2023 History test 1

Question 1

Polo

Answer 1

Lived in China for 20 years

Question 2

De Gama

Answer 2

Sailed around Africa to India

Question 3

Columbus

Answer 3

discovered the new world

Question 4

Balboa

Answer 4

first to see the Pacific ocean

Question 5

Magellan

Answer 5

first to sail around the world

Question 6

Cortes

Answer 6

conquered the Aztecs of Mexico

Question 7

Pizarro

Answer 7

Conquered the Incas of Peru

Question 8

Ponce de Leon

Answer 8

searched for the fountain of youth

Question 9

Coronado

Answer 9

explored North American SW

Question 10

De Soto

Answer 10

discovered the Mississippi river

Question 11

Cabot

Answer 11

discovered fishing grounds off Newfoundland

Question 12

Drake

Answer 12

looted Spanish vessels for England

Question 13

Hudson

Answer 13

claimed the area of New York for the Dutch

Question 14

Cartier

Answer 14

first to explore the St. Lawrence River

Question 15

Champlain

Answer 15

Began the first permanent French Colony

Question 16

Jolliet

Answer 16

explored the Mississippi river with Marquette

Question 17

John Smith

Answer 17

disciplined leader of Jamestown

Question 18

La Salle

Answer 18

followed the Mississippi to the Gulf

Question 19

Raleigh

Answer 19

sponsored the Lost Colony at Roanoke

Question 20

Leif Ericson

Answer 20

led first European settlement attempt

Question 21

In the early exploration of North America, what river was NOT important

Answer 21

Columbia

Question 22

The nations to claim land in North America included all but

Answer 22

portugal

Question 23

Old World events which sparked exploration included all but

Answer 23

the power of the Roman Empire

Question 24

Columbus explored all the following except

Answer 24

Canada

Question 25

The explorers who tried to find a passage to the East around the Americas included all but

Answer 25

Cortes

Question 26

successful New World colonies were started by all except

Answer 26

Raleigh

Question 27

Spanish and French colonies shared all these characteristics except

Answer 27

enslaved the Native Americans

Question 28

All of the following are roots of Western Civilization excpet

Answer 28

Anglo-Saxon civilization

Question 29

The disadvantages that the Native Americans had in stopping the European takeover of their lands included all of the following except

Answer 29

a cultural history that denounced fighting

Question 30

Columbus failed in all of the following ways except

Answer 30

the lands he discovered had no value for Spain

Question 31

Tobacco

Answer 31

cash crop of Virginia

Question 32

Portugal

Answer 32

country that signed the Treaty of Tordesillas with Spain to divide the non- Catholic world into two parts

Question 33

Henry the Navigator

Answer 33

Portuguese prince who organized voyages around Africa

Question 34

Italy

Answer 34

Country whose cities held a monopoly on the Asian trade before the 1400s

Question 35

Seadogs

Answer 35

English pirates and privateers who attacked Spanish shipping under Elizabeth 1 of England

Question 36

North West Passage

Answer 36

Many American Explorers were searching for this passage around America and never found it

Question 37

Grand Banks

Answer 37

rich fishing grounds off Canada visited by European fishermen for years before permanent settlements

Question 38

Fur

Answer 38

main trade item for the French and Dutch in North America

Question 39

St. Augustine

Answer 39

first permanent European settlement in the United States

Question 40

Huguenots

Answer 40

French Protestants

Question 41

True or False Most of the culture of America came from Europe

Answer 41

True

Question 42

True or False Jamestown was a stable, well run colony from its beginning

Answer 42

False

Question 43

True or false Jamestown was created as a royal colony under King James 1

Answer 43

False

Question 44

True or False French lands in America were not heavily popluated

Answer 44

True

Question 45

The House of Burgesses was the beginning of representative government in America

Answer 45

True

Question 46

True or False Spain went into decline by the end of the 1500s and was not able to stop other countries from colonizing the New World

Answer 46

True

Question 47

True or False Columbus underestimated the size of the Earth and thought Asia went further East that it really does

Answer 47

True

Question 48

True or False Columbus realized by the time of his death that he had not reached Asia

Answer 48

False

Question 49

True or False The Dutch were a significant rival of England for control of North America in the 1700s

Answer 49

False

Question 50

True or False Champlain made the Iroquois faithful French allies after he explored their region

Answer 50

False