Assessment

Why did Queen Elizabeth I want to claim parts of North America?

• to avoid Spain’s navy

• to start a war with France

• to increase England’s wealth

• to take land from the Netherlands

Which country’s exploration of the lower Mississippi Valley worried Spain?

• England

• France

• Netherlands

• Russia

Which group of American Indians had conflict with the Jamestown Colony?

• Abenaki

• Croatoan

• Powhatan

• Wampanoag

How did Tisquantum cooperate with the Plymouth colonists?

• by teaching them how to fish

• by teaching them how to trade

• by teaching them how to mark trails

• by teaching them how to repair ships

Which of the following statements correctly describe John Smith? Organize by True statements and False statements

Groups:

(a) True

,

(b) False

• He became president of the Virginia Colony in 1608

• He was captured by Native Americans

• He wrote an important primary source titled A Description of New England.

• He sailed the length of the Mississippi River

• He wrote an important secondary source about native plants.

• He was the first governor of the Plymouth Colony.

Look at the map. Which claimed region belonged to the country below.

England

Look at the map. Which claimed region belonged to the country below.

Netherland

Look at the map. Which claimed region belonged to the country below.

Spain

Look at the map. Which claimed region belonged to the country below.

France

Why did many Native Americans die in New Spain?