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Columbus persuaded his men to _______________ when they became restless.
a) go swimming
b) eat biscuits
c) persevere
d) none of the above
A Patuxet Indian taught Pilgrims to grow food in the ________ colony.
a) Plymouth
b) Massachusetts Bay
c) Jamestown
d) St. Augustine
The people of the 16th and 17th centuries who wanted to purify the Church of England by removing false teachings and practices were called----
a) strangers
b) Pilgrims
c) Separatists
d) Puritans
The English founded the _________________ colony but many of the colonists would not work.
a) Jamestown
b) Massachusetts Bay
c) Plymouth
d) New France
The first person to sail from Europe to Asia was----
a) Bartolomeu Dias
b) Vasco da Gama
c) Jacques Cartier
d) Bartolome de Las Casas
Who was the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony who wanted the community to be a model of Christian love?
a) John Smith
b) Peter Stuyvesant
c) Bartolome de Las Casas
d) John Winthrop
The ____________________ started their own churches and kept apart from the Church of England.
a) Separatists
b) Puritans
c) strangers
d) Dutch
Many people became ______________ to pay for their voyage to America.
a) strangers
b) indentured servants
c) Separatists
d) Puritans
Who declared that the Indians were humans with souls?
a) Bartolome de Las Casas
b) Vasco da Gama
c) the pope
d) John Winthrop
Who explored the coast of Africa for Portugal?
a) Christopher Columbus
b) King Henry I
c) Bartolome de Las Casas
d) Bartolomeu Dias
Who wrote about the treatment of the American Indians?
a) Vasco da Gama
b) Bartolome de Las Casas
c) Bartolomeu Dias
d) Christopher Columbus
Who was the governor of New Netherland?
a) William Bradford
b) John Smith
c) Peter Stuyvesant
d) John Winthrop
A group of traders who travel together to trade and sell their goods are called ---
a) a caravan
b) a caravel
c) Puritans
d) strangers
Name the tool invented by the Arabs that sailors used to determine their location.
a) compass
b) caravel
c) caravan
d) quadrant
Who made the colonists at Jamestown work in the fields?
a) King James I
b) Captain John Smith
c) William Bradford
d) Squanto
Who set foot on an island in the Americas in 1492?
a) Vasco da Gama
b) Bartolomeu Dias
c) Christopher Columbus
d) Bartolome de Las Casas
What was an invention that allowed sailors to know which direction they were sailing?
a) compass
b) caravan
c) quadrant
d) sails
Which colony set up a congregational church government?
a) New France Colony
b) Plymouth Colony
c) Jamestown Colony
d) Massachusetts Bay Colony
Who was the chief of several Woodland tribes in the Chesapeake Bay area?
a) Donnatona
b) Squanto
c) Powhatan
d) Pocahontas
People were motivated to start colonies for religious reasons because English cities had become....
a) boring
b) poor
c) wicked
d) none of the above
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