Spanish Exploration in North America & Settlements from
Florida to Virginia (1492-1763) – Unit Quiz
Student Name: _______________________________________ Date: ____________________
1. Early Spanish and Portuguese voyages of exploration were made possible by development of
better:
A. Compasses
B. Astrolabes
C. Ships
D. Cannons
2. In the North Atlantic the prevailing winds blow ___________________________:
A. Counter-clockwise
B. Clockwise
C. East
D. Southeast
3. Christopher Columbus wound up in the
Caribbean in:
A. 1531
B. 1492
C. 1565
D. 1609
4. One of Magellan’s ships returned to Spain after _________________.
A. The others ran aground in the Straits of Magellan
B. The others turned back to Spain
C. He was killed in Hawaii
D. Circumnavigating the globe in 1522
5. (True or False) ______________ The 1st Spanish settlement in North America was made by
de Ayllon at Myrtle Beach in Winyah bay, SC in 1526.
6. The Spanish name for present-day Virginia was __________________.
A. Tierra de Ayllon B. La Florida
C. Ajacan
D. Bahia de Santo
Maria
7. _____________________________ explored the SE part of North America from 1529-1542
8. De Luna’s forces in Florida/GA were decimated by a ___________________.
9. In 1564, French _____________________ (i.e., Protestants) built Ft. Caroline in Northern FL
10. Pedro ___________________ was sent to drive the French out of Florida.
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11. (True or False) __________. The French were driven out of Ft. Caroline by a Hurricane.
12. Most early explorations of North America were by ships looking for a _______________
passage to the _____________________ and the Moluccas sometimes called the “Spice Islands”.
13. Juan Pardo expanded the fort at _____________________ and called it “Fort San Felipe”.
14. In 1567, Sergeant Moyano destroyed a ________________ Indian village near Saltville, Va.
15. The French Huguenot leader named ______________________ (called the “Avenger”)
joined forces with the Timucuan Indians and destroyed the Spanish Ft. San Mateo which had
been built on the site of their former Ft. Caroline in Northern Florida.
16. Don Luis, Fr. Segura and his 7 companions returned to
_____________________ (the Spanish name for Virginia) in
1570
17. Fr. Segura and his 7 companions were killed by Don Luis
and his tribesmen in 1571. This disaster ended efforts by the
Spanish and their __________________ priests to colonize
VA.
18. From 1573-1675, Spanish __________________ priests
established 34 missions along the SE coast and across FL.
19. Sir Francis _______________ burned and looted the
Spanish settlement at _________________ in Florida then took the 1st settlers from Roanoke
Island back to England in 1586.
20. The Spanish built forts in Florida
to protect their_______________ ships.
21. In box at right, draw a picture of the
Castillo de San Marcos built by
the Spanish in 1672.
22. In 1704, __________________ destroyed all of the Spanish missions in Florida.
23. Governor Oglethorpe of Carolina destroyed ___________________ in 1739.
24. The ________________ controlled Havana, Cuba during the French and Indian War.
25. At the end of the French and Indian War, the Spanish traded _____________ for Cuba
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