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HISTORY 6- Ms. Gonzalez's Review of European Colonization

Total questions: 51

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A nonexistent water route through North America to Asia

a)

Northwest Passage

b)

Middle Passage

c)

Triangular Trade

d)

Mutiny

2.

English Protestants who rejected England's established church


a)

Northwest Passage

b)

Middle Passage

c)

Triangular Trade

d)

Pilgrims

3.
The first permanent English settlement in North America was
a)
Jamestown
b)
Massachusetts
c)
New Amsterdam
d)
New Spain
4.
Which of the following is the most important reason why Pilgrims came to America?
a)
 gold
b)
trade
c)
land
d)
religious freedom
5.

What country was NOT part of the European Colonization of the Americas?

a)

France

b)

Germany

c)

Spain

d)

England

6.

Which of these was a goal of the first European explorers?

a)

to establish trading posts

b)

to find a water route to Asia

c)

to exchange ideas with native peoples

d)

to explore North and South America

7.

Which explorer has a river and bay in New York named after him?

a)

Drake

b)

Columbus

c)

Hudson

d)

Champlain

8.

The first French colonists in North America were mostly interested in

a)

taking part in the fur trade.

b)

finding silver and gold.

c)

gaining religious freedom.

d)

building farms and plantations.

9.

What impact did European diseases have on Native American populations?

a)

European diseases led to an increase in Native American populations

b)

European diseases had no impact on Native American populations

c)

European diseases caused widespread illness and death among Native American populations

d)

Native American populations were immune to European diseases

10.

What were the main goals of Spanish colonization in South America?

a)

Establish peace and harmony

b)

Promote democracy and freedom

c)

Protect the environment and wildlife

d)

Acquire wealth, spread Christianity, and expand their empire

11.

What is the term for French fur trappers who learned many skills from the Indigenous people with whom they worked and lived?

a)

Conquistadors

b)

Coureurs de bois

c)

Missionaries

d)

Revolt

12.

What is the term for Spanish soldiers who took land and resources from the Indigenous people of Mexico and Peru?

a)

Slavery

b)

Impact

c)

Convert

d)

Conquistadors

13.

What is the term for the exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and people across the Atlantic Ocean between Europe and the Americas?

a)

Columbian Exchange

b)

Techniques

c)

Colony

d)

Domesticated

14.

What is a colony?

a)

A group of people who settle in a new land under their native country's rule.

b)

The exchange of goods, ideas, and diseases between the Old and New World.

c)

Spanish conquerors who claimed land in the Americas.

d)

French fur traders in North America.

15.

What was the purpose of missionaries?

a)

To explore new lands for their native country

b)

To trade goods and ideas with the New World

c)

To spread their religion and convert indigenous people

d)

To establish fur trade in North America

16.

Which French explorer founded the first French settlement called Quebec in North America?

a)

Samuel de Champlain

b)

Jacques Cartier

c)

Sir Walter Raleigh

d)

Henry Hudson

17.

Which river did Henry Hudson explore for the Dutch?

a)

Hudson River

b)

St. Lawrence River

c)

Mississippi River

d)

Amazon River

18.

What impact did the Age of Exploration have on Native Americans?

a)

They were pushed out of their land

b)

They lived peacefully with the Europeans

c)

They gained new diseases and weapons

d)

They gained independence

19.

Which European country explored the eastern coast of North America and eventually had thirteen colonies?

a)

England

b)

Spain

c)

France

d)

Netherlands

20.
  1. From 1585-1630, which of the following are one of the four settlements?

a)

Roanoke

b)

Jamestown

c)

Plymouth

d)

Massachusetts Bay Colony

e)

All of the above

21.

When and where was Jamestown established?

a)

1630, Massachusetts

b)

1585, in North Carolina

c)

1607, in Virginia

d)

1620, Massachusetts

22.

Why did John Winthrop sailed to the Americas?

a)

To leave England so he won't face persecution because of his religious beliefs.

b)

To find Religious Freedom

c)

So he can establish a colony

d)

All of the above

23.

What was the primary purpose of the Spanish colonies there were established in North America in the early 1500s?

a)

To foster friendship between Spaniards and Native Americans

b)

To establish religious freedom for Spaniards fleeing Europe

c)

To grow crops for Spain

d)

To find gold and to spread Christianity

24.

Which European country had a more positive relationship with Native Americans than other Europeans who explored the Americas?

a)

Spain

b)

France

c)

England

d)

the Netherlands

25.
Which country set up New Amsterdam a.k.a New York as a harbor for trading and profit.
a)
Spain
b)
France
c)
Netherlands
d)
England
26.

The New World Is the ______________(s)

a)

The Americas

b)

The world after WWII

c)

Europe, Asia, Africa.

d)

The best song in the movie Aladdin.

27.

The original inhabitants of the Americas were the ...

a)

explorers

b)

colonists

c)

British

d)

Native Americans

28.

What do we call the period of time, beginning in the late 1400s, in which Europeans sought new routes to Asia and first colonized the Americas

a)

Medieval Times

b)

The Age of Gold

c)

The Age of Exploration

d)

The Americas

29.

What happened to the people in the Colony of Roanoke?

a)

They were killed by the Spanish.

b)

They joined the Native American tribes near them.

c)

They went back to England.

d)

We do not know what happened to them.

30.

Which settlement had The First Thanksgiving?

a)

Roanoke

b)

Jamestown

c)

Plymouth

d)

Rhode Island

31.

Which European country first sent explorers to the Americas?

a)

France

b)

Spain

c)

England

d)

Portugal

32.

What was one result of Spanish exploration and colonization in South America and the Caribbean?

a)

The spread of democracy

b)

Other European nations sought land and wealth in the Americas

c)

The establishment of trade routes to Asia

d)

The discovery of Australia

33.

Where was the first permanent European settlement in North America?

a)

Jamestown

b)

Quebec

c)

Florida (St. Augustine)

d)

New Orleans

34.

What industry was developed by the French as a result of Jacques Cartier’s claims around the Gulf of St. Lawrence?

a)

Gold mining

b)

Fur trade

c)

Agriculture

d)

Shipbuilding

35.

Which city was founded by the French?

a)

New Orleans

b)

Quebec

c)

Boston

d)

New York

36.

Which region was NOT considered part of the "New World"?

a)

Europe

b)

North America

c)

South America

d)

The Caribbean

37.

Who accidentally discovered the Americas in 1492?

a)

Vasco da Gama

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

Amerigo Vespucci

d)

Ferdinand Magellan

38.

Who discovered North America 500 years before Columbus?

a)

Leif Erikson

b)

Erik Leifson

c)

Erik the Red

d)

Olaf Gunderson

39.

Which explorer landed in and then named Florida and searched for the Fountain of Youth?

a)

Pizarro

b)

Balboa

c)

Ponce de Leon

d)

Columbus

40.

What was the right of the Spanish to demand labor or tribute from the Native Americans on their land?

a)

Economic System

b)

Economy System

c)

Encomienda System

d)

Equilateral System

41.

What Spanish missionary was outspoken against the harsh treatment by Columbus and his Spanish soldiers of Native Americans?

a)

Bartolomeu Dias

b)

Bartolome de Las Casas

c)

Ignatius of Loyola

d)

Saint Paul

42.

Who was the Inca emperor killed by the Spanish

a)

Moctezuma

b)

King Henry VIII

c)

Tenochtitlan

d)

Atahualpa

43.

Columbus believed what tribe could be easily conquered by the Spanish?

a)

Aztecs

b)

Incas

c)

Taino

d)

Mayans

44.
All were part of the reasons for colonization except for:
a)
Gold
b)
God
c)
Glory
d)
Greatness
45.

Which Puritan gave a sermon called "Divine Right to Occupy the Land" which suggested that the English newcomers should "remove the people already living there"?

a)

John Rolfe

b)

John Cotton

c)

John Winthrop

d)

John Smith

46.

Which indigenous man was both the father of Pocahontas and the leader of 30 tribes which included the Pamunkey?

a)

Tissquantum (Squanto)

b)

Atahualpa

c)

Monteczuma

d)

Powhatan

47.

Which French explorer was searching for the Northwest Passage but wound up claiming land which he named New France?

a)

Samuel de Champlain

b)

Jacques Cartier

c)

Robert De La Salle

d)

Father Marquette

48.

Which French explorer traveled the whole length of the Mississippi River and claimed the land around it for France, establishing the colony of Louisiana?

a)

Jacques Cartier

b)

Samuel de Champlain

c)

Robert de La Salle

d)

Father Marquette

49.

Which statement describes what the relationship was like between the French and the indigenous people they met?

a)

French fur trappers liked to learn from the Wyandot{Huron} people, often married the women and formed alliances where they fought with them against their enemies.

b)

French soldiers regularly forced members of the Wyandot (huron) tribe to work long hours digging for gold

c)

French explorers enslaved the Wyandot (Huron) people and forced them to recite Bible verses all day.

d)

The French would routinely raid Wyandot (Huron) villages, burn their huts and take their land over.

50.

Which Puritan leader gave a sermon on the ship Arbella, urging the group to be " as a City Upon a Hill..." to avoid making bad choices that would turn God against them?

a)

John Rolfe

b)

John Cotton

c)

John Winthrop

d)

John Smith

51.

Which Dutch governor of New Amsterdam claims to have made a deal with the Lenape people of Manhattan to buy the island for $24 in beds, blankets and pots?

a)

Peter Stuyvesant

b)

Samuel de Champlain

c)

John Smith

d)

Peter Minuit