8th Grade History Unit 2 Quiz 1

Countries settling in America included all the following except:

• Portugal

• Spain

• France

• England

Frenchmen interested in settling in New France included all the following except:

• fur traders

• priests

• noblemen

French settlers came to America for all the following reasons except:

• to find gold

• to seek adventure

• to convert Indians to Christ

• to trade furs

The Dutch West India Company sent families to settle the area near Quebec.

• True

• False

Missions were established in the New World to teach and train Indians.

• True

• False

Which two groups profited from the fur trade?

• Spanish

• French

• English

• Dutch

What were the two profitable trades that drew colonists to New Netherlands?

• coal mining

• farming

• fur trading

• gold mining

Which two groups had land claims on the Mississippi River?

• Dutch

• Spanish

• English

• French

What country was responsible for this? San Diego

• England

• Spain

• the Netherlands

• France

What country was responsible for this? Settlement of the Hudson River Valley

• England

• the Netherlands

• Spain

• France