Chapter 2: Colliding cultures
Quiz by Christina Wilburn
Grade 9-12
United States History
Indiana Academic Standards
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- Q1What was the name of the 1619 English ship that brought the first enslaved Africans to Virginia?White LionMayflowerGolden HindSanta Maria30s
- Q2What was the impact of European diseases on indigenous populations in the Americas?TemporaryBeneficialMinimalDevastating30s
- Q3Which European country was the first to colonize the area that is now New York City?SpainEnglandNetherlandsFrance30s
- Q4What was the main crop grown in the Chesapeake colonies during the colonial period?CottonCornTobaccoWheat30s
- Q5Which European country had the most significant impact on the Native American population in South America?SpainPortugalEnglandFrance30s
- Q6Who were the first European explorers to reach the Pacific Ocean?Vasco da Gama and his crewFerdinand Magellan and his crewChristopher Columbus and his crewJohn Cabot and his crew30s
- Q7Which European country established the colony of Jamestown in present-day Virginia?FranceSpainEnglandPortugal30s
- Q8Who was the Native American chief who led the Powhatan Confederacy during the colonial period?Chief GeronimoChief Crazy HorseChief Sitting BullChief Powhatan30s
- Q9The Columbian Exchange transformed both sides of the Atlantic, but with dramatically disparate outcomes. New diseases wiped out entire civilizations in the Americas, while _____ helped EuropeHelping overpopulationNew foodsGoldDistracting the public30s
- Q10In the first half of the sixteenth century, Spanish colonizers fought frequently with Florida’s Native peoples as well as with other Europeans. In the 1560s Spain expelled French Protestants, called ______, from the area near modern-day Jacksonville in northeast Florida.Orthodox JewsHuguenotsEastern Orthodox ChristiansMuslims30s
- Q11What was the name of the first permanent English settlement in North America?PlymouthSalemJamestownRoanoke30s
- Q12Who was the native civilization encountered by Columbus on his voyage in 1492?IncaMayaAztecTaino30s
- Q13What was the name of the Native American confederacy that controlled a large portion of northeast North America in the 17th century?ApacheInuitIroquoisPowhatan30s
- Q14Who were the conquistadors that conquered the Aztec Empire in 1519?Francisco Pizarro and his forcesHernan Cortes and his forcesColumbus and his forcesJohn Smith and his forces30s
- Q15Which Native American civilization built extensive, complex systems of irrigation and agriculture in the arid southwest?AnasaziIroquoisCherokeeSioux30s