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WorksheetsExploration and Navigation Quiz
Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 31mins
Which settlement made an agreement with the Iroquois and Hurons, established fur trading, and was hindered by cold weather?
(a)
Which settlement was governed by Peter Stuyvesant, made its money by trade, and named its capital city New Amsterdam?
(a)
When did Columbus first set sail?
(a)
What did Columbus persuade his sailors to do when they became restless?
(a)
Where did Columbus go after sailing along the coast of Africa?
(a)
When did Columbus set foot on an island in the Americas?
(a)
Match the description with the term or name: the people of the 16th and 17th centuries who wanted to purify the Church of England by removing false teachings and practices.
John Smith
Separatists
Powhatan
indentured servants
Puritans
Match the description with the term or name: first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, who wanted the community to be a model of Christian love.
Powhatan
indentured servants
Puritans
Separatists
John Winthrop
Match the description with the term or name: the chief of several Woodland Indian tribes in the Chesapeake Bay area.
Separatists
indentured servants
Powhatan
Puritans
John Smith
Match the description with the term or name: people who agreed to work for a period of time to pay off a debt.
Separatists
indentured servants
John Smith
Powhatan
Puritans
Match the description with the term or name: the Separating Puritans of the 16th and 17th centuries who did not think the Church of England would change; started their own churches according to God’s Word.
Separatists
Puritans
Powhatan
John Smith
indentured servants
Match the description with the term or name: captain who made the colonists at Jamestown work in the fields.
John Smith
indentured servants
Powhatan
Puritans
Separatists
This colony was built in a poor spot, and many of the colonists would not work. Write J if the statement applies to Jamestown.
True
False
The place where these colonists landed was largely uninhabited. Write P if the statement applies to Plymouth.
True
False
Having its company’s leaders in America gave the colonists greater freedom. Write MBC if the statement applies to the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
True
False
This colony set up a congregational church government. Write MBC if the statement applies to the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
True
False
A Patuxet Indian taught the colonists how to grow new foods. Write P if the statement applies to Plymouth.
True
False
The colonial governor made the people attend church two times a day and work for their food. Write J if the statement applies to Jamestown.
True
False
People wanted to start colonies for (a) reasons because England’s cities had become wicked.
The colonial governor was in charge of trade with the (a) .
The English wanted to plant colonies in America because there were too many people and not enough (a) in England.
The place where the Pilgrims landed had already been cleared for farming, and they discovered some (a) that had been stored.
What accomplishments was John Smith known for?
Write about the indentured servants that the Dutch sold to the colonists at Jamestown.
Describe how the Church of England practiced church government and what the Puritans thought about church government.
Explain who the people were that Separatists called “strangers.”
Match the description with the term or name: the people of the 16th and 17th centuries who wanted to purify the Church of England by removing false teachings and practices.
Separatists
Powhatan
indentured servants
John Smith
Puritans
Match the description with the term or name: first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, who wanted the community to be a model of Christian love.
Separatists
Puritans
Powhatan
indentured servants
John Winthrop
Match the description with the term or name: the chief of several Woodland Indian tribes in the Chesapeake Bay area.
Powhatan
indentured servants
Puritans
Separatists
John Smith
Match the description with the term or name: people who agreed to work for a period of time to pay off a debt.
Puritans
John Smith
indentured servants
Separatists
Powhatan
Match the description with the term or name: the Separating Puritans of the 16th and 17th centuries who did not think the Church of England would change; started their own churches according to God’s Word.
Separatists
indentured servants
Powhatan
Puritans
John Smith
Match the description with the term or name: captain who made the colonists at Jamestown work in the fields.
John Smith
Powhatan
Separatists
Puritans
indentured servants
Write J if the statement applies to Jamestown. Write P if the statement applies to Plymouth. Write MBC if the statement applies to the Massachusetts Bay Colony: This colony was built in a poor spot, and many of the colonists would not work.
J
P
MBC
Write J if the statement applies to Jamestown. Write P if the statement applies to Plymouth. Write MBC if the statement applies to the Massachusetts Bay Colony: The place where these colonists landed was largely uninhabited.
J
P
MBC
Write J if the statement applies to Jamestown. Write P if the statement applies to Plymouth. Write MBC if the statement applies to the Massachusetts Bay Colony: Having its company’s leaders in America gave the colonists greater freedom.
J
P
MBC
Write J if the statement applies to Jamestown. Write P if the statement applies to Plymouth. Write MBC if the statement applies to the Massachusetts Bay Colony: This colony set up a congregational church government.
J
P
MBC
Write J if the statement applies to Jamestown. Write P if the statement applies to Plymouth. Write MBC if the statement applies to the Massachusetts Bay Colony: A Patuxet Indian taught the colonists how to grow new foods.
J
P
MBC
Write J if the statement applies to Jamestown. Write P if the statement applies to Plymouth. Write MBC if the statement applies to the Massachusetts Bay Colony: The colonial governor made the people attend church two times a day and work for their food.
J
P
MBC
Write the correct word to complete the sentence: People wanted to start colonies for (a) reasons because England’s cities had become wicked.
Write the correct word to complete the sentence: The colonial governor was in charge of trade with the (a) .
Write the correct word to complete the sentence: The English wanted to plant colonies in America because there were too many people and not enough (a) in England.
Write the correct word to complete the sentence: The place where the Pilgrims landed had already been cleared for farming, and they discovered some (a) that had been stored.
