The Story of the World - Early Modern Times Chapter 24

Captain James Cook was hired by the English government to sail to Tahiti and look at the planet ____

When Captain Cook discovered Australia, he named the place where he landed ____ Bay because of the many strange new plants he saw.

• Bombay

• Beijing

• Botany

He explored the coast of Australia and called the land ____because it reminded him of one of the parts of Great Britain.

• New South Wales

• New Mexico

• New Zealand

When England lost the American colonies, it began to send its prisoners to ancient ships moored in the rivers called _____.

• hermits

• hulks

• habitats

The first English colony in Australia was named _____

The _____ were the natives who lived in Australia.

• Astronauts

• Accountants

• Aborigines

After sailing to Tahiti, Captain Cook’s secret mission was to _____.

• find the Northwest Passage

• sail south and find the Great Southern Continent

• sail south to Antarctica

• study the plant life of Tahiti

Captain Cook and his men sailed around two large mountainous islands that form the country of ______.

• Australia

• Antarctica

• Hawaii

• New Zealand

The people of Hawaii treated Captain Cook well because _____.

• he told them King George had sent him

• they thought he was a god

• he brought them gold and silver trinkets

• all of the above

What finally happened to Captain Cook?

• He was killed by some of his own sailors.

• He froze to death while exploring Antarctica.

• Hawaiian natives killed him.

• No one knows what became of him.