1. Which of the following European countries did NOT participate in the colonization of the Americas?
- A) Lithuania
- B) The Netherlands
- C) Sweden
- D) Russia
Source: Britannica
Answer:
Lithuania
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2. Which European country established the first permanent North American settlement in 1607?
- A) France
- B) England
- C) Spain
- D) None of the Above
Source: Britannica
Answer:
England
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3. Which king and queen funded Christopher Columbus’ voyage to the New World?
- A) King Henry VI and Queen Isabella
- B) King Robert and Queen Elizabeth
- C) King Henry VI and Queen Margaret
- D) King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
Source: World History Encyclopedia
Answer:
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
Source: Wikipedia
4. What is the name for the sharing of new disease, minerals, plants, and animals between the old and new world as a result of Columbus' voyage?
- A) Northwest Passage
- B) Two-Way Exchange
- C) Columbian Exchange
- D) Columbian Passage
Source: Britannica
Answer:
Columbian Exchange
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5. When did the Spanish begin forming their first colony on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola?
- A) 1493
- B) 1501
- C) 1594
- D) 1607
Source: World Atlas
Answer:
1493
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6. What was Canada called when it was a colony?
- A) New Amsterdam
- B) Northern Americas
- C) New France
- D) Canada
Source: Wikipedia
Answer:
New France
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7. Which of the following statements regarding the relationship between settlers and native people is most accurate…
- A) European settlers killed every native person they met after landing in the Americas
- B) European settlers and the native people of the Americas traded and worked together in some colonies, but in others, the settlers enslaved and often killed the natives of that area and took their land by force
- C) European settlers tried to share the land, but the people native to the Americas started violently attacking the settlers once they stepped off their boats
- D) European settlers and the native people of the Americas had no contact
Source: Wikipedia
Answer:
European settlers and the native people of the Americas traded and worked together in some colonies, but in others, the settlers enslaved and often killed the natives of that area and took their land by force
Source: Britannica
8. What was Spain’s main goal when colonizing the Americas?
- A) To convert all those living there to Catholicism
- B) To learn more about the New World
- C) To extract gold and silver and improve Spain’s economy
- D) Spain never successfully colonized in the Americas
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Answer:
To extract gold and silver and improve Spain’s economy
Source: World History Encyclopedia
9. How many people do scholars believe lived on the continent of South America before the colonizers arrived?
- A) Less Than 1 Million
- B) 5 Million
- C) 10-20 Million
- D) More Than 50 Million
Source: Quora
Answer:
More Than 50 Million
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10. How many colonies broke away from their motherland in Europe and formed the nation of the United States?
- A) 9
- B) 11
- C) 13
- D) 15
Source: Freepik
Answer:
13
Source: World Atlas
11. What disease took more settlers’ lives than any other?
- A) Measles
- B) Smallpox
- C) Malaria
- D) Dysentery
Source: Quora
Answer:
Malaria
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12. While many argue that the Spanish were the first to settle the Americas, it was actually the _____ nearly 500 years before
- A) Vikings
- B) Romans
- C) Greeks
- D) English
Source: Freepik
Answer:
Vikings
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13. What was Columbus looking for when he found the Caribbean island of Hispaniola?
- A) Any kind of new world, he didn’t know what he was looking for
- B) Gold and silver
- C) A slave population for Italy
- D) A new route to India, China, and Japan
Source: Wikipedia
Answer:
A new route to India, China, and Japan
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14. Canada gained the right to self-government in 1867, but when did it gain full legal autonomy?
- A) 1891
- B) 1901
- C) 1931
- D) 1945
Source: Freepik
Answer:
1931
Source: Freepik
15. Religious conversion was an important aspect of colonization; the Spanish settlers were largely Catholic, and the majority of the English were…
- A) Puritans
- B) Presbytrians
- C) Catholics
- D) Agnostics
Source: Britannica
Answer:
Puritans
Source: Britannica