profitable. What does this mean?
Fur trading did not help colonists make money.
Fur trading was fun.
Fur trading was not fun.
Fur trading helped colonist make money.
The French worked to form alliances with Native Americans. This means they worked to become _______ with the Native Americans. Select all that apply.
enemy
friends
partners
rulers
What was Spain's motivation for exploring the New World?
To search for silver and gold
To buy horses
To live in Canada
To beat the French over here
How did the Spanish treat the Native Americans?
The Spanish helped the Natives build adobe homes in the Southwest Desert.
The Spanish made the Natives work as slaves on plantations or mine for gold.
The Spanish took the Natives to Canada to live with the French.
How did the French treat the Native Americans?
The French traded beaver fur with the Native Americans and they were allies.
The French invited the Natives to dinner and killed them all.
The French forced the Natives to work in diamond mines.
What was the major religion of both New France and New Spain?
Protestant
Catholic
Jewish
This Viking explorer from Greenland explored North America to discover many forests and natural areas.
Christopher Columbus
George Washington
Robert LaSalle
Leif Eriksson
Which of the following explorers has a 300 mile long river in New York named after him?
Columbus
Vasco de Gama
Cartier
Hudson
Which was one of the earliest Dutch settlements in what is now New York?
New York City
Dutch West India
New Amsterdam
Why did Columbus sail west from Europe?
to find his lost dog
to find new lands
to find a large whale
to find a faster route to Asia
Who were the first to start the fur trade with the Native Americans?
The Germans
The French
The British
The Chinese
What French explorer founded the settlement of Quebec, explored the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain?
Henry Hudson
Samuel de Champlain
Christopher Columbus
Giovanni Verranzo
Which English sea captain, working for the Dutch, claimed land near New York and has several important waterways named after him?
Henry Hudson
Peter Stuyvesant
Giovanni de Verranzo
John Cabot
What was the trading of animal pelts (especially beaver skins) by native people for European goods in North America called?
patroon
slavery
permanent
fur trade
What area of land and city did Samuel de Champlain claim for New France?
A passage to the Pacivid Ocean
St. Lawrence River and Quebec
Lake Huron
Hudson River and New Amsterdam
The Dutch settled New Netherland. What European country are they from?
England
Germany
Holland, the Netherlands
France
True or False: The Columbian Exchange had both positive and negative effects.
True
False
The introduction of _______________significantly affected the way that Native Americans moved and hunted.
cows
horses
buffalo
pigs
What items came from the Americas (New World)?
cows, pigs, horses
chicken, rice, coffee, wheat
corn, squash, tomatoes, peanuts, potatoes
Europeans brought ________________ with them that had a horrible effect on the Native Americans.
food
money
diseases
ships
The Columbian Exchange began after ______ ______ made trips to the Americas.
Marco Polo
Christopher Columbus
Roald Amundsen
John Cabot
Which country claimed Mexico, Florida, and Cuba?
France
England
Spain
What was the first country to claim land in the America's? Why?
Spain because they paid for Christopher Columbus' voyages.
Spain because they were raiding England's ships.
England because they set up the Jamestown colony.
England because Queen Elizabeth raided Spain's ships.
