Exploration and Colonization Quiz

________________________ religious settlements

• Mayflower

• Pinta

• Missions

• Colonies

conquistadors

• Mayflower

• Pinta

• French explorers

• Spanish explorers

________________________ holding people against their will and forcing them to work

• Mayflower

• Pinta

• Slavery

• Colony

________________________ a settlement governed by a faraway country

• Mayflower

• Pinta

• Colony

• Servants

________________________ ship used by the Pilgrims

• Mayflower

• Pinta

• Santa Maria

• Godspeed

Which country paid for Christopher Columbus’s voyages?

• Portugal

• France

• Italy

• Spain

What was the main reason the French came to the New World?

• to start colonies

• to find gold

• for religious freedom

• for the fur trade

Who explored much of the Mississippi River?

• Leif Ericsson

• Jacques Marquette

• Marco Polo

• Christopher Columbus

Where did the Pilgrims land in the New World?

• Plymouth, Massachusetts

• Jamestown, Virginia

• St. Augustine, Florida

• Boston, Massachusetts

Why did the Pilgrims come to the New World?

• to start colonies

• to find gold

• for religious freedom

• for the fur trade