L2: European Exploration and Settlement in the Americas

Question 1

The Americas were discovered by

Answer 1

Christopher Columbus

Question 2

Christopher Columbus was a/an __________________ sailor

Answer 2

Italian

Question 3

The __________ were the native people of San Salvador

Answer 3

Tainos

Question 4

“San Salvador” means

Answer 4

The Holy Savior

Question 5

The Columbian Exchange is:

Answer 5

The transfer of people / animals and plants / diseases / ideas / technology between the New World and the Old World across the Atlantic Ocean

Question 6

Two main reasons Europeans settled in the Americas were:

Answer 6

1. Freeing religious persecution
2. Fleeing economic distress

Question 7

The Columbian Exchange still exists today

TRUE or FALSE?

Answer 7

TRUE

Question 8

Africans were brought into the Americas as ________

Answer 8

Slaves

Question 9

The deaths of many native populations in the Americas were caused by:

Answer 9

1. European brutality
2. Diseases introduced by the Old World

Question 10

Slaves were brought in from ____ by Europeans into America

Answer 10

West Africa

Question 11

What were some things that Europeans introduced in the Americas?

Answer 11

1. Food like wheat and rice
2. Domesticated animals
3. Diseases like smallpox, measles

Question 12

What were some things that Europeans brought back from the New World?

Answer 12

1. Gold, silver, and other valuables
2. New World food like potatoes, beans, corns, etc.
3. Slaves from the Americas

Question 13

Which disease originated in the Americas and made its way to Europe during the Columbian Exchange?

Answer 13

Venereal Syphilis

Question 14

The Transatlantic Slave trade involved:

Answer 14

The Atlantic / Transatlantic / Euro-American slave trade involved the transportation of enslaved African people by slave traders, mainly to the Americas.

Question 15

The Middle Passage was:

Answer 15

The sea voyage across the Atlantic Ocean undertaken by slave ships from West Africa to the Americas.

Question 16

Juan Ponce de León landed on the mainland of North America in search of

Answer 16

The Fountain of Youth

Question 17

La Florida was discovered by

Answer 17

Juan Ponce de León

Question 18

What is a pueblo?

Answer 18

A village of apartment-like buildings made of stone and adobe, rising four and five stories high; mainly in the American Southwest

Question 19

Conquistadors are:

Answer 19

Explorers (mainly Spanish and Portugese) who claimed land in the name of their home countries, and God.

Question 20

Presidios are:

Answer 20

Walled forts or settlements

Question 21

Missionaries are:

Answer 21

Religious people who try to persuade others to convert to their religion

Question 22

Another word for settlement:

Answer 22

Mission

Question 23

Who led the settlement of New Mexico?

Answer 23

Juan de Oñate

Question 24

One of the first French explorers in America was:

Answer 24

Jacques Cartier

Question 25

Two people who explored the Mississipi River in hopes of finding the Northwest Passage were: | (These were French explorers)

Answer 25

Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet

Question 26

A valuable trading item in New France was:

Answer 26

Beaver fur

Question 27

The first settlement in New France was founded by:

Answer 27

Samuel de Champlain

Question 28

The trading post built by Champlain was called:

Answer 28

Quebec

Question 29

Quebec was built near which river?

Answer 29

St. Lawrence River

Question 30

A French word for "fur trappers"

Answer 30

Coureurs de bois

Question 31

The French and the ____ were trading partners for fur trade

Answer 31

The Huron

Question 32

Robert Cavelier de La Salle claimed land to the west of the Mississippi in the name of France and named it:

Answer 32

Louisiana

Question 33

John Cabot is credited with discovering:

Answer 33

Newfoundland

Question 34

What was (or is) known as the Lost Colony?

Answer 34

The Roanoke Island

Question 35

The first permanent English settlement in America was:

Answer 35

Jamestown, Virginia

Question 36

Jamestown was named after:

Answer 36

King James I

Question 37

The powerful tribe that lived near the colony of Jamestown was:

Answer 37

The Powhatan tribe

Question 38

One of the first Dutch settlements in America was:

Answer 38

New Netherland

Question 39

Henry Hudson was exploring the north coastline of the Atlantic in hopes of finding:

Answer 39

The Northwest Passage

Question 40

Henry Hudson discovered the river that is known to us today as:

Answer 40

The Hudson River

Question 41

Dutch merchants formed the ____ to start a colony in America.

Answer 41

Dutch West India Company

Question 42

The first Dutch colonists settled along the upper Hudson, where they built ____ near present day ____

Answer 42

Fort Orange // Albany, New York

Question 43

In 1626, the Dutch West India Company sent ____ as New Netherland's governor

Answer 43

Peter Minuit

Question 44

Dutch traders made deals with members of the powerful ________

Answer 44

Iroquois Confederacy

Question 45

The Iroquois Confederacy was:

Answer 45

An alliance of five Indian groups who lived across the northern portion of New Netherland

Question 46

In 1647, ____ was appointed as the new governor of New Netherland

Answer 46

Peter Stuyvesant

Question 47

Peter Stuyvesant renamed New Netherland as:

Answer 47

New Amsterdam

Question 48

In 1664, the ____ took over New Amsterdam and named it _____

Answer 48

The English // New York