Communities Build a Nation

Jacques Cartier sailed the St. Lawrence River about one ____________ before Jean Nicolet explored Lake Michigan.

• year

• month

• decade

• century

Which of the following conclusions can you draw from the timeline?

• Jacques Cartier sailed the St. Lawrence River before Columbus.

• Henry Hudson and Jacques Cartier sailed to the Americas in the same century.

• The explorers relied on waterways and bodies of water to explore the Americas.

• Christopher Columbus sailed to the Americas a decade before Henry Hudson discovered the Hudson River.

Which of the following details could be added to the center of the Venn diagram?

• built longhouses

• used trees to build their homes

• were part of the Iroquois Confederacy

• settled in the southeastern United States

Which colony mysteriously disappeared after a few years?

• Georgia

• Roanoke

• Plymouth

• Massachusetts

What was the last of England’s 13 colonies to be founded?

• Georgia

• Roanoke

• Plymouth

• Massachusetts

The first English colony was __________ followed by Jamestown and then __________.

• Georgia, Plymouth

• Roanoke, Plymouth

• Plymouth, Massachusetts

• Massachusetts, Georgia

Look at the graphic organizer. Which of the following could you add to the Early English Communities column?

• Cibola

• California

• Pennsylvania

• Newfoundland

Study the map. Then answer the question.

• It more than doubled the size of the United States.

• The eastern states were given to France in exchange.

• The land in the Louisiana Purchase became a new state.

• The United States gained land west of the Rocky Mountains.

Study the map. What immediate impact did the Louisiana Purchase have on the United States?

• It more than doubled the size of the United States.

• The eastern states were given to France in exchange.

• The land in the Louisiana Purchase became a new state.

• The United States gained land west of the Rocky Mountains.

Which explorer explored the St. Lawrence River area?

• Christopher Columbus

• Samuel de Champlain

• Sir Francis Drake

• Ferdinand Magellan