2023 history book 1 self test 1.3

Question 1

what European country established Fort Orange

Answer 1

Netherlands

Question 2

what European country established Jamestown

Answer 2

England

Question 3

what European country established New Orleans

Answer 3

France

Question 4

what European country established St Augustine

Answer 4

Spain

Question 5

what European country established New Amsterdam

Answer 5

Netherlands

Question 6

what European country established Quebec

Answer 6

France

Question 7

what European country established Roanoke

Answer 7

England

Question 8

what European country established San Diego

Answer 8

Spain

Question 9

what European country established Santa Fe

Answer 9

Spain

Question 10

what European country established Detroit

Answer 10

France

Question 11

John Smith

Answer 11

Leader of the first English colony whose strict discipline saved it

Question 12

Ponce de Leon

Answer 12

explored and named Florida while searching for the Fountain of youth

Question 13

Marco Polo

Answer 13

visited china in the 1200’s and wrote a book about it

Question 14

Henry the navigator

Answer 14

organized Portuguese voyages around Africa to the far east

Question 15

Leif Ericson

Answer 15

led first European attempt to colonize America

Question 16

Magellan

Answer 16

Led the first successful circumnavigation of the world

Question 17

Sir Francis Drake

Answer 17

sea dog, circumnavigated the world attacking Spanish ports

Question 18

John Cabot

Answer 18

explored Canada and found the grand banks for England shortly after Columbus

Question 19

Henry Hudson

Answer 19

explored the coast of New York north Canada for England and Netherlands

Question 20

Champlain

Answer 20

Father of New France, established first French colony in Canada

Question 21

by 1700 claimed most of the central united states from the Appalachians to the Rockies

Answer 21

France

Question 22

James 1 gave charters to two joint stock companies to settle Virginia

Answer 22

England

Question 23

Controlled Florida and much of the southwest United States by 1700

Answer 23

Spain

Question 24

Huguenots were driven out of the country and barred from the colonies

Answer 24

France

Question 25

Set up the first successful European settlement in the United States

Answer 25

Spain

Question 26

Were interested primarily in the fur trade

Answer 26

France

Question 27

Enslaved the Native Americans

Answer 27

Spain

Question 28

Had the best relations of the three with the Native Americans

Answer 28

France

Question 29

Much of the exploration was by Coureurs De Bois who set up trading post

Answer 29

France

Question 30

Sir. Humphrey Gilbert and Sir Walter Raleigh sponsored early failures

Answer 30

England

Question 31

True or false of James Town it was the second successful English colony in America

Answer 31

False

Question 32

True of false of James Town The location was bad because it was swampy and unheathy

Answer 32

True

Question 33

True or false of James Town the local Alogonquin people fought against the colonist continuously from the time they first arrived

Answer 33

False

Question 34

True of False of James Town the colony prospered when cotton was established as a cash crop

Answer 34

False

Question 35

True or False of Jamestown The house of burgesses was an elected assembly organized for the colony in 1619

Answer 35

True

Question 36

True or False of Jamestown the algonquins were not able to destroy the colony, but they did drive the London Company into bankruptcy

Answer 36

True

Question 37

True or False of Jamestown the starving time in the winter of 1609-1610 came about because the sudden arrival of a large number of colonist when there was not enough food for them.

Answer 37

True

Question 38

True or false of Jamestown the head right gave every male colonist the right to vote

Answer 38

FALSE

Question 39

True or false of jamestown the first colonist were more interested in searching for gold than planting crops or building shelters

Answer 39

True

Question 40

True or False of Jamestown the colony was nearly abandoned after the starving time left only 60 survivors

Answer 40

True

Question 41

What are 2 of the DISADVANTAGES Native Americans had in the battle with Europeans for control of North America? 1. 2.

Answer 41

1. lack of unity 2. inferior weapons

Question 42

What was the Patroon system in the Dutch colony?

Answer 42

Company members were given large tracts of land in exchange for bringing over fifty settlers

Question 43

Dutch claims were primarily along what river?

Answer 43

Hudson River

Question 44

What are 2 reasons New France was unattractive to settlers? 1. 2.

Answer 44

1. autocratic government 2. government control of trade