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Unit 2: Early Natives Early European Exploration
Test Description: GA Studies
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Who discovered the Americas over 500 years before Columbus?
A
English pirates
B
The Vikings
C
The Khan Dynasty
D
The Germans
2) What Native American era was present when the early European explorers began to discover the New World?
A
Archaic
B
Mississippian
C
Woodland
D
Paleo
3) What individual in 1492 landed and discovered parts of the New World but thought he was in the Indies?
A
Hernando de Cortes
B
Christopher Columbus
C
Hernando de Soto
D
Francisco Pizzaro
4) What European nation was out to find gold, pursue glory, and convert natives to Christianity/Catholicism?
A
Spain
B
Portugal
C
France
D
England
5) What individuals travels and book inspired Christopher Columbus?
A
Kublai Khan
B
King Ferdinand
C
Prince Henry the Navigator
D
Marco Polo
6) What was the first settlement in the present-day United States? Hint: It was a Spanish settlement.
A
Jamestown
B
San Diego
C
St. Augustine
D
Miami
7) What was the English first attempt at a colony in the New World?
A
Jamestown
B
St. Augustine
C
Plymouth
D
Roanoke
8) The English wanted to settle colonies in the New World so that they could implement their economic policy known as mercantilism. What is mercantilism?
A
The use of political alliances to make a greater profit
B
The ideas of exporting more than you import and to pay as little or nothing for your imports.
C
Trading with Native Americans and other European nations for items/resources that you do not have
D
To help other nations in their struggles so that they will reward you financially
9) What was Hernando de Soto known for?
A
The discovery of gold in Florida
B
Discovering the Fountain of Youth
C
Discovering Georgia and other parts of the Southeastern US, and discovering the Mississippi River
D
Traveling throughout Asia and writing a book about his adventures called Travels
10) What was England's first permanent settlement in the New World?
A
Plymouth
B
Roanoke
C
St. Augustine
D
Jamestown
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