Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or
answers the question.
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(1 point) Christopher Columbus
was trying to get to _____ by sailing west.
a) | Spain | c) | Africa | b) | the
Indies | d) | the New World |
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Read the fictional journal entry from one of Francisco
Pizzaro’s soldiers.
As we
marched over the mountain, all that we could see were thousands of Atahualpa’s soldiers and
subjects. None of us had ever seen such a large and beautiful city in South America. There were more
tents than we could count. Some soldiers looked at each other as though to say, “How can such a
small group of us fight and win against so many?”
Captain Pizzaro helped ease our fears
by explaining his plan. On the day of the attack, our soldiers were divided into two groups. Most of
us hid around the square at Cajamarca. Others prepared to give a signal. Atahualpa and his soldiers
marched onto the square. A friar then asked Atahualpa to accept Christianity, speaking to him in
Spanish. Then I heard “Santiago!”, and all the Spanish soldiers rushed onto the square,
riding horses and blowing trumpets. The Inca seemed scared of the horses and the noise. Even though
we were outnumbered, Pizzaro’s plan worked. We had taken Atahualpa hostage and defeated the
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(1 point) In the passage,
“Santiago!” is a _____.
a) | warning to the Spanish | c) | famous
poem | b) | battle cry | d) | city in North
America |
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(1 point) Bartolomé de Las
Casas was a famous _____.
a) | explorer | c) | Native
American | b) | king | d) | missionary |
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(1 point) Colonists from
Newfoundland sent _____ back to Europe.
a) | bananas | c) | fish | b) | cows | d) | cotton |
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Completion
Complete each statement.
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Complete each sentence with the correct word from the
box.
| profit
merchant
barter
navigation | |
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(2 points) The goal of running a
business is to earn a ____________________.
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Complete each sentence with the correct word from the
box.
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missionary enslave
mestizo | |
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(2 points) A(n)
__________________________ is a person of both Spanish and Native American descent.
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Complete each sentence with the correct word from the
box.
| merchant company
Northwest Passage | |
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(2 points) John Cabot and
Giovanni da Verrazano were both looking for the __________________________.
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(2 points) A
__________________________ was a group of business people who paid for explorations.
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Short Answer
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(3 points) Identify the three
ships that Christopher Columbus took on his first voyage.
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(3 points) Complete the graphic
organizer below by listing one reason Juan Ponce de León and Hernando de Soto explored North America, and one reason they shared.
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Look at the line graph and the circle graph below.
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(3 points) Which graph would you
use to find out Jamestown’s total population in 1611?
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Read the passage.
When
starting a settlement, the colonists had to think about their own survival, and how to make the
colony a success. This meant colonists had to find a way of making money. John Cabot never found the
Northwest Passage, but during his explorations he stumbled across something else that could make a
lot of money. He found an area of the Atlantic Ocean southeast of Newfoundland rich with a valuable
natural resource: fish.
In parts of Europe, people had fished so
much that there were less fish to catch. This made fish more valuable. Off the coast of Newfoundland,
there were plentiful amounts of cod, lobster, redfish, herring, and salmon. The waters were so
crowded with fish that sailors could drop baskets over the sides of their ships and bring them up
full. Colonists made a lot of money shipping dried fish back to Europe. | |
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(3 points) Explain the cause and
the effect of John Cabot’s voyage.
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Essay
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(4 points) Describe Spanish
exploration. Use the vocabulary words from the box in your response.
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(4 points) Read the passage
below about the first Thanksgiving. Then write an essay explaining the importance of helping your
neighbors. What things might the Wampanoag have taught the Pilgrims? How did the Wampanoag help make
the Plymouth colony successful?
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served at the first Thanksgiving feast? No one wrote down what was served, so historians can only
make an educated guess. The Pilgrims brought seeds for onions, cabbage, carrots, and turnips.
Seafood, such as lobster, eels, oysters, and fish, were plentiful in New England waters. There was
also corn for bread and puddings. The Pilgrims and the Wampanoag may have also had pumpkin, but not
pumpkin pie. For dessert, there were fruits, such as plums, strawberries, and gooseberries, that had
been picked and dried in the spring. | |
Your writing should:
• focus on the ways the
Wampanoag helped their neighbors.
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use facts and details to help the reader understand your
points.
• use correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, and capitalization. | |
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