CH1 L4 Competing for Colonies

Martin Luther started the Protestant Reformation by rejecting many teachings of the Catholic Church.

• True

• False

Explorers searched the coast of North America looking for the Northwest Passage to Asia.

• True

• False

The relationship between the French and the Native Americans in New France was unfriendly and threatened the way of life of the Native Americans.

• True

• False

The Reformation can best be described as

• a type of government.

• the study of scientific ideas.

• a religious movement.

• an artistic rebirth.

What Italian explorer led expeditions for France?

• Giovanni da Verrazano

• Jacques Cartier

• Louis Joliet

• Samuel de Champlain

Who searched for a passage through the Americas under the sponsorship of the Dutch?

• Christopher Columbus

• Henry Hudson

• John Cabot

• Robert de La Salle

Which country’s colonists maintained a profitable fur trade in North America?

• Denmark

• England

• France

• Spain

The French established a royal colony that was named

• New France.

• Montreal

• Marquette.

• New Amsterdam.