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Chapter 2, Lesson 4

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 5hrs 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Martin Luther nailed complaints to the doors of his church and started a movement called the ___.

a)

Civil Rights Movement

b)

Aquisition

c)

Reformation

d)

Renaissance

2.

The Reformation resulted in a split from the Catholic Church. The side of Christianity that is not Catholic is called ___.

a)

Protestant

b)

Reformed

c)

Protectorate

d)

Present

3.

Most of the countries that colonized North America wanted to find a ___ ___ across the continent because they were looking for a shorter route to Asia.

a)

flat route

b)

Southeast passage

c)

Northwest passage

d)

premade path

4.

The Pilgrims left England to find ___.

a)

gold

b)

a ship to cross the Atlantic

c)

ancestors

d)

religious freedom

5.

The Pilgrims left Europe in the year ___.

a)

1920

b)

1608

c)

1620

d)

1960

6.

The intended destination of the Mayflower and the Pilgrims was ___.

a)

Maryland

b)

Virginia

c)

Pennsylvania

d)

Massachusetts

7.

Which document established a form of self governance in Plymouth Colony?

a)

The Constitution

b)

The Magna Carta

c)

The Declaration of Independence

d)

The Mayflower Compact

8.

Which product, used to make felt hats, saved the contract between the Virginia Company and the Pilgrims?

a)

beaver pelts

b)

Corn Silk

c)

mink pelts

d)

buffalo pelts

9.

Henry Hudson is known for exploring the Hudson Bay, but more importantly to what is now the United States, he is known for exploring the ___.

a)

Spring River

b)

St. Lawrence River

c)

Hudson River

d)

Ohio River

10.

Goods, ideas, and even diseases were exchanged between the Americas and the rest of the world on what was called the ___.

a)

Global Network

b)

World Exchange

c)

Columbian Exchange

d)

Exchange de Globe

11.

Marquette and Joliet were looking for precious metals and a Northwest passage when the explored the ___.

a)

Hudson Bay

b)

Ohio River

c)

Hudson River

d)

Mississippi River

12.

___ paid rent and worked for their lord for a set period of time each year.

a)

Endentured servants

b)

Tenant farmers

c)

Sharecroppers

d)

Land borrowers

13.

New Netherland was in what is now the state of ___.

a)

New York

b)

New Hampshire

c)

New England

d)

New Amsterdam

14.

The reasons the Pilgrims left the Dutch Republic (Netherlands) included ___, ___, and ___.

(CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY)

a)

poverty

b)

war

c)

concern for thier children

d)

religious freedom

15.

The pilgrims called the others that were on the Mayflower ___.

a)

Strangers

b)

Outsiders

c)

Squatters

d)

Outcasts

16.
Major 16th century European movement initiated by Martin Luther which was geared to reform the beliefs and practices of the Roman Catholic Church.
a)
Protestant Reformation
b)
Roman Catholic Church
c)
Counter-Reformation
d)
Imperialism
17.

This English ruler declared independence from the Roman Catholic Church over divorcing his first wife and establishing his own church with him as its head.

a)

Martin Luther

b)

John Calvin

c)

John Wycliff

d)

King Henry VIII

18.
The first group of settlers came to the New England colonies in Plymouth aboard the:
a)
Nina
b)
Santa Maria
c)
Mayflower
d)

Pinta

19.

Name three countries that founded colonies in North America from the 1500's - 1600's. Choose all that apply.

a)

Russia, Germany & France

b)

France, Spain & England

c)

France, Spain & Portugal