Unit 1: European Exploration & Colonization

Unit 1: European Exploration & Colonization

8th Grade

46 Qs

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Unit 1: European Exploration & Colonization

Unit 1: European Exploration & Colonization

Assessment

Quiz

Social Studies

8th Grade

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Created by

JACOB SANFORD

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46 questions

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1.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What year was the first permanent English settlement Jamestown, Virginia founded?

2.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What year did the Pilgrims land at Plymouth and sign the Mayflower Compact?

3.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Christopher Columbus set out to discover a new sea route to Asia known as the...

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why did European explorers search for the Northwest Passage?

To find the legendary Seven Cities of Gold

To discover new technology for crossing the Atlantic Ocean

To find the legendary waters of the Fountain of Youth

To discover a new sea route to Asia

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why was the INITIAL reason many European explorers sailed to the Americas?

To find new trade routes to Asia

To form military alliances

To spread Christianity to Africa

To find new sources of cheap labor

6.

CLASSIFICATION QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Spanish Colonization

,

(b) French Colonization

,

(c) English Colonization

Conquered the Aztec and the Inca finding Gold and Silver

Participated in the Fur Trade

Originally searched for gold but found none.

Missionaries attempted to convert Native Americans to Christianity

Colonized Southwestern part of North America & what is today Florida

Settled along the Atlantic Coast of North America

Escaping religious persecution (religious freedom)

Converted Native Americans to Catholicism

Settled in the Western and Northern part of North America

7.

HOTSPOT QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Where did the Spanish colonize in North America?

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