WorksheetsEuropean Colonization Quiz
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
1. A person from Spain who wanted to convert
others to Christianity
a)
a. Colonize
b)
b. Convert
c)
c. Conquistador
d)
d. Occupied
2.
2. Land that is already owned by someone
a)
a. Colonize
b)
b. Convert
c)
c. Conquistador
d)
d. Occupied
3.
3. To send settlers to a place to take control of it
a)
a. Colonize
b)
b. Convert
c)
c. Conquistador
d)
d. Occupied
4.
4. Changing a person’s ideas
a)
a. Colonize
b)
b. Convert
c)
c. Conquistador
d)
d. Occupied
5.
5. Which is NOT a common reason for European exploration listed in the passage?
a)
a. To find gold
b)
b. To claim land
c)
c. To map out new places
d)
d. To convert others to Christianity
6.
6. Who initially lived in America?
a)
a. Africans
b)
b. Colonists
c)
c. Native Americans
d)
d. Europeans
7.
7. Conquistadors tried to ________ Native Americans.
a)
a. Live with
b)
b. Convert
8.
8. Which was NOT a disease brought to North America by early Europeans?
a)
a. Influenza
b)
b. Smallpox
c)
c. Ebola
d)
d. Measles
9.
9. How were Africans involved with colonization?
a)
a. They colonized Florida
b)
b. They were traded to the Americas as enslaved people
c)
c. They colonized the Caribbean
d)
d. They were not involved in colonization
10.
10. Who tried to colonize parts of America?
a)
a. Britain
b)
b. Spain
c)
c. France
d)
d. All of the above
11.
11. The French had a better relationship with Native Americans than the Spanish did.
a)
a. True
b)
b. False
12.
12. Most Native Americans were happy to convert to Christianity.
a)
a. True
b)
b. False
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