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Blackline Master Quizzes for 16th and 17th Century Turning Points in U.S. History
Blackline Master Quiz 1A
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1. The greatest colonization effort undertaken was based on the voyages of
a. Ponce De Leon
b. Sir Walter Raleigh
c. Francis Drake
d. Christopher Columbus
2. Legend says Ponce de Leon was searching for the Fountain of Youth.
a. True
b. False
3. At the beginning of the 15th century, Spain and Portugal were in a tight competition to
find a sea route to the
a. West Indies
b. Arctic
c. Far East
d. None of the above
4. Treaty of Tordesillas split the New World’s uncivilized lands between
a. England and Italy
b. Portugal and Italy
c. Spain and Italy
d. Portugal and Spain
5. De Soto’s journals describe The Plains Indian cultures
a. True
b. False
6. Francisco Coronado explored
a. Mexico
b. Florida
c. The desert southwest
d. California
7. Francisco Coronado was looking for the
a. Fountain of Youth
b. The Aztec treasures
c. The Cities of Cibola
4. The Isthmus of Panama
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8. St Augustine was founded by
a. Sir Walter Raleigh
b. Don Pedro Menendez
c. Hernando De Soto
d. Ponce de Leon
9. The Castillo de San Marcos was built to protect
a. Santa Fe
b. Havana
c. Mexico City
d. St. Augustine
10. Roanoke Colony was founded by
a. England
b. France
c. Portugal
d. Spain
11. Sir Walter Raleigh was the leader of the Jamestown Colony
a. True
b. False
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Blackline Master Quizzes for 16th and 17th Century Turning Points in U.S. History
Blackline Master Quiz 2A
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1. In order to finance the founding of the Jamestown colony English merchants used
a. Slave labor
b. The joint stock company
c. Loans from Queen Elizabeth
d. All of the above
2. Jamestown Colony was saved by the timely leadership of
a. John Winthrop
b. Miles Standish
c. John Smith
d. Sir Walter Raleigh
3. In order to save the Virginia colony from financial ruin, John Rolfe introduced
a. Cotton
b. Sassafrass
c. Tobacco
d. All of the above
4. The first Spanish colony in New Mexico was founded in
a. 1540
b. 1598
c. 1607
d. 1608
5. Santa Fe was founded by
a. Juan Martinez de Montoya
b. Sir Walter Raleigh
c. Don Pedro Menendez
d. Juan de Oñate
6. The Mississippian Culture built city-states along the large river systems of the
eastern woodlands.
a. True
b. False
7. Pocahontas was the daughter of
a. John Rolfe
b. Squanto
c. Massasoit
d. Powhatan
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8. Pocahontas urged her fellow Indians to cooperate with the
a. French Colonists
b. Spanish Colonists
c. English Colonists
d. None of the above
9. For $24 in trade goods, the Dutch purchased
a. Roanoke
b. Manhattan
c. Plymouth Rock
d. New Jersey
10. New Netherlands name was changed to
a. Connecticut
b. New Jersey
c. New York
d. Delaware
11. The first English legislative assembly in the New World was called
a. Plymouth Plantation
b. The House of Burgesses
c. The Mayflower Compact
d. The Massachusetts Commonwealth
12. By the beginning of the 18th century, all the English colonies had
a. Some form of representative government
b. A newfound religious tolerance
c. Institutions of education
d. All of the above
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Blackline Master Quizzes for 16th and 17th Century Turning Points in U.S. History
Blackline Master Quiz 3A
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1. The first black slaves arrived at
a. Plymouth Plantation
b. Roanoke
c. Jamestown
d. None of the above
2. At the beginning of the slave trade to North America in 1620, the determining factor
for slavery was skin color.
a. True
b. False
3. Puritan women helped found the second family settlement in America called
a. Jamestown
b. Roanoke
c. Plymouth Plantation
d. Rhode Island
4. Women first arrived at Jamestown in
a. 1609
b. 1620
c. 1619
d. 1607
5. The first English colony to succeed was
a. Roanoke
b. Plymouth Plantation
c. Georgia
d. Jamestown
6. The two Indians who helped the Plymouth Plantation settlers were
a. Squanto and Massasoit
b. Pocahontas and Powhatan
c. Uncas and Chingachook
d. None of the above
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7. The first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony was
a. Miles Standish
b. John Winthrop
c. Sir Walter Raleigh
d. John Smith
8. In 1631 Massachusetts Bay Colony turned itself into a joint stock company.
a. True
b. False
9. Puritan men and religious leaders deeply mistrusted women, considering them 'daughters of Eve'
and therefore greedy for both power and sexual gratification.
a. True
b. False
10. Anne Hutchinson was exiled from Massachusetts Bay Colony because
a. She ran for governor
b. She was a witch
c. Of her religious beliefs
d. None of the above
11. America’s first poet was
a. Anne Hutchinson
b. Anne of Cleaves
c. Anne Bradstreet
d. Phillis Wheatley
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Blackline Master Quizzes for 16th and 17th Century Turning Points in U.S. History
Blackline Master Quiz 4A
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1. Match the European country with its colonization regions in North America.
a. France
d. Florida and Southwest
b. England
e. Canada and the American heartland
c. Spain
f. Atlantic Coast
2. Marquette and Joliet canoed down the
a. Ohio River
b. Mississippi River
c. Missouri River
d. Arkansas River
3. Friction between the early colonists and American Indians usually centered over
a. Tobacco
b. Slaves
c. Land
d. All of the above
4. King Philip’s War pitted the Puritans against a league of Indians led by the
Wampanoags.
a. True
b. False
5. King Philip used guerrilla style tactics against Puritan settlements.
a. True
b. False
6. The Puritan military leader who saved New England was
a. Miles Standish
b. Captain John Smith
c. John Winthrop
d. Captain Benjamin Church
7. In 1680, New Mexico’s Spanish settlers were chased out of the province by a
a. Comanche Uprising
b. Navajo Uprising
c. Pueblo Uprising
d. None of the above
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8. Match the colony with its contribution to democracy
a. Virginia
d. Democratic commonwealth
b. Massachusetts
e. Freedom of religion
c. Pennsylvania
f. House of Burgesses
9. Pennsylvania was founded by
a. Puritans
b. Quakers
c. Catholics
d. Buddhists
10. The Louisiana Territory was claimed for France by
a. Jean Nicolet
b. Jacques Marquette
c. René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle
d. Louis Joliet
11. The first colony founded in the 17th century by England was
a. Roanoke
b. Jamestown
c. New Netherlands
c. Plymouth Plantation
12. Plymouth Plantation was founded by
a. Quakers
b. Catholics
c, Baptists
d. Puritans
13. New York was originally founded by the
a. Dutch
b. French
c. English
d. Spanish