Unit 1 American Cultures

_____ Conquered by the Spanish during the era of the Conquistadors.

• Juan Ponce De Leon

• Inca Civilization

• Cabeza De Vaca

• Ferdinand Magellan

_____ This man died, never discovering the Fountain of Youth he explored for.

• Juan Ponce De Leon

• Samuel Champlain

• Cabeza De Vaca

• Ferdinand Magellan

_____ Shipwrecked, this man survived slavery and near death while traveling through modern Mexico and Texas as the first European to explore that territory and write about it.

• Juan Ponce De Leon

• Samuel Champlain

• Cabeza De Vaca

• Ferdinand Magellan

This explorer was credited with being the first to circumnavigate the globe.

• Juan Ponce De Leon

• Samuel Champlain

• Cabeza De Vaca

• Ferdinand Magellan

This explorer is credited as the first to discover the Americas

• Juan Ponce De Leon

• Samuel Champlain

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

What is the oldest European settlement in the U.S.?

• Jamestown

• St. Augustine

• Roanoke

• Montreal

Which of the following accurately portrays the truth about Bacon’s Rebellion?

• Bacon’s revolt failed and made no change to colony life in Virginia

• It resulted in massive democratic reform in the Plymouth colony

• It brought about the end to Indentured Servitude in the southern colonies

• It secured the NorthWest Passage for France

This “Lost Colony” left little trace as to their whereabouts when English ships came to resupply them three years after this first English settlement was founded.

• Jamestown

• Roanoke

• At. Augustine

• Philadelphia

This crop was the reason the Jamestown colony became profitable and brought about the start of slavery in America.

• Corn

• Cotton

• Tobacco

• Indigo

Which of the following are true?

• Burgesses were slaves in the Virginia colony

• Pocahontas and John Smith never actually met each other

• Bacon’s Rebellion was a mass uprising against the King of England

• John Smith was a key part of Jamestown’s success in the early years