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European Exploration and Colonization

Quiz by Jill Ungaro

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  • Q1
    All of the following were advantages the Spanish had over the Native Americans except
    better food
    steel weapons
    horses
    diseases
    30s
  • Q2
    This group of people were sent to the Americas to convert natives to Christianity.
    explorers
    sailors
    conquistadors
    missionaries
    30s
  • Q3
    This was the first permanent European settlement in the United States in Florida.
    Quebec
    Montreal
    St. Augustine
    New Orleans
    30s
  • Q4
    What disease destroyed Native American Indian populations?
    measles
    smallpox
    chicken pox
    mumps
    30s
  • Q5
    This was the movement of plants, animals and diseases between the Old and New World.
    Columbian Exchange
    Triangular Trade
    Northwest Passage
    caravel
    30s
  • Q6
    These are triangular and square sails that allowed boats to sail with and against the wind.
    steel weapons
    caravel
    sailing
    missionaries
    30s
  • Q7
    This explorer sailed west to Asia, landed in the Caribbean instead and didn't realize he had discovered a "New World."
    Hernan Cortes
    Columbus
    Francisco Pizarro
    30s
  • Q8
    This was two ways that French settlers made money in New France.
    fur and clothes
    horses and fish
    fish and fur
    steel weapons and guns
    30s
  • Q9
    These were Spanish military explorers sent to the Americas for gold, glory and god.
    missionaries
    explorers
    sailors
    conquistadors
    30s
  • Q10
    This is what the early European explorers were looking for to find a shorter route to Asia.
    Quebec
    Columbian Exchange
    Northwest Passage
    St. Augustine
    30s
  • Q11
    The conquistador conquered the Incas.
    Hernan Cortes
    Francisco Pizarro
    Columbus
    30s
  • Q12
    This was the conquistador that conquered the Aztecs.
    Francisco Pizarro
    Columbus
    Hernan Cortes
    30s
  • Q13
    Which country established colonies in South America(except Brazil), Central America, Caribbean Islands, Gulf Coast
    Netherlands
    France
    Spain
    England
    30s
  • Q14
    Which country established colonies in the Hudson River Valley?
    England
    Spain
    France
    The Netherlands
    30s
  • Q15
    Which country established colonies in St. Lawrence, Mississippi and Ohio River Valleys?
    England
    Spain
    France
    Netherlands
    30s

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