Transcript SOL Quiz 2 Exploration & Colonization

SOL Quiz 2
Exploration & Colonization
1. Which of the following statements about Columbus is
CORRECT?
a. Columbus found a new route to Asia.
b. Columbus proved that the world was round.
c. Columbus was unaware that he discovered a New World.
d. Columbus told Europeans that he had discovered a New World.
Columbus was unaware that he had discovered a New World. Most
educated Europeans knew that the world was round; Columbus just
thought that it was smaller than it turned out to be.
2. European monarchs who wanted to enrich their countries by
exporting more than they imported practiced the economic policy
known as
a. capitalism
b. feudalism
c. mercantilism
d. fascism
Mercantilism was an economic policy practiced during the 1600s and
1700s by which nations sought to increase their wealth by exporting
more than they imported. To carry out this policy, some European
nations founded overseas colonies.
3. Which system of labor did the Spanish employ to persuade the
Indians to work their plantations in America?
a. encomienda
b. wage labor
c. serfdom
d. indentured servitude
The Spanish employed a system of forced labor known as encomienda.
Under this system, the Spanish Crown granted to a Spanish overlord the
right to the labor of a certain number of Indians. In time, they
supplemented forced Indian labor with African slavery.
4. Which was a primary means of Christianizing the Native
Americans in the Spanish colonies?
a. crusades
b. missions
c. inquisition
d. the new birth
he mission system was the primary means of Christianizing the
Native Americans in New Spain. The missions were small religious
settlements that the Spanish established throughout New Spain.
5. Initially, the MOST successful European colonial power was
a. Portugal
b. Sweden
c. Spain
d. England
During the 1500s Spain was the most successful European colonial
power. They conquered the Aztecs and Incas and seized their gold,
silver, and other valuables. Spain's success encouraged other western
European countries to establish colonies in the New World.
6. In 1608 the French established a colony in modern-day
a. Delaware
b. Maine
c. Florida
d. Quebec
In 1608 the French established a small trading post in modern-day
Quebec on the banks of the St. Lawrence River. Although this
territory was taken over by Great Britain in 1763, the British allowed
the French to stay in Quebec.
7. Which economic activity in New France created the greatest
amount of income for France?
a. fur-trading
b. fishing
c. wine-making
d. cattle-ranching
New France created the most wealth for France through fur-trading.
The geography and climate of French Canada discouraged agriculture
and husbandry. Canada was, however, an ideal habitat for fur-bearing
animals such as beavers.
8. The FIRST person to explore the New World for England was
a. Henry Hudson
b. Sir Francis Drake
c. John Cabot
d. Captain John Smith
John Cabot was the first person to explore the New World for
England. He was an Italian navigator who convinced the English
king, Henry VII, that he could reach Asia by sailing west, just like
Columbus.
9. Sir Walter Raleigh attempted to establish the FIRST English
colony in the New World. Where was that first attempt made?
a. Roanoke Island
b. Virginia
c. Nantucket
d. Cape Cod
Between 1585 and 1587 Sir Walter Raleigh attempted to establish
the first English colony on Roanoke Island -- an island off the coast
of what is now North Carolina. When English ships visited the
colony in 1590, the Roanoke settlers were nowhere to be found.
Consequently, the Roanoke experiment became known as the "lost
colony."
10. Who won the French and Indian War (1754-1763)?
a. French
b. Indians
c. British
d. Americans
The British were victorious in the French and Indian War (also known
as the Seven Years' War in Europe). In the Treaty of Paris (1763),
France gave up its claims to Canada and lands east of the Mississippi
River. With France no longer a force in North America, Great Britain
and its colonies became the dominant power on that continent.