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Lesson 2 - European Exploration and Settlement Test

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of these was a major motivation for European exploration?

a)

profit

b)

leisure

c)

freedom

d)

education

2.

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

3.

What was an effect of Christopher Columbus’s voyages to the Americas?

a)

a reduction in the European population

b)

a delay in future Spanish explorations

c)

a war between the Spanish and the French

d)

a transfer of foods between Europe and the Americas

4.

How did the Columbian Exchange affect many American Indian groups?

a)

They grew in number.

b)

They died from diseases.

c)

They became prosperous.

d)

They were forced to move.

5.

Which statement is true about slavery in North America?

a)

Enslaved American Indians were treated with dignity.

b)

European explorers rejected slavery in the Americas.

c)

Slavery had not existed before the European discovery of America.

d)

Enslaved Africans took the place of American Indian workers.

6.

Which of these was a goal of the Spanish conquistadors who came to the Americas?

a)

to trade with the native peoples

b)

to conquer a large empire for Spain

c)

to establish agricultural communities

d)

to learn about the culture of the Aztec people

7.

What was the main goal of the Spanish missionaries?

a)

to protect the American Indians

b)

to trade with the American Indians

c)

to teach their religion to the American Indians

d)

to learn about the customs of the American Indians

8.

Which of these describes the experience of the first Jamestown colonists?

a)

They were challenged by the environment.

b)

They found the area already colonized by the Dutch.

c)

They were welcomed by the American Indians.

d)

They quickly established a prosperous colony.

9.

Why did the London Company send colonists to Virginia?

a)

to create maps of the area

b)

to establish a trading post

c)

to start a moneymaking colony

d)

to make peace with American Indians

10.

What event helped end conflict between the Jamestown colonists and the Powhatans?

a)

the arrival of Captain John Smith

b)

the marriage of John Rolfe to Pocahontas

c)

the discovery of the lost colony of Roanoke

d)

the success of the trade of weapons and food

11.

What was an important economic activity of both the French and Dutch settlements?

a)

fur trade

b)

the trade of enslave people

c)

tobacco farming

d)

sugar cane farming

12.

Which of these became the name of New Netherland after the English took it over in 1664?

a)

New York

b)

New Jersey

c)

New England

d)

New Hampshire

13.

Who gave Florida its name?

a)

Hernando Cortés

b)

Bartolomé de Las Casas

c)

Francisco Pizarro

d)

Juan Ponce de León

14.

According to the map above, which of the items listed below did not travel in both directions in the Columbian Exchange?

a)

disease

b)

enslaved people

c)

foodstuffs

d)

none of the above

15.

Who were the people Equiano mentions that "had been receiving their pay"?

a)

Africans who were paid as guards on the slave ships

b)

plantation overseers who had come to Africa to help find slaves

c)

slave traders who had gone to Africa and now are returning to America

d)

Africans who had sold other Africans to slave traders

16.

What happened to the colonists at Jamestown when John Smith left?

a)

The colonists prospered

b)

Sir Walter Raleigh became their leader

c)

Starving Time

d)

Powhatan tribe continued to trade with colonists

17.

Who introduced tobacco to Jamestown and saved the colony from ruin?

a)

John Rolfe

b)

John Smith

c)

John White

d)

King James I

18.

Which explorer was looking for a "fountain of youth" in current day Florida?

a)

Hernan Cortez

b)

Juan Ponce de Leon

c)

Francisco Pizarro

d)

Christopher Columbus

19.

The Jamestown settlers found a way to make a profit for their investors by planting

a)

maize

b)

cotton

c)

tobacco

d)

wheat

20.

As yet we had no houses to cover us, our Tents were rotten and our Cabbins worse than nought: our best commoditie was Yron (iron) which we make into little chissels. The president and Captaine Martins sicknes, constryned me to be Cape Marchant, and yet to spare no paines in making houses for the company; who notwithstanding our misery, little ceased their mallice, grudging, and muttering. As at this time were most of our chiefest men either sicke or discontented, the rest being in such dispaire, as they would rather starve and rot with idlenes, then be perswaded to do any thing for their owne reliefe without contraint...

a)

The colonists were tired, but worked hard to build houses

b)

The colonists were farming and getting ready for winter.

c)

The colonists were building a fort for defense against Native American attacks.

d)

The colonists were, sick miserable, and unwilling to help themselves.

21.

What are the four countries who are primarily responsible for exploring and colonizing North America?

a)

Spain, France, England, Netherlands

b)

France, United States, Spain, Portugal

c)

Dutch, Spain, Netherlands, England

d)

Sweden, Spain, England, France

22.

For which country did Jacques Cartier claim land during his two trips to Canada in 1534 and 1535?

a)

England

b)

France

c)

Italy

d)

the Netherlands

23.

What country explored modern day Florida, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Southwest portion of North America?

a)

Netherlands

b)

France

c)

Portugal

d)

Spain

24.

Which of the following best describes the Columbian Exchange?

a)

A. Plants and animals were transferred among Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas

b)

B. Columbus discovered new animals in the Americas

c)

C. New foods brought to Europe caused diseases

d)

D. Explorers shipped Native Americans to Europe

25.

The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and people across the Atlantic Ocean between Europe and the Americas.

a)

slavery

b)

Columbian Exchange

c)

conquistadors

d)

missionaries

26.

The treatment of people as property. People who are denied freedom in this way are said to be enslaved.

a)

Columbian Exchange

b)

slavery

c)

Northwest Passage

d)

conquistadors

27.

Spanish soldier-explorers, especially those who conquered the native peoples of Mexico and Peru.

a)

Columbian Exchange

b)

slavery

c)

Conquistadors

d)

Explorers

28.

A new settlement or territory, established and governed by a country in another land.

a)

colony

b)

Columbian Exchange

c)

slavery

d)

Northwest Passage

29.

People who travel to a territory or community in order to make converts to their religion.

a)

slaves

b)

missionaries

c)

Columbian Exchange

d)

conquistadors

30.

The business of capturing, transporting, and selling people as slaves.

a)

mercantilism

b)

slaves

c)

slave trade

d)

Columbian Exchange

31.

___________ explored the entire length of the Mississippi River and claimed everything west of it for France.

a)

Henry Hudson

b)

Jacques Cartier

c)

Robert Cavelier de La Salle

d)

Samuel de Champlain

32.

Which of the following statements about the Roanoke colony is FALSE?

a)

When governor White returned he found the word CROATOAN carved into a post.

b)

Only ten of the original settlers survived. They returned to England.

c)

No one knows for sure what happened to the settlers.

d)

It was England's first attempt at a permanent settlement.

33.

Which of these best describes the relationship between Native Americans and the Spanish explorers?

a)

the Spanish treated the Native Americans well

b)

the Spanish were business partners with the Native Americans

c)

the Spanish made slaves of many Native Americans

34.

Which of these best describes the relationship between Native Americans and the French explorers?

a)

the French and Native Americans were always enemies

b)

the French enslaved native americans

c)

the French and Native Americans were sometimes business partners and sometimes enemies.

35.

Which of these best describes the relationship between Native Americans and the English explorers?

a)

The English and Native Americans were never friendly.

b)

The English and Native Americans were not friendly but it changed and they became friendly.

c)

The English and the Native Americans killed each other.

36.

Which of the following people founded the settlement of Quebec?

a)

La Salle

b)

Champlain

c)

Cartier

d)

Joliet

37.

Which European country established the first permanent settlement in what is now the United States?

a)

Netherlands

b)

Spain

c)

France

d)

England

38.

Which of the following best describes the Columbian Exchange?

a)

The transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between Europe and the Americas

b)

The movement of people and goods between Africa and Asia

c)

The migration of Native Americans to Europe

d)

The trade of gold and silver between Europe and Africa

39.

What was one negative consequence of the Columbian Exchange for Native Americans?

a)

Increased trade with Europe

b)

Access to new animals

c)

Spread of deadly diseases

d)

Introduction of new crops

40.

Which country established colonies in present-day Canada and was heavily involved in the fur trade?

a)

Netherlands

b)

France

c)

England

d)

Spain